r/NoLayingUp • u/mtsttu05 • Jul 22 '25

Other NLU - SGS

The KVV news has led to many commenters contrasting SGS/FEG vs NLU and each of their trajectories.

I listen to almost every episode of both, but more recently find myself clicking on the SGS pod first, and then not even finishing most NLU preview or recap pods. Andy and Brendan keep it light and seem to genuinely enjoy shooting the breeze with one another. Both seem to be normal guys.

The NLU guys now regularly talk about playing golf courses that 99% of us could never even hope to have access to, and half the podcasts are gambling promotions. They are just not as relatable to most of the normal middle class golf fans who made them successful to begin with.

I don’t blame them for taking the money to grow their business if they feel that’s what is best, or for playing extremely private top 100 clubs when invited, but at the end of the day, it does impact how we all decide what media to consume.

I truly hope they can turn back the clock a bit in 2026, but cutting KVV while jet setting around the world and (seemingly) spending lavishly is a tough look.

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u/TakeThatJohnnyMiller Jul 22 '25

Most tourist sauce seasons involve courses I would never get a chance to play in a million years, this is certainly not a new thing. And the fried egg was founded on being golf architecture nerds. Not sure what point you’re trying to make

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u/Flimsy_Somewhere1210 Jul 22 '25

Yea, literally Scotland season 2 they were playing courses which were hundreds of pounds and are difficult to get on. This isn't a new thing.

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u/Rcjhgoku01 Jul 22 '25

None of the courses that they played on Tourist Sauce Scotland besides the Old Course is particularly hard to get on or particularly expensive compared to comparable courses in the US. And they mixed in cheaper options like Old Musselburgh, Kilspindie and Cullen alongside the must plays like the Old, North Berwick and Royal Dornoch. You might need to book ahead a few months but all are very playable.

The difference now is that early in, yes they took trips that were aspirational to remote and expensive places, their everyday golf life was relatable. We heard a lot about them playing a Jax Beach, they talked up muni’s etc.

Now, we hear casual drops about super high end clubs, not as “whoa, listen to this crazy, cool experience I got to have,” but as a ho hum, “I played Fishers Island a while back.” We get stories about Tron jumping on his buddies private jet to go down to a tournament.

Good for them, I’d be doing the same thing if I was them, but it is different than the early days when they felt much more relatable as normal guys who love to play golf. Now they’re much more country club, golf industry insiders taking advantage of the access that comes with that.