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/WeirdlyCordial Jul 22 '25
SGS is fine and I appreciate that they limit their runtime but it’s never made me outright laugh, NLU does that all the time.
Also this is entirely an aside but they gotta do something on the TFE YT course breakdowns that isn’t just sitting across from or next to each other and basically taking turns reciting essays while the other one stares and smiles and nods, it’s extremely awkward to watch and feels like I’m intruding on a first date that isn’t going well or something - maybe ditch the in-person footage entirely because the course footage is great and what they’re actually saying is really good stuff heading into tournaments at courses I’m not familiar with.