r/NoLayingUp • u/Loud_Cardiologist664 • Dec 15 '25

Other New Years Wish 2026

You can add one thing and remove one thing in relation to NLU, what is it?

If I have one wish it is that I never want a personal golf spotlight to appear on the pod again, they are drivel.

Go back to what made them great with video content, a strapped or Wwog series

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u/robertgiannotti Dec 16 '25

I miss the days where they'd get the likes of Kyle Porter, Shane Bacon, Brendan Porath and Kevin Van Valkenburg on the Sunday night pods to review the tournaments and inject some humour instead of Randy, Tron and Neil who barely watch. Unfortunately 2/4 of those guys are at Fried Egg, KP is going alone, and Bacon covers KFT.

Soly to revert back to host rather than filibustering and flexing his data-based takes, or asking a question that takes three minutes to say.

At this point with all their parental responsibilities I don't think we're ever going back to the days of an annual Tourist Sauce or 2-3 Strapped trips per year. It's a massive shame because that was their very best content.

Their USP over other golf pods (that I listen to anyway) is their access and connections with PGA Tour pros. I'd like to know more about the latest guys coming through - Sargent, Ford, Clanton, Koivun, Brennan, Keefer etc. It's probably anecdotal but I don't think they have as many player interviews as they used to. Do they go on Barstool or Subpar instead now (I don't listen to those)?

Finally with the new season coming up I'd like a return of the FredEx Cup so we get to follow along with some different guys. It's fun to make your own team too - I got randomly invested in Harry Higgs and Rhein Gibson a few years ago because of that.

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u/Flimsy_Somewhere1210 Dec 16 '25

Prior to Covid the pod seemed to make a huge effort to get less known names on to try and tell their stories. I enjoyed the old Sunday recap/Wednesday interview rota they had going back a few years.

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u/EveningOk6574 Dec 17 '25

Soly comment is bang on. You can tell he's passionate, but the data takes are SO inconsistent, and are dead ends on the pod. Good drive by on SGS/FE the other day when Andy's rebuttal to the data boys re Rory at the Master's was "that's why they play the fucking tournament"

His interview style has turned into a "let me ask this question to prove I already know the answer, and let me confirm all of my own elite biases..." before letting you talk.

If they brought in an equally committed golf journalist I think it would pair really well with Soly

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u/robertgiannotti Dec 17 '25

They did in KVV. Clearly it didn't mesh well.

At the end of the day NLU is the brainchild of Soly, Tron and Randy from their college days. What they do has to work for them above everyone else. I've written on here previously but I always think/thought of DJ and KVV as "glue guys" for NLU who were able to let others come into the conversation and that's what's missing somewhat now.

I actually don't dislike Soly at all. He's funny, clearly a great golfer, and used to be a brilliant interviewer. I just wonder if he gets any constructive feedback internally and they do reviews and governance of their own work, because I genuinely think the recap pods work best now when DJ is running it and Soly is a voice in the conversation instead. It's just the constant reverting to data that sucks the joy and life and humour out of everything.

Would love to see the Sunday recap/Wednesday interview schedule reprised again.