Kurt Kitayama holds off a star-studded leaderboard at Bay Hill to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and claim his first career win on tour. We review the week for Kitayama and the rest of the leaderboard, evaluate our impressions the golf course, and a thought or two on the NBC coverage (or lack thereof). 
We also check in on Jin Young Ko's win on the LPGA Tour in Singapore and offer some additional thoughts on the PGA restructuring announcement from earliest this week, plus a thorough response to James Hahn's Golfweek comments and more.
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NLU Podcast, Episode 649: Bay Hill Recap

The No Laying Up Podcast is a fresh, funny and informative conversation on all things golf.
Founded in 2014, No Laying Up and its flagship podcast seeks to entertain and inform a community of avid golfers around the world. What started as a group text among college friends has now grown into one of the most popular podcasts in the game of golf, and our archives include appearances from the biggest names in the sport. Outside of the podcast, No Laying Up also produces multiple video travel series, best-in-class writing about the PGA Tour and LPGA, a robust social media presence, and a thriving community of friends and fans (The Nest).

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Nelly Korda joins the podcast (29:30) to chat about winning her 5th straight tournament  at the Chevron, what's changed for her, the nerves of the final round, and the jump into the pond on 18. We also chat about the first women's major of the year, Woodlands, get a call-in from T3 finisher Lauren Coughlin (41:45), and discuss the coverage of the Chevron. We check in on the leaderboard as it stands at the RBC Heritage (1:31:20), the bizarre decision not to move up tee times, and other notes from the men's golf side. 
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NLU Podcast, Episode 826: Chevron/RBC Recap (ft. Nelly Korda & Lauren Coughlin)

After winning the media lottery, Soly wrapped up his week covering the Masters with a chance to play Augusta National the day after Scottie Scheffler won his second green jacket. 
After some time to process the experience, Soly is joined by Neil and KVV to relive the anticipation leading up to the round, offer a hole-by-hole recount of his day on the course, and answer some listener questions.  
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NLU Podcast, Episode 827: Soly Played Augusta National

We are 36 holes complete at the 2024 Chevron Championship with two atop the leaderboard. Jin Hee Im and Atthaya Thitikul are tied at -8 with Nelly Korda 1 shot behind. Our very own Lauren Coughlin played tough trying to keep the momentum going after her opening 66. She sits at T5 with a host of others. We run down the leaderboard, discuss the other events going on, and close with our ESPN+ experience. 
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NLU Podcast, Episode 825: Friday Chevron Championship Live Show

A double dip this week as we preview the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town, and the first women's major of the year at the Chevron. We talk course fit at both places, our favorite Harbour Town memories, what's changed at the Chevron, Nelly's run, and preview our travel series that debuts tonight. 
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NLU Podcast, Episode 824: RBC/Chevron Happy Hour

The ninth installment of Tourist Sauce premieres Wednesday night on our YouTube channel as we return to Australia where the first season of our travel series was filmed.  Our itinerary for our return down under:
New South Wales: 34:00
Bonnie Doon 43:00
Royal Adelaide: 53:45
St Andrews Beach 1:17:30
Lonsdale Links 1:30:45
Penn Kingswood 1:38:00
Cape Wickham 1:58:00
Ocean Dunes 2:23:10
Royal Melbourne 2:35:40
Kingston Heath 3:01:45
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NLU Podcast, Episode 649: Bay Hill Recap

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