1033: Everyone Only - The Gimme Golf Club Origin Story

No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Five years ago, Kyle Walton had a kernel of an idea: What if I started a golf club that wasn't attached to a golf course? That idea eventually became Gimme Golf, one of the best and most inclusive golf societies in the country. It also changed public golf in St. Louis in a profound way. Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://nolayingup.com/esf⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support our sponsors: ⁠Rhoback If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Nest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nolayingup.com/join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Be the right club.
0:07.0	Be the right club today.
0:09.0	Yes.
0:10.0	That's better than most.
0:15.0	How about him?
0:18.0	That is better than most.
0:20.0	Better than most. Better than most.
0:26.8	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the no laying up podcast.
0:31.6	Sali here.
0:32.2	We are back this week with another one of KV's narrative podcast.
0:36.5	Really appreciate the response you guys have had to these.
0:39.2	They're a fun change of pace.
0:40.7	I love it when we can kind of slow down, listen to Kev,
0:43.1	dig into a subject that maybe doesn't get a lot of attention.
0:45.7	And this is another episode in our series,
0:48.1	shining a light on public golf in America.
0:51.1	I'm not going to spoil it here in the intro,
0:53.0	but I will say you might come away from it feeling like I did, which was, I wish I had something like this in my life.
0:59.3	So without further ado, here's KVV.
1:04.1	What's the best clubhouse that you've ever been inside?
1:07.8	I'm a spoiled sports writer turned golf podcaster, and I've been lucky enough to get some really
1:12.6	cool invitations over the course of my lifetime. There's something a little surreal,
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