1084: The Wild Life of Joey Ferrari

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🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 124 minutes

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DJ and Tron recently sat down with Joey Ferrari, a truly unique character in golf with a life story that defies belief on numerous levels. From his decorated amateur career - capped by qualifying for the 1994 US Open - to a ten year prison sentence for selling cocaine and methamphetamines, we’re incredibly thankful to Joey for his openness and willingness to tell his story without reservation. Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nolayingup.com/esf⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support our Sponsors: Rhoback The Stack 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.
0:07.2	Be the right club today.
0:09.0	Yes.
0:10.2	Yeah, that's better than most.
0:15.7	How about him?
0:17.7	That is better than most.
0:20.1	Better than most. Better than most.
0:26.6	Expect anything different?
0:28.7	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the NoLangup podcast.
0:31.8	My name is DJ.
0:33.5	We have got a good one for you today.
0:36.1	Our episode today is an interview with Joey Ferrari and two things before we get started. Number one, who is Joey Ferrari? Great question. Earlier this year, during our Oakmont research, you might remember we came across a couple fun stories around the U.S. Open from the previous times that Oakmont had
0:55.7	hosted a U.S. Open, and one of them was this guy, Joey Ferrari, a name that is always going to catch
1:01.3	your eye. He was an amateur that qualified in 1994, had this larger-than-life persona about him.
1:07.8	The story that really caught my eye that I remember telling on the pod was that he was
1:11.5	going to have a camcorder with him. And as he walked up the 18th hole at Oakmont during the US
1:17.3	Open, he was going to film a commercial for his pizza shop. Absolutely loved that story.
1:23.0	That was great. But then I just kept reading and there was a lot more, a lot more to Joey's story than just playing in the U.S. Open, which I think we alluded to, when we mentioned it on the podcast, and as tends to happen from time to time, when we mentioned the story on the podcast, immediately a bunch of people from Northern California reached out, said, hey, I used to play golf with Joey. Hey, I still play golf with Joey. Let me put you in
1:45.1	touch with him. There's a lot more to the story. And kudos to Tron, who connected with all these
1:50.3	people, stayed in touch and figured out a good time when we could actually get together in person
1:54.7	with Joey and chat. Tron's always great at finding characters like this, keeping in touch
1:59.8	with them and figuring out stuff that goes well beyond the normal interview.
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