1093: Life after Pro Golf with Steve Wheatcroft

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Soly is joined by former tour pro Steve Wheatcroft to discuss his professional career and his recently released book “Cocktails and Range Balls: One's Too Many, Ten's Not Enough”. The book is a blend of memorable stories from his career at all levels of professional golf and his struggles with alcohol and what life on the road can become amidst the pressure of competing at the highest level. We’re incredibly thankful to Steve for his willingness to share his story and his foundation’s efforts to assist others who struggle with excessive drinking. 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.
0:07.2	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.
0:26.8	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the No Laying Up podcast.
0:31.3	Sali here, got an interview coming shortly with Steve Weikroft.
0:34.1	He's got a book out.
0:35.0	It's called Cocktails and Range Balls, One's too many. Ten's not enough.
0:39.5	If you'd like stories from the many tours, from the Corn Fairy Tour, from the smaller levels of the PGA tour, Steve has lived it, and he has written a book about it.
0:47.9	And he's here to tell a bunch of those stories as well. Steve is also very open and honest about some of the struggles he had with transitioning
0:55.8	out of golf and what life has been like after golf and the depression he's faced and alcoholism
1:02.4	and rehab. And he's very open with all of that. And his goal in writing this book and doing this
1:08.1	podcast and starting the foundation that he has started
1:11.0	is to help anyone, anyone that might be dealing with something similar or know of someone
1:16.9	in your life that is dealing with something similar. And I'm really proud of Steve. I'm really
1:21.2	happy for him for how he's turned things around and how vulnerable he has been in this entire
1:26.8	process. You will see exactly what
1:28.2	I'm talking about in this interview. And I greatly appreciate you tuning in for it. I know Steve will as well. Before we do get rolling, we'll give a shout to our friends at Roebuck. Fall golf is here. You already know. Roebuck, our go-to for polos, hoodies, joggers, pants, all of it. Best fit, best feel, simple as that.
1:45.2	This is a little really lightweight Roebuck hoodie that I'm obsessed with here that hit 75 degrees here today. So, you know, I don't want to be going too hard with stuff like the Roebuck Fulton vest. Didn't need it today, but it's going to be great for the fall. It's awesome. It's got a nice light insulation to keep you warm it's not too bulky it's got interior and exterior pockets it's just a
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