961: NLU Special Projects - Calvin Peete

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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On this edition of NLU Special Projects, KVV brings us a deep dive on the life and career of Calvin Peete. From the famous story of the fall that broke his arm as a boy to his career on tour where he won twelve times including the 1985 Players, we hope you enjoy this look at one of golf's most remarkable stories you might not have heard before. Support our sponsors: Rhoback Yeti The Strack 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 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 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	Johnny, 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.
0:26.6	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the No Laying Up podcast.
0:31.2	Sully here.
0:31.8	We are back this week with another episode of our historical narratives.
0:35.8	This one is about the life and career of Calvin
0:38.2	Pete is the story we've been interested in diving into for a long time. We decided to turn
0:42.7	KV loose on it as we realized the 40th anniversary of his biggest victory was coming up here next
0:48.7	month. We've really enjoyed diving back into the annals of the history of golf, but this was
0:53.2	admittedly a blind spot for me
0:54.8	and a lot of us. And I think this is a fun one. I think you guys will really dig it. So here is KVV
0:59.0	on The Life of Calvin Pete. Do you remember the beginning of golf Twitter?
1:16.2	If you're of a certain age and you're as hopelessly online as I am, you probably do.
1:21.6	I suspect it's part of the reason you're listening to this podcast.
1:24.9	If I was going to travel back in time and explain to my 33-year-old
1:28.8	self that I'd someday leave my job at ESPN to work at no laying up, the only way I could even
1:34.6	begin to stitch it together and give my past self some context that would make sense. We need to
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