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How No Laying Up Ran a 7,000-Entry Ryder Cup Pool

No Laying Up — the golf media brand behind some of the sport's best podcasts and video — ran a massive 7,000-entry custom pool for the 2018 Ryder Cup, using it to grow their audience, feature advertising partners, and run a new kind of social campaign.

Quick Snapshot

How No Laying Up structured their Ryder Cup pool.

Organization
No Laying Up
Event
2018 Ryder Cup Pool
Pool Size
7,000+ entries
Format
Custom Ryder Cup
Channel
Social media & email

About No Laying Up

Founded in 2014, No Laying Up is a golf media company built around entertaining, informing, and connecting a community of avid golfers worldwide — through podcasts, video, the Nest community, and more.

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A 7,000-Entry Pool Built Around the Ryder Cup

No Laying Up ran a custom pool for the 2018 Ryder Cup — a golf event that draws one of the sport's most passionate audiences. The pool gave their community a direct stake in every match, while creating a new type of campaign they could run alongside their existing email and social channels.

Advertising partners were featured in the marketing and prizes, turning sponsor exposure into something participants actively competed for. And because Easy Office Pools handled signup, the live leaderboard, and post-event email list in one place, the audience NLU built during the pool was theirs to keep.

7,000+
Total entries
2018
Ryder Cup
1
Platform — signup, leaderboard & email list

How They Promoted It

No Laying Up promoted the pool across social, driving their audience directly to the entry page.

No Laying Up tweet promoting their Ryder Cup pool

Why This Format Works

Event-Sized Audience
The Ryder Cup draws one of golf's most passionate audiences. No Laying Up matched that energy with a pool format built specifically for the event — giving 7,000 entrants a personal stake in every match.
Partners in the Prize
Advertising partners were woven into the prize structure, giving sponsors branded exposure well beyond a standard ad placement. The pool turned partner features into something participants actively competed for.
Social-First Distribution
Promoted across NLU's social channels, the entry link became shareable content. The pool itself did distribution work — every entry was a potential share back to a new audience.
Grow Your Audience
Every entry is a signup. Participants created an account to enter, giving No Laying Up a direct line to thousands of engaged golf fans well after the event ended.
Live Leaderboard
Participants tracked their standing in real time throughout the Ryder Cup. The live leaderboard gave every social update a reason to click and kept entry holders engaged match by match.
Seamless Email Acquisition
Easy Office Pools handled the signup flow, live leaderboard, and post-event email list in one place — no separate tools, no manual exports. The list was ready the moment the pool closed.

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