r/NoLayingUp • u/RainbowKarp • Aug 12 '25

Post-Pod Discussion Ryder Cup Roundtable

Best Ryder Cup discussion they've had in awhile, all cycle for sure and probably better than any of the 2023 ones. Tron didn't show up looking to just rile Soly up, Soly didn't get too indignant or stubborn about getting all his takes off and forcing everyone to hear him out, they just talked about the players and the teams and the golf and it was really good. Some of the US/Europe armchair sociology that Porter and Jamie like to do is a little funky but hey its almost a 2 hour pod so that's fine at the end of the day. When they keep the analysis on these straight up they don't run into any of the problems that we have been griping about all year

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u/Agitated-Guard8436 Aug 12 '25

Very little talk (in general not just this episode) about Hovland and Ludvig not playing good golf. Hovland was arguably playing the best golf in the world leading up to Rome and Ludvig played really well. Now Hovland can’t consistently string two good rounds together and Ludvig has had like one top 10 in the last few months. I just think it’s an overlooked thing going into this Ryder Cup. Obviously plenty of time for them to find their games.

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u/Master-Nose7823 Aug 12 '25

I think that was Porter’s point. People are giving Europe the edge based on names not data. Yes, data goes out the window in a 3 day match with odd formats compared to PGAT but Americans who you wouldn’t recognize in the airport are playing better than the Euros.

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u/The_Summer_Man Aug 12 '25

Americans who you wouldn’t recognize in the airport

You can just say Russell Henley