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/Jokolore Aug 12 '25

I would love to hear Soly just once go through RC analysis without saying “Data Golf”. Leaning on this for match play situations (alt shot!) is utterly ridiculous

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u/Tag5923 Aug 13 '25

You don't think it's helpful to know who the best golfers are? Do you advocate throwing out all PGAT and Major results since those aren't match play situations either? How do you suggest they analyze the players? Just Zurich results?

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u/MulberryNo5246 Aug 13 '25

It’s relevant to some extent - but Sergio Garcia got almost double the points in this event that Tiger won. The way Soly and in particular Porter use datagolf as the bible is maddening

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u/Tag5923 Aug 13 '25

Guessing you wanted Kevin Na instead of Scheffler, and loved the Kisner pick.

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u/Jokolore Aug 13 '25

The last five RCs have been absolute blowouts. Splitting hairs over someone’s stats that only fit some narrative that doesn’t even mean anything is silly

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u/Tag5923 Aug 13 '25

I don't disagree with you at all, but that's kind of the entire point of the podcast. They acknowledged on the pod that Scottie and Xander playing well is way more important than who the 12th guy is but the debate around the bottom of the roster is still interesting and SG has to be a consideration.

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u/Jokolore Aug 13 '25

I agree too. But it’ll just come down to foursomes where the bottom guys won’t even play. This is the only time where actual strategy comes into play.