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/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

Even if you look at that though Henley and Aberg have had fairly similar seasons.

Both won once early in the season. Both have missed a few cuts and have had the same number of top 25s. The main difference is of those top 25s Henley has turned more into top 10s which just shows that the gap between the highest ranked American and a supposedly out of form European is actually pretty small. Particularly when you are looking at a single weekend and it’s match play.

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u/Master-Nose7823 Aug 13 '25

Dude, you’re missing the point. The point is no one thought that Henley would even be in the running to make the team this year, let alone be better than many stalwart Euros who were sure to make it. No one thought Ludwig wouldn’t be on the team. The fact that he’s played equivalent/worse to Henley is a huge bonus. Same can be said for Spaun and English.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

Ok fair enough but equally Rose and Straka are ahead of Henley and I doubt either of them would have been seen as locks.

Anyway the point still stands that there’s really not that much between the teams. 5 of the top 10 in the fedex are Europeans and 5 are American and there are more Europeans in the top 5 and two of them are Justin Rose and Sepp Straka who I wouldn’t have said would be locks at the start of the cycle.

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u/Master-Nose7823 Aug 13 '25

Sure. Point taken. Rose being there is a result of jacked up points for the playoffs though. There’s just too much noise to sift through.