1070: NLU Presents - Does The Ryder Cup Captain Matter?

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The importance and impact of a Ryder Cup team captain has been debated on our pods for as long as we’ve covered the event - but always as a part of a larger discussion around the matches. In this episode we talk with numerous players, captains, media members and discuss amongst ourselves to try and form a consensus on how a captain’s decision making can affect - or not affect - the result of a Ryder Cup. Join us in our support of the Evans Scholars Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nolayingup.com/esf⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support our Sponsors: BMW Rhoback Club Glove 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 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 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 in?
0:18.0	It is better than most.
0:20.0	Better than most. Better than most.
0:26.9	Expect anything different?
0:29.3	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the No Laying Up podcast.
0:32.0	Sali here.
0:32.6	If you listen to this podcast before, you know that the Ryder Cup is one of our favorite subjects to cover.
0:56.4	There are reasons why we love to talk about this event so much every year. We see gamesmanship. And Savvy looked at me and he said, no, no, it's okay. If this is the way you want to play today, we can play this way. We see strategies. And then the Rory will hit the t-shot on the first. We know exactly how many times he's going to hit the fairway and how far it's going to be.
0:57.7	We see backstabbing.
1:04.0	Unfortunately, we have strayed from a winning formula in 08 for the last three Ryder Cups,
1:06.8	and nobody here was in any decision.
1:10.5	I had a different philosophy as far as being the captain of this team. We see failures.
1:11.9	What arrogant asshole would have the event go the wrong way and then say, nope, I'd do everything the same way.
1:19.6	I mean, I'd love to start this week over, but that's not possible.
1:23.6	And we see triumphs.
1:25.6	340 to the front edge of the green.
1:30.0	Giving it a go.
1:32.1	Why wouldn't he, Bones?
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