At The Turn - Golf Podcast · Joe Simons & Nick Heidelberger

2025 Ryder Cup: Europe Survives USA Sunday Singles Surge

·1 hr 13 min·4 clips

Europe holed putts from outside 20 feet hole after hole while the U.S. kept finishing eight feet away.

1. At The Turn breaks down the 2025 Ryder Cup, where Europe survived a Sunday singles surge from the United States. 2. Hosts Nick Heidelberger and Joe Simons lead the discussion as the show’s golf commentators, and Joe also frames his own Ryder Cup viewing and betting angle. 3. The episode asks why Europe built such a large lead and whether the U.S. comeback on Sunday changes how the match should be judged. 4. Nick argues that Europe’s four-session lead came from putts dropping at an unsustainable rate rather than from the Americans playing bad golf. 5. He says the U.S. repeatedly hit shots close, only to watch Europeans hole long putts and keep pressure on every match. 6. The hosts point to Justin Ray’s stat that Scottie Scheffler’s opponents made 34 birdies in 65 holes during the first four days. 7. They use that number to argue that alternate shot and match play became nearly impossible when opponents kept converting birdies at that rate. 8. Keegan Bradley’s captaincy comes under scrutiny when the hosts discuss the Harris English and Colin Morikawa pairing. 9. Nick says that pairing was the worst of 132 possible combinations and notes that Bradley used it on Friday and again on Saturday. 10. The episode also revisits the decision to leave out other players and the broader question of whether the U.S. roster choices matched the event format. 11. One of the clearest examples is Pat Cantlay, who Nick says played well on day one before later losing crucial matches on Sunday. 12. The hosts describe Cantlay’s late-round misses as a microcosm of the U.S. struggle to turn pressure into points. 13. Cam Young receives repeated praise after he won 6 and 5 in what the hosts call the most dominant U.S. performance of the week. 14. J.T. is singled out for a decisive Sunday putt, which Joe says he knew would go in before it left the putter. 15. The Sunday action is described as a long stretch of scorecard swings, with Bryson DeChambeau, Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, and Xander Schauffele all helping keep the U.S. alive. 16. The hosts also note Colin Morikawa ending up at the bottom of the board, which they treat as a grim sign for the captain’s-pick debate. 17. The tone is conversational and evaluative, with Nick and Joe moving between scorekeeping, betting remarks, and lineup criticism. 18. The format is a back-and-forth sports recap, with occasional side notes about the hosts’ own golf, travel, and handicap updates. 19. Listeners who follow Ryder Cup strategy, captain selections, and match-play tactics would get the most from this episode. 20. Casual listeners who want only a short scoreboard recap may not need the full breakdown.

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A blunt, funny Ryder Cup recap that never mistakes a bad scoreboard for boring golf.

This Ryder Cup recap lives in the gap between a rough scoreboard and golf that was better than the result. Nick and Joe keep circling the same tension: the Americans made clean contact, then still watched the event slip away after four straight sessions of disappointment.

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You want a Ryder Cup recap that argues with the scorecard.

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