A Reinstated Amateur Debate Rages, Faldo’s back, and KVV FBF on Mickelson’s Ryder Cup feud with Hal Sutton

The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

A light week of golf leads us to this wide-ranging Friday episode, covering a potential new housecat, the return of a broadcast legend, and a legendary Ryder Cup Flashback. Andy and Brendan first discuss the U.S. Mid-Am and the fiery online debate about former pros getting their amateur status reinstated. Andy is adamant that these players should not be able to waltz back into amateur golf and outlines his ideal rules for the situation. Brendan and KVV react to Andy's rulings and wonder if some are too harsh for those looking to continue playing competitive golf after their pro careers end. There's a bit of golf news to cover with LPGA legend Stacy Lewis retiring and the PGA of America bringing the KPMG Women's PGA and the PGA Championship back to Bethpage in the coming years. In much-needed Ryder Cup broadcast news, Sir Nick Faldo will be on the call for NBC next week, teaming with Terry Gannon and Notah Begay for morning sessions. Blockie is also back in the fold for 2026, because of course he is! We'll see him at the AmEx next year. In the spirit of Bob Uecker, a Golf Advice emailer sent along a letter from a ghost of Ryder Cup past to be read before we help one of our favorite football podcasters out with a fantasy football punishment. KVV then unpacks a Flashback Friday segment on the 2004 Ryder Cup war between Phil Mickelson and American captain Hal Sutton, complete with a Texas accent you won't want to miss. Lastly, some Don Rea soundbites send us into the weekend, as only he can.

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0:00.0	Now the shotgun start in golf is full of mathematics.
0:04.0	There's a lot of setup work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work.
0:09.0	So I'm going to demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a shotgun start here.
0:14.0	And here we go.
0:17.0	All right, all right, all right.
0:27.0	Gentlemen, start your engine. Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the Shotgun Start.
0:43.4	It is September 19th.
0:45.4	Andy, how we doing?
0:47.1	Brendan, I'm doing great, you know?
0:49.8	I'm back at home making bad decisions, you know?
0:53.9	What does that mean?
0:55.6	What does that mean?
0:56.2	What is it playing a horse for two more money that you can afford?
0:59.5	What does the bad decisions mean?
1:01.1	Just getting walked down a plank on a potential another pet in the household.
1:06.2	Oh, God, get out of here with the, oh my God.
1:10.6	Like, can we, like, goldfish goldfish or like you know a pet that's
1:14.0	going to impose its will on you maybe a cat oh my god can't like coming through the back door
1:24.5	here maybe a good house cat. KV in the fold.
1:29.0	Cats is coming.
1:30.7	I don't know when, but it's coming.
1:32.4	That's an absolute guaranteed lock stock.
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