A TGL opening night content bonanza, amusements, and impressions

The Shotgun Start

thefriedegg.com

Sports, Golf

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Andy and Brendan are off to the races immediately in this episode thanks to the first-ever TGL match and the content bonanza surrounding it. The two break down The Bay GC's blowout win over NYGC immediately after things wrapped up on ESPN, saving their first reactions for the podcast and live show on YouTube. They discuss how the big screen (which can fit three dinosaurs inside it) played on TV, ESPN's telecast, NYGC's bizarre lineup construction, and so, so much more. Lifelong NYGC fan PJ is asked to make a statement on his team's behalf after watching the worst New York season opener since Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles. There are takeaways from Tiger and Rory's stints in the booth and Andy even takes a look at what kind of TGL merch is available for purchase before the Ballfrogs take the field inside the SoFi Center. PJ even makes a plea for a potential Champions Tour team in the virtual league. While most of this episode focuses on TGL, Andy and Brendan make their picks for this week's Sony Open, which is still being played in the shadow of golf's newest league and a loaded slate of playoff football. The two also discuss the Team Cup being played this week in Europe. Finally, Brendan and Andy touch on some news and notes such as Scottie Scheffler's WD from the American Express, Tom McKibbin's potential LIV offer, and LIV finalizing its schedule for 2025.

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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 Wednesday edition of the Shotgun Start.
0:44.1	It is January 8th.
0:46.0	Andy, how are we doing?
0:47.8	Brendan!
0:49.2	I'm doing great.
0:50.2	Well, I mean, how could I be doing anything but great?
0:53.5	I love seeing New York, New York sports fans, lifelong New York sports fans suffer, you know, from disappointing season opener.
1:03.6	Such high hopes for the New York G.C.
1:06.4	And they just, you know, fell right on their face.
1:08.7	Put them in a body bag.
1:10.4	I'm giddy.
1:11.4	I was giggling through that intro in an unprofessional way.
1:14.8	I don't know what just happened, what I watched.
1:18.4	That's not negative or compliment.
1:21.1	It's incredible.
1:23.0	The Bay, you know, the Bay is such an inclusive sort of catch-all term, right?
1:28.9	And the way I like to look at it is, you know, Oakland's just gotten a shit draw the last
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