A U.S. Open preview from Pittsburgh

The Shotgun Start

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Sports, Golf

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Andy and Brendan are bouncing after a full two days at Oakmont and ready to debrief in this burly episode previewing the 2025 U.S. Open. They begin with some initial thoughts on Pittsburgh and their first couple days at Oakmont. There’s a wide ranging discussion on the golf course and some of the immediate impressions on just how difficult it will be, where it will pop the best, how to avoid disasters, and if it can get away with tricks just based on its reputation. They run through some of the favorites like Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, and Jon Rahm and some of the amusing, alarming, and affirming quotes and trends from top players. As is tradition, they run through their favorite tee times, and offer the “worst” tee time for the first two rounds. They empty out the notebook with other delights and scuttlebutt from the ground before bringing in The Boys to chat about their interview with Cam Young, a day caddying alongside Bryson, and a debate over some games within the game. There’s also a big announcement about a new SGS endeavor coming next week with CBS Sports.

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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.
0:43.7	It is June 11th.
0:45.7	Andy, how we doing?
0:47.3	Brendan!
0:48.8	I'm doing great.
0:49.9	I got to say, I am enjoying a lovely stay in just a delightful city of Pittsburgh. It's just
0:57.4	been a revelation to me this week. You like it. You're enjoying it. You've been here, whatever,
1:02.3	24 hours, 48 hours, but you're all in. You're enjoying it? I am enjoying it. I've been really
1:07.6	thinking about it. I feel like, you know, we're just in a natural extension. We're in the rust belt. Sure. You know, we're deep in the rust belt. I don't know
1:16.6	if they, they include themselves. I think so, probably. I don't know if it begins and ends in Youngstown
1:21.6	up to like Detroit, but maybe it counts, sure. I think it counts. All right. You know, um, I just, I'm having a lovely time here
1:29.1	and I got to thinking, I feel, I feel like Pittsburgh's a natural extension of Ohio.
1:35.1	An extension of Ohio. Yeah, I think it's like, it's just a part, quibble with that.
1:39.9	Ohio and Pittsburgh really, okay, to me feel similar. Okay. Something about the valleys, the, you me, feel similar. Okay.
1:44.4	Something about the valleys, the, you know.
1:47.4	Sure.
1:47.9	The vegetation, you know, the people.
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