An odd LIV schedule, Westy Island signs of life, and The Olds want their equity

The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It's a throwback audio episode with Brendan using his Airpods after finding himself in a travel delay. Nevertheless, Andy is on cloud nine over on Westy Island after Lee Westwood qualified for this month's Open Championship at Royal Portrush. The two reminisce about Westy's t-4 performance and stand-up morals at the 2019 Open before running through the rest of the 2025 qualifiers from overseas. They are particularly chuffed by Richard Teder, a 20-year-old from Estonia who holed out for eagle in a playoff to secure his spot at Portrush. Andy wonders if Dick Teder is the first player in a new generation of golfers - the Rory (Sabbatini) generation. LIV's 2026 schedule was leaked and the league won't make a stop in the United States until mid-May. Brendan and Andy run through the dates and the travel plans needed to play at majors throughout the world, such as going from Spain to Shinnecock Hills for the U.S. Open. From there, it's time for some lock-hammer-fire picks for the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. The "Champion House" is back and is sure to be catnip for the entirety of the week. It's the strongest field in tournament history and there's no better example of that than Rickie Fowler returning to the Quad Cities for the first time since 2010. Andy shares a little 2010 time capsule to contextualize how long its been since Rickie played the Deere and gets Brendan to sing along to some Ke$ha on a Tuesday afternoon. In news, Adam Schupak reported that numerous PGA Tour legends are unhappy that they've been cut out of the new equity program coming as part of the PGA Tour Enterprises company. 36 former players will receive money based on a "career points" system that prioritized PGA Tour wins and starts, leaving European stars like Tony Jacklin and Nick Faldo on the outside looking in. They are, predictably, unhappy and voiced their displeasure to Golfweek, leading to a lengthy discussion from Andy and Brendan. Tune in to CBS Sports Network at Noon ET on Wednesday, July 2, for the Team Europe Wheel of Mules on "Eye on Golf with The Shotgun Start."

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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. Gentlemen, start your engine!
0:28.6	Greetings and welcome to a Wednesday edition of the shotgun start.
0:43.5	It is July 2nd.
0:45.8	Andy, how we doing?
0:47.8	Brendan, I'm doing wonderful, even though I feel like we've had a very big lack of first of the month
0:56.4	recordings this year.
0:58.4	There's a, you know, a place that's been in a constant state of hurricanes, natural disasters.
1:06.2	The power's been out for years.
1:08.0	Oh, God.
1:09.0	Tonight, today, there's a little flicker of light.
1:13.6	A little flicker of light, proof of life.
1:16.8	It's been ravaged by natural disasters, Westy Island.
1:22.7	It's back up and running.
1:24.5	We got power.
1:26.1	I'm so happy for you. I'm happy for Lee Westwood as well, I suppose, but more happy for you.
1:32.3	The first some months are dodging us, but Westie Island, it's like one of these distressed
1:36.7	assets, I suppose. And maybe you come in, like a hero, you got power again, there's a vision,
1:44.1	there's future, there might be hope yet and uh yeah
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