Brooks Koepka speaks, A conspiracy to put him front and center, and his over/unders for 2026
The Shotgun Start
Fried Egg Golf
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Not sure if you've heard about it, but Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour this week! Andy joins Brendan for this Farmers Insurance Open preview coming off a big Ballfrogs win on Monday night. He's giddy about the Frogs continuing to earn the top spot in our TGL Power Rankings and makes a pitch for Michael Thorbjornsen to become a permanent member of the team. Brooks Koepka has not yet joined a TGL team, but he did join some assembled media for a pre-tournament press conference at Torrey Pines on Tuesday. He spoke about his nerves returning to the PGA Tour and seemed a little emotional discussing the path that led him back to the Farmers. Andy and Brendan unpack the half-hour presser before Brendan offers up some over/unders for Koepka's 2026 season. How many Signature Events will he play? Will he return to Bellerive for the BMW Championship in August? Will he ever suit up for Jupiter Links after all? Koepka will be in a featured group at the Farmers for Thursday and Friday which will be broadcast on linear TV thanks to ESPN. Brendan wonders if this is the PGA Tour showing off to Bryson and Rahm that they could also be prominently featured on the Worldwide Leader in Sports if they were to return before their approaching deadline. Could Patrick Reed also be part of this conspiracy? We'll have to find out. Andy shares his "5 Guys to Monitor (For Various Reasons)" ahead of this week's festivities at Torrey, keeping an eye on a horse for the course and a major champion that could be on the trade block. One-and-done picks are made for the Farmers with PJ's pick prompting a fun Medinah story from Andy. Elsewhere on the schedule, LPGA season kicks off this week at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions and Patrick Reed looks to stay hot on the DP World Tour in Bahrain. In news, the 2026 PGA Tour Player Advisory Council was announced and has a distinctly American feel, Nelly Korda has some *takes* about WTGL, and a DP World Tour player goes down for a performance-enhancing drug suspension.
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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. |
| 0:43.8 | It is January 28th. |
| 0:45.9 | Andy, how are we doing? |
| 0:47.6 | Brendan, I'm doing fantastic. |
| 0:50.5 | I'm riding a high. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm riding a high from last night. |
| 0:58.2 | Boston common ball frogs are just putting it on people. |
| 1:05.1 | It's a revelation. The team is just renewed and focused. They got a young star and Michael Thorb Jornson. |
| 1:08.6 | You know, there's a reason they're atop the power rankings. |
| 1:14.0 | They are actually proving your power rankings to be more legitimate than they ever have, |
| 1:15.9 | ever have been this year. |
| 1:19.9 | Thorb Yorton, maybe the straw that stirs the drinks, just a good soldier, |
| 1:20.7 | keeps, |
| 1:21.9 | keeps quiet. |
| 1:23.3 | He was trying to, |
| 1:25.5 | I can't believe we're getting into TGL. |
| 1:27.1 | He's iced by Wendy Clark, who is quickly becoming like the Dylan Brooks of, you know, of, of, of TGL, just overly confident for reasons that are unclear and really irritant. |
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