Burger Dog inflation, BMW Caves Conundrums, Versant gets the U.S. Open

The Shotgun Start

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Sports, Golf

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Brendan! and PJ run amok on this episode while Andy's out on a boat somewhere. They have a lengthy food discussion to kick things off with the "Burger Dog" at The Olympic Club has taken center stage at the U.S. Am. There is debate about the merits of Chicago cuisine, bagels from just anywhere, and Phil Mickelson's Portillo's experiences in Bolingbrook last week. Tommy Fleetwood's tour of the 30 MLB stadiums has also continued after he was spotted at Camden Yards on Tuesday evening. He's in town for the BMW Championship at Caves Valley in Baltimore, best known as the birthplace of "Patty Ice" in 2021. Brendan and PJ take a small look back at that event, with more to come on Friday thanks to a special guest. Picks are made for the second round of the playoffs and PJ argues that this driver-wedge fest may be a proper way to crown a champion of the PGA Tour season. They run through the rest of the Schedule of the Week before dropping in some news about Versant and NBC striking a rights deal for the USGA Championships. If you still have cable, you're in good company here! Brendan then calls on Golf Channel's Brentley Romine for some onsite coverage of the aforementioned U.S. Am, burger glizzies and all.

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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 August 13th.
0:45.9	PJ, how we do it?
0:48.4	Brendan!
0:50.7	Wow, this is the first time.
0:52.7	It's the second time.
0:53.5	We recorded a false start once out of Brendan, but this is the first time you're all hearing it.
0:59.1	We did.
1:00.2	That was a big moment for me.
1:01.5	Thank you.
1:01.8	Thank you for having me.
1:03.4	It's good to have you.
1:05.1	You are the official sub, the man in the big chair here.
1:08.7	We're going to do a Mish-Mash episode with a little Brentley from Olympic Club.
1:12.8	May have KVV Baltimore Zone, Kevin Van Volkimer, who I quite traipsed around the 2021 BMW Championship
1:21.6	at the Caves Valley and then obviously called in.
1:30.9	He actually, I don't know, he appeared with quality audio for that legendary episode.
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