Curious PGA exemptions, A rare stop at a Golden Age gem in Philly, The ratings war continues

The Shotgun Start

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Sports, Golf

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Andy is back in the states and begins this episode by telling Brendan! about his time at Oakmont for U.S. Open media day. The two share their excitement for next month's tournament and dig into some setup talk about green speeds and the membership requesting the winning score be over par. From there, it's a big week on the PGA Tour as the inaugural Truist Championship takes place at Philadelphia Cricket Club, a Golden Age design. Andy and Brendan debate whether this course will be long enough to test the pros and lament that a week of wet weather in the northeast may lead to low scores on the 7,100-yard track. One-and-done picks are made for the big purse at stake with a limited field tuning up for the PGA Championship. Elsewhere, the alternate field event in Myrtle Beach has a stronger-than-usual field, headlined by Tom Kim. There's some Creator Classic chatter ahead of the new team-style event on Wednesday, with Andy wondering where Fat Perez's game is at these days. In news, ratings are out for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and LIV Korea, and the U.S. Ryder Cup contingent (minus one big name) allegedly met for dinner in Philly on Tuesday night.

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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 May 7th.
0:45.2	Andy, how we doing?
0:46.9	Brendan, I'm doing wonderful.
0:49.9	You know, I had a delightful day today with the USGA.
0:54.0	And, you know, I'm ready to, I'm going home tomorrow.
0:57.1	I can't wait.
0:58.4	Been gone, gone a while.
1:00.4	Your road, weary and well traveled, but you're going home.
1:05.1	I just have to wonder, what was like the sticker shock of going from Scotland to Oakmont, Scotland
1:10.5	Golf, whether it be whatever,
1:13.4	East Lothian somewhere, five somewhere into Oakmont.
1:17.4	Not to suggest one is demonstrably better than the other.
1:20.0	They're just very different, I would imagine.
1:21.9	Different, just dropping your right in.
1:25.3	You know, definitely different mentality. I got I got exposed. I got beat up.
1:37.7	It was a little wet. I dealt with more weather, tougher conditions. A lot of
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