Do the playoffs need a "Rory Rule," PGA Tour history shams, and Keegan's Ryder Cup status

The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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It's time for the playoffs! Andy and Brendan are thrilled to discuss the most important three weeks in golf, kicking off this week at TPC Initech in Memphis for the FedEx St. Jude Championship. 69 of the top 70 players on the PGA Tour will tee it up in the first round of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with only Rory McIlroy skipping out. This has caused plenty of commotion and Peppy Peter says a new "Rory Rule" may be implemented to force all who qualify to play the three playoff events moving forward. Speaking of the playoffs, Brendan discovered that the Wikipedia article for this first round has become an a minefield of past sponsors and jumbled histories, not unlike the PGA Tour's winner list that deems Cameron Young as "Mr. 1,000." Mr. 1,000 is in Memphis, searching for another strong finish that would place him ahead of Keegan Bradley in the Ryder Cup standings. The calls for Captain Keegan to not pick himself as a player are growing louder by the day, so he'll need to play well in the postseason to silence the doubters. Elsewhere on the schedule this week, the Champions Tour is back stateside in Seattle, the DP World Tour's notable list is... something, and the U.S. Women's Am heads to Bandon. In news, the Creator Classic is returning to East Lake and an SGS favorite announces his last start on Tour.

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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.
0:43.6	It is August 6th.
0:45.2	Andy, how are we doing?
0:47.5	Brendan, I'm doing all right.
0:50.2	I'm on the road and excited to talk about the playoffs, as you can tell.
0:56.3	I'm so excited.
0:57.4	It's TPC Inotech Week, 69 of the 70, top 70 in the world.
1:02.5	Let's just call it the world.
1:03.8	We'll use the FedEx Cup standings to determine that.
1:06.8	I've descended upon Memphis.
1:08.9	Where everybody wants to go, August 6th, we're going to Memphis.
1:13.1	It's playoff season, baby.
1:15.1	I cannot wait.
1:16.1	I'm so excited.
1:17.6	It feels quite tempered.
1:18.9	We're recording this Tuesday afternoon.
1:20.7	Honestly, God, haven't seen much.
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