Golf’s course renovation excesses come to the Byron Nelson, LIV’s cost cutting, and U.S. Open qualifying starts
The Shotgun Start
Fried Egg Golf
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Who needs a major championship when you have The CJ CUP Byron Nelson right around the corner?! Andy and Brendan are giddy for another installment of a longtime favorite event of this podcast, this time with a new twist! That's right, the Lanny Wadkins-led renovation at TPC Craig T. Nelson Ranch is ready for its much-anticipated PGA Tour debut. Andy and Brendan read through multiple articles from Dallas-area news publications detailing the behind-the-scenes work that went into this $25 million project. Did TPC Craig Ranch really need to spend all that money? It seems like that's up for debate, providing plenty of content for this Wednesday episode to chew on. Andy brings back 5 Guys to Monitor This Week (For Various Reasons) and highlights both Scottie Scheffler and a local PGA professional to tie a bow on last week's major championship. Elsewhere on the Schedule for the Week, the Champions Tour is off to Morocco. A piece of social media content has sent PJ deep down a rabbit hole with Brendan calling this PJ's "best work yet." Andy brings up "The Bumblebee" yet again as part of a look at this week's DP World Tour stop before a look at the first set of U.S. Open Final Qualifying results. Podcast favorite Matt Jordan will look to break par at Shinnecock after getting through at Walton Heath, and Caleb Surratt did Caleb Surratt things to get through in a playoff at the Dallas site. This episode also contains two different Sports Minutes, one previewing the Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Cavaliers, and one focusing on the QB competition brewing in Cleveland. We will return on Friday to (hopefully) discuss the first round at Lanny's Place!
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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 May 20th. |
| 0:45.5 | Andy, how we do it? |
| 0:47.1 | Brendan, I'm doing fantastic, I got to say. |
| 0:51.8 | I'm just ready for one of the biggest weeks of the year. |
| 0:56.8 | What's that? |
| 0:57.7 | The CJ Cup, Byron Nelson, the USM 4 ball? |
| 1:00.4 | What are we talking? |
| 1:01.1 | Mid-Amp 4. |
| 1:01.7 | What are we talking? |
| 1:02.4 | CJ Cup, Byron Nelson. |
| 1:04.6 | There we go. |
| 1:05.2 | I can't wait for us to return to TPC Craig Ranch. |
| 1:09.8 | It is, it's going to be a must-see TV, to be completely honest. |
| 1:13.5 | There's no, no big names playing in the field. |
| 1:16.0 | I was surprised to see Aaron Rye, uh, with Drew. |
| 1:21.6 | Shocker, there, that he w-Ded. |
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