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The Shotgun Start

Legend of Jeff Hart, Zatch Watch, Todd Watch, and figuring out how shafts work

The Shotgun Start

thefriedegg.com

Sports, Golf

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This Friday episode reacts to a full day of the first major championship in more than a year. A favorite son of the SGS, Brendon Todd is yet again on top of the leaderboard and there is condemnation for those who lost the faith because of potential “bombers’ paradise.” Andy uses this to offer some pointed thoughts on the setup and rough and what, if anything, we can take away from a mixed leaderboard after 18 holes. Then there’s a segment honoring Jeff Hart, the 60-year-old club pro who putted with his glove on and hit some eye-poppingly short drives. Brooksy’s back again and continues to speedbag Bryson, who had some shaft problems. They debate whether Bryson should have been able to put a new driver in play. There’s a cross-sport comp that anoints Zatch Johnson the St. Louis Cardinals of golf. There is ample time spent on the Spieth Problem, which Andy claims is just a mental issue at this point. Brendan asks how many players under 40, even with the current grim situation, would not take Spieth’s resume and career right now? Rory’s struggles are also put into perspective but Tiger’s approach is praised in the context of Andy’s earlier course analysis. Also, did the PGA screw Jon Rahm with his grouping. They close with some words of praise on ESPN voices re-joining golf coverage and a whiparound discussion on the Pirate going low in England and the U.S. Women’s Amateur bracket shaping up for a blockbuster weekend.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Now the shotgun start in golf is full of mathematics.

0:03.0

There's a lot of set up work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work.

0:08.0

So I'm going to demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a shotgun start here.

0:13.4

And here we go.

0:16.6

All right, all right, all right.

0:19.6

Gentlemen!

0:52.5

Start! Gentlemen! Start your Indian! And the Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the shotgun start. It is August 7th. Andy, how we doing?

0:54.0

Brendan, I'm doing good.

0:56.0

Just, uh, it's major championship season.

0:59.0

That means late night Bixbe's piece and, uh, and recording with you. Oh fantastic I don't know where we were going and

1:07.3

what yeah it's great made west coast major championship now the last one we were

1:12.4

together last west coast major championship West Coast Major Championship. Now the last one we were together,

1:13.5

last West Coast Major Championship,

1:15.2

so we weren't up late, you know, watching golf

1:17.6

deep into the night.

1:19.3

We were present, you know, at nightfall in Pebble Beach,

1:22.4

but it seems like you were

1:24.1

retiring you were having stamina issues getting through today.

1:27.6

It's fatigued I don't know what it was I think it's because I it's just in my

1:32.4

house you know I was having to do Nicknack chores while the golf's on you know I like to spend major weeks you know in solidarity

1:43.0

isolation solitude yeah yeah and yeah you got a newborn

1:48.1

coming son you better you better be ready you better you ready

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