LIV’s incredible Anthony Kim comeback story, Morikawa’s return in an A+ week at Pebble

The Shotgun Start

Fried Egg Golf

Golf, Sports

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Back at home after a week in Chicago, Brendan is joined by "The Boys" for this beefy Monday show. This episode was recorded late on Sunday night after BP was issued a technical foul during a youth basketball game and needed time to "decompress" before using a microphone. Joseph immediately wants to learn why Brendan was T'd up and finds that his actions were completely justified after a complete rules breakdown. While the technical foul may be a big story for this podcast, the biggest story in sports this weekend belongs to LIV Golf following Anthony Kim's win in Adelaide. AK erased a five-shot Sunday deficit playing in a group with major champions Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, defeating Rahm by three shots for his first win in 16 years. Brendan, Joseph, and PJ recap the final round, covering Kim's outstanding iron play, the return of the swagger that made him captivating to begin with, and the many inspiring quotes from after the tournament wrapped up. They also question some of the broadcast's hyperbolic statements about the magnitude of the moment. There is also plenty of discussion about brutal Sundays from Rahm and Bryson, adding yet another week without a win for both of them on the LIV Golf tour. Not to be completely outdone, the PGA Tour had an "A+ week" at Pebble Beach according to Brendan. Collin Morikawa came from behind to secure his first win since the 2023 Zozo, making a four on the 18th hole for the win. Joseph and Brendan break down performances from Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia, and even Scottie Scheffler, who found himself in the mix again after a slow start on Thursday. Joseph also calls out Sam Burns for his club choice on the final hole, something that only a Deputy would do. In news, Gary Player remains upset with Augusta National (and Brendan may have an idea of why), sponsor exemptions go to - who else? - Jordan Spieth and Tony Finau, and Brendan and PJ go in on the Providence Friars following a dirty Saturday game against the Johnnies.

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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. Griddins and welcome to a Monday edition of the shotgun start.
0:43.3	It is February 16th.
0:45.4	Joseph, how we doing?
0:47.3	Brendan!
0:49.0	I'll tell you what, I'm doing well.
0:51.0	Big sports weekend, really good golf weekend, but apparently the biggest
0:55.2	sports story of the weekend did not occur on the golf course. PJ and I got a text from you
1:00.9	that you had to delay the recording because you had been tossed from a youth basketball game.
1:05.4	I had not tossed. That's not close to remotely close to what I said. I got a technical
1:10.6	and had to sit down yeah the
1:12.3	rule the rule is they make you sit in a chair like a little boy and time out and this league I'm in
1:17.9	which is a preposterous rule like I don't sit I never sit I sit for five seconds as they line up
1:24.5	for the jump ball before they do the jump I stand up and then I never sit back down again the rest of the game. I'm shouting and moving the whole game. And yeah, I got teed up. I struggle with these youth basketball games. I need time to come down. I need time to decompress, win, lose, or draw. And especially after getting teed up. And honestly, what turned out to be an amazing win, we won. So I was very, that was riding
1:45.9	high from that. Beat a team we lost two by 24 points in the regular season. I almost had to take it
1:51.9	away from us by some focus refs to sleep at the wheel. Then teed me up. But yes, that's that, it was
1:58.6	a slow sports weekend otherwise. Great golf day.
2:01.3	No, no, no, no, no, no. You're not going to tell us what happened on the tech?
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