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The Shotgun Start

Memphis was…good?, The Fleetwood chronicles, and Spieth’s season ends

The Shotgun Start

thefriedegg.com

Sports, Golf

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Andy is once again lost at sea on a potentially Great lake, so "The Boys" jump in to recap the first round of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs with Brendan! After an update from PJ on Don Rea's custom shoes for next month's Ryder Cup, Joseph LaMagna and Brendan dive into an eventful Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Justin Rose exorcised some playoff demons, defeating J.J. Spaun on the third extra hole at TPC Initech. Rose and Spaun locked up automatic qualifier spots for their respective Ryder Cup squads, but the main story was yet another Sunday collapse by 54-hole leader Tommy Fleetwood. Brendan and Joseph discuss Fleetwood's play on Sunday and Joseph shares some insight into an impactful course management decision that may have tipped some off to the impending collapse. Also of note, the Chaplain returned to Scottie's bag for Sunday and Mr. 1,000 shined again in one of the strongest fields of the year. There's plenty of chatter about the "Bubble Boys" of the FedEx Cup Top 50, as Rickie Fowler used his season of sponsor exemptions to cash a trip to Caves Valley, but Jordan Spieth is going home. As per usual this time of year, a lengthy Ryder Cup debate over Spieth's current status unfolds with Brendan playing the role of "public defender" for the three-time major champ. NBC's broadcast left a lot to be desired, worrying the trio about what's to come at the Ryder Cup next month. Elsewhere in golf, LIV had a double playoff at Bolingbrook, Megha Ganne won the U.S. Women's Am, and the President called in to congratulate the latest DPWT winner. After a brief Champions Tour Minute and a few news items, PJ convinces Brendan to give a statement on the Browns finding their franchise quarterback in Shedeur Sanders.

Transcript

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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. Grudins and welcome to a Monday edition of the shotgun start.

0:43.5

It is August 11th.

0:45.4

Joseph, how we doing?

0:47.1

Brendan!

0:48.8

Anytime get to be back with the boys, I'm excited.

0:52.1

So I'm absolutely buzzing this Sunday night and a pretty good weekend

0:54.9

of golf. So ready to go. Great Sunday of golf. I didn't watch much prior to Sunday. I'll put my

1:00.2

hand up on that. I didn't need to get involved in Tommy Fleetwood hours. The inconsequential days before

1:05.3

Sunday. I was on a boat. I was zooming around, boat boy. I didn't actually have to drive it this weekend.

1:12.7

Andy is now lost at sea again. He made sure to let us know that he would be at sea.

1:18.9

I mean, general, loose term, C, I think it's a lake probably, more of a, maybe great in his term.

1:24.7

It could be a pond. I don't know where he is, but the sea feels like too strong a term.

1:28.6

He's stuck on a boat, a drift somewhere. So he's missing Sunday night. He's going on vacation this

1:34.1

week as well, just abstaining from any Memphis chatter. He just doesn't want it. He just set sail and said,

1:40.8

I'll see you on the other side. I don't want to hear about Memphis or what happened.

1:45.5

But we had a good day. PJ, you're here. Welcome. We're going to another Sunday night, Monday

1:50.7

episode with the boys. How are you doing? I'm doing. I'm doing great. I thought for a second

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