Morikawa gets passed, DFL DJ, surging Sergio, and deluded rollback whining

The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Andy and Brendan went LIVE on YouTube immediately following the finish at Bay Hill and were fired up after a packed weekend of pro golf. Off the top, they discuss Russell Henley chasing down Collin Morikawa to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first win in over 850 days. Andy and Brendan chat about Henley's current place among the game's top players, his Ryder Cup candidacy, and his tournament-winning chip-in on the 16th hole that NBC missed thanks to a Rolex commercial. They then move on to Collin Morikawa and his performance at Bay Hill. Morikawa was unable to close, blowing a three-shot lead on the back nine and is still searching for his first win since 2023. Other notes on API include Keegan Bradley's record-breaking Sunday, Michael Kim's rise up the OWGR ranks, and Sepp Straka's continued strong play. Next, Andy and Brendan give some props to Karl Vilips for his win at the Puerto Rico Open, becoming the first player to win on the PGA Tour in Sun Day Red apparel. From there, the two touch on the Blue Bay LPGA and the Joburg Open before a lengthy discussion about LIV Hong Kong. Sergio Garcia won the individual title and is continuing to push for a spot on a Team Europe at Bethpage. Phil Mickelson also showed some life, finishing in third place and bringing the HyFlyers to the podium for the first time ever. After some updates from PJ on the still-ongoing Dump in the Box Cologuard Classic, Andy and Brendan close this episode with some talk about player reaction to the proposed rollback as reported this week by Adam Schupak and a shoutout to Dustin Johnson.

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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, welcome to a Monday edition of the shotgun start.
0:43.5	It is March 10th.
0:45.0	Andy, how we doing?
0:47.0	Brendan, I'm doing all right.
0:49.0	I got to say, I, you know, I was, I was feeling a little glum all weekend.
0:53.4	I felt like I let our loyal audience down with our picks, you know, I, uh, I was, I just
1:00.2	chickened out on the Michael Kim pick this week.
1:03.3	I thought, you know, he spent so hot.
1:06.0	I was like, it's bound to cool off at some point, didn't cool off.
1:09.7	He's still hot.
1:11.1	And then I got Russ Henley one week early.
1:13.5	One week early.
1:14.9	Yeah.
1:15.6	Classic cutting podcast conundrum right there.
1:19.2	Rider Cup or Russ Henley, right?
1:21.4	I mean, not in the boys club.
1:23.6	Not in the boys club, I don't think.
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