On-site Walker Cup takeaways, Rory magic in Ireland, NFL souls crushed

The Shotgun Start

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Sports, Golf

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Andy joins Brendan! fresh off a weekend at the 50th Walker Cup with a notebook full of observations from Cypress Point. The United States won for the fifth-straight time, securing a blowout margin with a strong performance in Sunday singles. Andy shares some tales from the ground, including notes on Mason Howell, Niall Shiels Donegan, and Michael La Sasso. Brendan provides some color on the broadcast side after two days of watching at home. Not to be outdone by the amateurs, Bryson DeChambeau showed up for the weekend to be a thirsty boy and share his thoughts on Dr. MacKenzie's masterpiece. Andy also spent some time with a legendary light-hitting first baseman as well! On the professional golf side of things, Rory McIlroy won the Irish Open on Sunday morning, making an eagle on the 72nd hole to send the event into a playoff. It was an emotional week for Rory, who brought his green jacket to show off to the home crowds at the K Club. Andy and Brendan try further contextualize Rory's rollercoaster of a 2025 following this latest win. In news, a podcast favorite throws out the first pitch at a New York Yankees game and Xander is the only eligible American Ryder Cupper skipping out on the Procore. We wrap things up with a Football Minute following disastrous Browns and Jets losses on Sunday, because how would an NFL season start otherwise?

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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 Monday edition of the Shotgun Start.
0:43.3	It is September 8th.
0:45.2	Andy, how are we doing?
0:47.0	Brendan!
0:48.4	I'm doing wonderful.
0:50.2	I had one of those fill up the tank weekends.
0:54.2	What'd you do?
0:56.0	I was at the Walker Cup.
0:58.0	I was that one of the greatest, honestly,
1:00.4	honestly,
1:01.3	maybe the best golf event that I will attend in my life.
1:06.2	Interesting.
1:07.1	I think we'll get to why you,
1:08.5	why, hopefully really soon.
1:13.2	But I'm happy. That's love a good fill up the tank weekend especially in September before the bears have come to ruin your life
1:18.3	you get that Monday night PJ and I got that today we're going to put that at the back of the
1:22.4	you know what this is I could be setting myself up here for disappointment, but looking at the Lions and what
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