Proper Mid-Am champs, Japan skins game, and Flashback to the irrational confidence of Woody Austin
The Shotgun Start
Fried Egg Golf
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
It’s Friday! A delayed episode has Brendan and Andy full of enthusiasm to discuss early returns at the Sandersaon and Wentworth. A strong showing from internationals in Mississippi has them pondering the possibility of the Hitman Hearn making the Presidents Cup team. Across the pond, Rory’s quote on not trading his year with anyone else’s but Tiger’s season is critiqued. News of the Japan Skins Game becoming official is discussed and the best format (not Skins!) is debated. Fan vote friday junior goes into the backgrounds of Greg Sonnier and Chase Seiffert, which re-acquaints us with the PGA Tour writing bot and introduces us to the All-time Sun Belt conference golf team and the amazing accomplishment of winning the “Florida Triple Crown.” A wonderful Flashback Friday focuses on 2013 Sanderson winner Woody Austin, who may be the all-time irrationally confident pro golfer. Andy relays some truly jaw-dropping quotes from his 2007 PGA loss to Tiger Woods at Southern Hills, in addition to a full deep dive into the career of “The Aquaman.”
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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. |
| 0:14.0 | And here we go. |
| 0:17.0 | All right, all right, all right. |
| 0:20.0 | Gentlemen! |
| 0:23.0 | Start your Indians! And the Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the shotgun start. It is September 20th Andy how we doing Brendan doing |
| 0:56.7 | great another Friday made it little midday release it's actually Friday it is Friday it's Friday it's Friday I still get emails |
| 1:09.4 | about that where like you were like I was in a was in a meeting, boss asked coworkers like how you doing? |
| 1:16.3 | It's like, it's Friday. |
| 1:18.3 | That's still like, that's not relevant. |
| 1:21.6 | That doesn't answer my question. I asked how you're doing well it's Friday |
| 1:26.6 | so please keep those anecdotes please keep those stories coming I want to you know it's my job I've no longer in tune with the work office culture as much and sort of the ticks and |
| 1:38.3 | Inanities that used to amuse me, but but so please keep me up to date on the latest what's going on in your |
| 1:45.0 | offices around America yeah I haven't been in an office in a while I miss it |
| 1:48.7 | need to get back I might need to start, you know, renting some space in a random office. |
| 1:56.0 | It's just like walk in and post up next to the water cooler or observing. |
| 2:02.0 | Right? I thought the water cooler doesn't exist anymore. cooler and observing more, right? |
| 2:03.0 | I thought the water cooler doesn't exist anymore. |
| 2:06.4 | You know, my dad texted me, which scared me, |
| 2:08.9 | which means he listens to this podcast, |
| 2:12.4 | which I was unaware of and said he was actually standing around the water cooler talking |
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