Reactions to Shovel Boy and Thicc Boi leading at U.S. Open midpoint

The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 19 September 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Winged Foot punched back on Friday at the U.S. Open and Andy and Brendan react to the setup and our leaderboard at the 36-hole mark. They marvel at Pat Reed’s game and how he duct tapes together a fantastic score even when it doesn’t look great. They marvel at Bryson DeChambeau’s strategy, albeit slow, working so far. And they lament all the attendant nonsense that comes with both but can’t wait to watch them tee it up together in the final pairing on Saturday. Andy also discusses how the setup on Friday was a natural progression in the championship, not some reaction to the wailing about it being too easy on Thursday. He also says Saturday will be the real test and indicator for the USGA and their approach to setting up this venue. They also address the alleged Winged Foot vs. USGA tension on how the course was playing early in the championship. Finally, they go through some of their biggest surprises and biggest disappointments, addressing those who missed the cut and the drag it can be watching Tiger trudge his way to an MC. Naturally, they wrap with some discussion on Jason Kokrak and the Wyndham Rewards.

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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.
0:13.4	And here we go.
0:16.6	All right, all right, all right.
0:19.6	Gentlemen!
0:22.4	Start! Gentlemen! Start your Indian! Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the shotgun start. It is September 18th. Andy, how doing? Brendan I'm doing good. We're here through two
0:48.9	rounds. Yes fantastic let's do the uh... We got Bryson and, Bryson and Patrick Greed,
0:55.8	final group tomorrow.
0:57.5	The thick boy and the cheat day, cheater, Patrick Reed,
1:02.3	the shovel boy, shovel boy and thick boy. Peter, Patrick Reed, the Shovel Boy, and Thick Boy,
1:05.0	and the final pairing at the National Championship.
1:08.0	It's just a great way for 2020 to kind of continue on rolling,
1:12.0	two villains.
1:13.0	I don't know if Bryson's a villain necessary.
1:16.0	He's borderline villain.
1:18.0	That's questionable.
1:19.0	No, that Jason, I says,
1:20.0	it depends on the eye of the beholder.
1:22.0	I'd say he's not a fan favorite.
1:25.0	He's not an endearing player.
1:28.0	We've got two of the least endearing players at the top of the leaderboard.
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