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The Shotgun Start

Rory and Jay speak on “reunification,” Ryder Cup temp taking, and LIV CEO rambling

The Shotgun Start

thefriedegg.com

Sports, Golf

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Love is in the air for this Friday episode as Brendan and Andy discuss their plans for Valentine's Day to start the show. If you're looking for a last-minute gift, a tipster passed along a run of Zach Johnson "Tour-Issued" memorabilia currently up for sale on eBay. Andy has PJ make some picks for collectors looking to invest, leading to a discussion about whether ZJ is out there wearing a Small polo when playing. Golf's premier gambling podcast then shouts out some LIV odds for Adelaide, where 52-year-old Richard Bland finds himself favored over Dustin Johnson in a head-to-head market this week. Andy and Brendan briefly chat about DJ's career and current standing in the game, noting how much things have changed for him since the 2020 Masters. Speaking of changes, Andy went full data boy to compare the potential teams for the Ryder Cup this fall. With the median OWGR of these teams being almost equal, Andy dispels the notion of a large advantage for the Americans as many thought there would be following the rout at Whistling Straits. Data Boy Andy then shares some numbers showing that it may be beneficial for big names to play events in the fall in order to hit the ground running at early-season Tour stops, but Brendan isn't so sure about his data set. At the Genesis, both Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan discussed the potential PGA Tour-PIF deal. Rory commented on his recent round with President Trump, who is apparently not a fan of LIV's format despite hosting events at his courses across the globe. There's also some talk about reunification, leaving everyone wondering whether the PGA Tour or the Champions Tour would benefit more from having LIV players back in the fold. Brendan received a Champs Tour scoop and sent PJ on an investigation into a potential Champs Tour Cutthroat Corner for this week's Chubb Classic. Brendan then briefly reads some comments from new LIV CEO Scott O'Neil before saving the rest for Monday. Flashback Friday returns to send you into the weekend with Brendan remembering the anniversary of Wayne Levi's 1982 Hawaiian Open win, the first-ever with a neon golf ball on the PGA Tour.

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. Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the shotgun start.

0:43.4

It is February 14th.

0:45.9

Andy, how we doing?

0:48.1

Brendan, all is right in the world.

0:51.1

The PGA tour is playing preferred lives today and uh i miss that it is yeah yeah well

0:59.2

atmospheric rivers running through i don't blame them and uh and there's there's news of a

1:05.3

of a completely idiotic move by the chicago bulls front, this is, this is all, all is right in the

1:12.7

world. Congrats. What's the move? They just, they, they, they turned down a trade that would

1:18.5

have gotten them a first round pick for Lonzo Ball, who was an expiring contract, who,

1:24.1

oh, he's been injured for like three years and, you know.

1:28.0

Are you going to watch that guy in the NBA All-Star dunk contest?

1:31.8

Montas?

1:32.7

Bozellis?

1:33.7

Yeah, he's, there's four guys.

1:35.5

He's our great hope.

1:37.3

He's a Chicago kid.

1:39.8

I don't watch it anymore.

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