Rory pops Bryson and predicts ‘inevitable’ Ryder Cup drama, Ryder Cup mailbag, and French Open delights

The Shotgun Start

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This episode was recorded before NFL kickoff on Sunday, so Victory Monday for the Bears and Browns will have to wait. Andy is still licking his wounds from an ugly Illini loss to Indiana on Saturday night and wonders if winning out would still clinch a playoff spot. PJ is in high spirits after a Syracuse win in Death Valley and an early scouting trip to Bethpage on Saturday morning - only for the Jets to ruin everything again. We wrap up College Football Corner and discuss some wonderful coffee golf at the French Open (presented by FedEx) on Sunday. Michael Kim secured his first win since the 2018 John Deere Classic, edging out Elvis Smylie, Min Woo Lee, and Brooks Koepka. With Kim, Lee, and Koepka dropping in on the DP World Tour to great success, Brendan tries to draw some conclusions about where these fall fields stand overseas. Andy makes the case for a potential unification between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour that would have one points list and a stronger fall schedule. The LPGA had yet another unique result to uphold the streak - a cancelation of the tournament in Arkansas after 18 holes! Brendan has PJ share some scuttlebutt from the early merch preview at Bethpage, including some reporting about the famous sign - a favorite of Jason Garrett. In an actual bit of news, Rory McIlroy spoke with The Guardian and took his chance to pop Bryson DeChambeau ahead of a potential match this week. Rory also says he's "more confident" in a win for Europe now than he was when he made his guarantee in 2023. Andy and Brendan answer some listener questions about the Ryder Cup to close things out before traveling to the great state of New York for this week's festivities. Find our full Ryder Cup preview episode here on Wednesday night!

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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.
0:43.4	It is September 22nd.
0:45.4	Andy, how we doing?
0:47.2	Brendan!
0:48.5	You know, I've had better Sunday morning.
0:52.2	We're recording this early Sunday morning. No late golf. I guess there's champs
0:56.8	tour, KFT golf, but we're going early. Why have you had better Sunday mornings than this
1:01.6	Sunday morning? Well, you know, I'm getting ready for my bears to play the Cowboys,
1:08.1	a high-powered offense. And I'm wondering if both my football teams
1:14.2	will get 60 hung on them this weekend. Dack, just going to go launch it. Well, you know,
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