The 2025 Year in Review, Part 5: Rory McIlroy wins the Masters (among other things)
The Shotgun Start
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 223 minutes
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Summary
Less than halfway through this podcast, Andy asks the assembled group if this will be the "longest episode ever." As you could probably imagine, he was right. Per usual, he's joined by Brendan!, KVV, and PJ as they finally get through the first major of 2025 for the annual Year in Review. KVV, or more accurately known as "K-J Hawk," starts off the show with a recap of the Valspar Championship. He closes out the Florida Swing with notes from Viktor Hovland's improbable win in a Sunday duel against Justin Thomas before Andy and Brendan run through the two Texas events preceding the Masters. At the Texas Children's Houston Open, Dr. Chipinski didn't make any calls late on Sunday but was able to secure a big win over Gary Woodland, Scottie Scheffler, and Alejandro Tosti. Andy also has the honor of recapping the first-ever TGL Finals during Houston week, which leads to a debate about re-naming the SoFi Dome after Billy Horschel. Brendan is tasked with detailing Brian Harman's runaway win at the Valero Texas Open, but is also sure to note that the Cleeks were "trying to become the Yankees" and plenty of other LIV news from the tour's week in Miami. The last two hours of this episode are spent recapping "the tournament of a lifetime," the 2025 Masters. Andy, Brendan, and Kevin each share the biggest moments and memories from different parts of the week, resulting in a comprehensive recap of Rory McIlroy's triumphant completion of the career grand slam. Using their on-the-ground insights and usual research findings, the three provide a detailed picture of one of the great moments in golf history. The 2025 Year in Review will return on Monday as the dawn on Don Rea inches closer and closer.
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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. It is December 12th. Andy, how we do it? |
| 0:47.4 | Brendan, I'm doing fantastic. I didn't think I'd see the day where, you know, a high school football coach would be called up into action. |
| 0:56.5 | But it sounds like Phil Rivers has a real chance of playing. |
| 0:59.4 | And that delights my heart. |
| 1:01.4 | Phil Rivers discourse. |
| 1:03.5 | I'm glad. |
| 1:04.0 | I thought any was going to talk about the Michigan situation versus there. |
| 1:07.3 | Hail to the victors. |
| 1:08.6 | Hail to the valiant. |
| 1:09.8 | We're joined again by A.J. Hawk in Baltimore, Maryland. Thank you for joining us for a round two, AJ. |
| 1:17.0 | We'll hopefully get you to talk. I'm sure you're delighted at the chaos in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| 1:21.6 | I actually have a cigar here. |
| 1:26.0 | Played a role completely. |
| 1:27.6 | Love it. Love it. |
| 1:28.3 | Love it. |
| 1:28.9 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:29.4 | The moral compasses in South Bend, Indiana and Ann Arbor, Michigan of college football |
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