The future of TGL, Todd Watch returns, and unsubstantiated rumors from the SoFi Dome

The Shotgun Start

Fried Egg Golf

Golf, Sports

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Brendan! didn't make it down to Florida after all, leaving Andy and PJ to roam around the SoFi Dome by themselves for Monday's Ballfrogs match. Andy shares plenty of takeaways from his in-person experience, leading to a wider conversation regarding the future of TGL. What's next for the screen golf league after the ESPN TV deal expires? How can the in-person experience level up? Is there a risk of players leaving after the second season wraps up? The two then move on to the Schedule for the Week and first discuss the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. The Florida Swing begins this week and Andy has his list of 5 Guys to Monitor, including a player returning on a major medical and Brooks Koepka once again playing his hometown event. Everybody makes a One-and-Done pick despite a weak field after many top players withdrew from the event following the Genesis Invitational. Andy tosses out a Game Within the Game for the South African Open, which he also names as his event of the week! It's a quick wrap -up at the end, as the only big news is a very special birthday for a podcast favorite!

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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 Wednesday edition of the shotgun start.
0:43.4	It is February 25th.
0:45.3	Andy, how we doing?
0:46.7	Brendan, I'm doing fantastic.
0:49.9	I mean, I don't know how anybody can't be just beaming after a night at the sofa dome.
0:56.4	Are you worse for the wear after taking down 24 Mike's hard lemonade for the first time in 20 years?
1:02.0	Are you worse for the wear?
1:03.3	Did you hit Mike's hand?
1:05.0	A peek behind the curtain.
1:06.8	Peek behind the curtain.
1:08.6	That was just a staged photo.
1:48.6	Didn't get a Mike's hard. Oh, I didn't even see. Did you post a photo? I've been worse for the wear myself. Did you post the photo? No, we took it on your phone, so I don't have it. God, that's going to say. Do I have been that out of the loop? I've been rocking here. Well, yeah, we went to the Mike's Hard Lemonade stand. Andy, Andy posed in front of the Mike's Hard Lemonade stand under the Detroit Golf Club, Motor City Golf Club branding that doesn't actually exist yet. And no, no Mike's hearts were had, unfortunately. Oh, we were rummagingmaging around early, and then it felt like we kind of got rained in. I think they must have cameras on us as we were rummaging around the SoFi Dome early before, before fans were in there.
1:59.0	It was a fun day. It was a fun day.
2:01.2	It was a fun day.
2:02.0	We got PJ and the simulator hitting on the rocks.
2:07.1	You got one pin high.
2:08.6	It was good.
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