The PGA Tour’s venue problem, LIV’s poor ratings in Mexico, and OWGR awakening?

The Shotgun Start

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Sports, Golf

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Andy is still being popped by the pub life in Scotland but recovered enough to join Brendan for a Wednesday morning recording to celebrate the PGA Tour's yearly stop at TPC Craig Ranch. This episode begins with a much-needed Blockie Minute ahead of the fourth and final round of the PGA Professional Championship. Mr. Block, the first round leader, has slipped down the leaderboard and needs a strong finish to qualify for Quail Hollow. Andy is still blacked out from Blockie content overseas and is wondering why the legend of Blockie is not growing internationally. The CJ Cup Byron Nelson begins on Thursday with a field full of Dallas residents and former champions of the event. Brendan sees this event as part of the Tour's venue problem, playing at an uninspiring course that should be soft after some rain this week. In Craig Ranch news, Lanny Wadkins is set to lead the renovation ahead of next year's tournament and is out and about doing press to discuss the project. After a week off for the Zurich, one-and-done picks return as this gambling podcast looks to get back on the right foot. Elsewhere on the schedule, the Champs Tour is also in Texas for the Insperity Invitational, and the LPGA will follow up its first major with a trip to Utah for the Black Desert Championship. Next, PJ shows off his new big letter hat from a trip to TPC River Highlands and Andy proposes a business idea for him to look into ahead of the Ryder Cup this fall. In news, Blades Brown is sticking with a KFT event as opposed to a sponsor exemption this week, LIV TV ratings continue to be low, and 2026 Presidents Cup captains were announced.

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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. It is April 30th. Andy, how we doing?
0:48.0	Brendan! I'm doing, uh, okay. I'm, to be honest, I'm worse for the wear again.
0:53.7	Again, the pump life is just. Okay, to be honest, I'm worse for the wear again.
0:59.0	Again, the pump life is just popping you.
1:03.7	We're recording this at 7 a.m. Eastern time.
1:07.6	So you've had a little bit of time to get your sea legs under you.
1:09.4	But that can sometimes be the worst.
1:12.0	I don't think I got any of the sea legs under me. I was up at 5 a.m. I don't even know if that's the right term. I was up at 5 a.m. to
1:16.6	shoot footage. So it was it was real rough. I'm not going to lie.
1:24.7	The pub life is popping you. It's getting you over there in scotling me weather looks amazing
1:30.3	though it looks it's 70 and sun it's in terms of temperature that's great it's incredible
1:35.7	I didn't even pack shorts it's like hot you need some drady sports shorts we're gonna get to
1:42.5	them in a minute there. We had that going.
1:46.3	It's amazing.
1:48.1	It's amazing out.
1:49.7	I mean, you know, I don't know if anybody's heard this, but Scotland, great place to go play golf.
1:55.5	I've heard.
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