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The Shotgun Start

The Sponsor Exemption merry-go-round, Champs Tour heckling?!, and Golf Advice

The Shotgun Start

thefriedegg.com

Sports, Golf

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This Friday morning recording covers a variety of topics, stretching from a hypothetical Matthew Jordan comeback at the DPWT Championship to a preview of a Bears-Browns game happening five weeks from now. We begin with a Football Minute following another Jets primetime loss. Andy forces PJ to apologize for forcing America to watch Justin Fields in a standalone game, something that he has done on this podcast many times. Andy and Brendan quickly pivot to the Butterfield Bermuda Championship where Adam Hadwin had the early lead. The two use Hadwin fighting for his card as an example of the new cutthroat PGA Tour rules and a proof of concept for what the fall swing should be. Mid-Am Will Haddrell, previously mentioned on Wednesday's episode, looks to be in position to make the cut and maybe even beat Michael Brennan! In Dubai, the European Ryder Cup team is off to the races in the final event of the DP World Tour season. Nicolai Hojgaard leads at the halfway point over the likes of Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, and Rory McIlroy. Andy compares the leaderboard in Dubai to the Butterfield leaderboard for a good chuckle before asking if a Patrick Reed or Matthew Jordan comeback win would do more for content. The Internet Invitational wrapped up last night with over 200,000 live viewers tuning in for the finale. Andy and Brendan discuss the reach of the tournament and compare the viewer numbers to what the Butterfield may produce this weekend. Kai Trump's LPGA debut produced plenty of viewers on social media as she carded an 83 in the first round at the ANNIKA. Brendan gives some credit to Trump for beating the offshore gambling lines and says it was a "not-horrendous" score given the circumstances. This leads into another wider discussion about what sponsor exemptions should be used for in golf and whether someone like Internet Invitational star Brad Dalke is worthy of one in a PGA Tour event. Andy highlights that other popular sports do not need something like a sponsor exemption to bring in eyeballs. The Champions Tour is playing four rounds this week at Phoenix Country Club and some hecklers have surfaced following Bernhard Langer around the event. Two patrons are unhappy with Langer's potential "anchoring" and have t-shirts and the rulebook to prove their point. This episode ends with a Golf Advice question that could be straight out of a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" script that has Andy yelling about aces again.

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 November 14th.

0:45.6

Andy, how we doing?

0:47.1

Brendan, I'm doing wonderful.

0:50.0

I'm getting ready for the weekend.

0:51.7

Getting ready to lock in to the butterfield.

0:57.6

On your weekend plans, I can't imagine that's above number 50 of possible outcomes or time spent.

1:07.0

I think Sunday you lock in because we're responsible podcasters.

1:10.7

And we cover these podcasters.

1:14.6

And we cover these things in theory.

1:17.2

But yeah, are you really going to lock in?

1:19.9

Well, maybe I might lock in. I know we alternate bedtime in my household every other night.

1:26.4

Really?

1:27.2

And that? What? Yeah, we stick other night. Really? You stick to that?

1:28.2

What?

1:28.7

Yeah.

1:29.0

Do you stick to it?

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