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The Shotgun Start

“They think we’re stupid” — Of PGA Tour budget, field, and card cuts

The Shotgun Start

thefriedegg.com

Sports, Golf

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Brendan and Andy start this Wednesday episode with some Fried Egg business, highlighting the Black Friday sale in the Pro Shop and promoting the just-announced 2025 events schedule. From there, Brendan gives a shoutout to Dr. George F. Grant, the inventor of the golf tee, who's getting some much-deserved recognition in Massachusetts. Andy is extra excited about the "player uprising" against slow play, which now includes Nelly Korda, Charley Hull, Lexi Thompson, and Lucas Glover, among others. The PGA Tour announced that the much-discussed changes to cut cards and field sizes were approved, with Jay Monahan giving PGA Tour "fans" the lead mention ahead of players and partners in the press release. Lucas Glover was not pleased with the results of this vote, telling Adam Schupak that "they think we're stupid" when saying these changes will improve pace of play. While player cards are getting cut in a few years, budget cuts are also reportedly coming to the PGA Tour as SSG is looking to decrease spending by "tens of millions" of dollars. Meanwhile, the DP World Tour is losing ten players to the PGA Tour, including Paul Waring, who shared his readiness to make the jump on social media. However, many LIV players - Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Mean Dean, and more - will be reinstated on the DP World Tour for this upcoming season, having served suspensions and paid their fines, clearing the path for Sergio to return to the Ryder Cup. In a bonus Sports Minute, Brendan asks PJ for his reaction to the Jets firing GM Joe Douglas and wonders if, somehow, the Browns are the most stable NFL team represented by this podcast. A look at the Schedule of the Week starts with the RSM Classic, the final week of the FedEx Fall. Caitlin Clark will make an appearance in the Pro Am on Wednesday, playing with fellow Iowa icon Zach Johnson. Andy, Brendan, and PJ run through some Games Within a Game for the PGA Tour finale, touching Kelly Kraft, Christo Lamprecht, and, of course, Nico Echavarria. The LPGA season also wraps this week with the CME Group Tour Championship, with $4 million being awarded to the winner. For those wondering, you can play the Black Course at Tiburón Golf Club along side the LPGA stars throughout the week. Lastly, a fan favorite returns home for the Australian PGA Championship this week on the DP World Tour. To wrap things up, Brendan and Andy preview the latest installment of "The Match".

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 Wednesday edition of the shotgun start.

0:43.4

It is November 20th.

0:45.3

Andy, how we doing?

0:47.0

Brendan, I'm doing great.

0:49.3

I was a little tired.

0:51.1

I was driving today and driving through the country. Really obscure parts of the country, I will say. And then I log in. Finally have some good internet. Log in. And I see you're wearing like basically the same outfit as me almost the same outfit little andy hoodie

1:11.8

Andy hoodie Wednesday might be a few of those left in the shop what a segue here I believe it is

1:17.0

the black Friday sale oh wow what a pro because black Friday doesn't exist in 24 hours anymore

1:22.6

it's a it's a two month affair uh we have club tfe members we're part of the problem we're part. We have club TFE members. We're part of the problem.

1:28.7

We're part of the problem.

1:30.3

Club TFE members, I think, I don't know the specifics.

1:34.3

Just go to pro shop.

1:35.3

Dot thefrideg.com.

1:38.4

And club TFE members have early access to our Black Friday sale.

1:42.1

I think it's a good deal.

1:43.4

It's usually a good deal.

1:46.2

You know what? What amazing specifics here. I'm telling you to find the pro shop link.

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