Thursday at the Open: Rory and Bryson flop, Todd Hamilton awe, and Troon punches
The Shotgun Start
Fried Egg Golf
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🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Andy and Brendan are buzzing after a bountiful first day at the Open at Royal Troon. They begin with the first tee time of the day, which offered its own stimulant in place of coffee in the form of Todd Hamilton’s electric swing. This leads to a running Hamilton facts segment, some Dan Bradbury woe, Dan Brown praise, and Ernie apologia. They also discuss Shane Lowry, JT, and some of the other leaders on what was a very tough day at Troon, especially early. There are some ample course notes about the winds and the challenge it presented with a few specific holes that rang out during the marathon watch. There is a games-within-the-game checkin, and a few new creations, and best and worst surprises from day one, which put a certain Aussie in the crosshairs. They cover the disappointing days of Rory and Bryson and assess if they are completely out of it for the weekend. Just-A-Guy gets an evaluation after, who could have guessed, an up-and-down day. They close with some thoughts on coverage and a few awards from round one.
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| 0:00.0 | Now the shotgun start in golf is full of mathematics. |
| 0:03.0 | There's a lot of setup work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work. |
| 0:08.0 | So I'm going to demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a shotgun start here. |
| 0:13.4 | And here we go. |
| 0:17.0 | All right, all right, all right. |
| 0:19.6 | Gentlemen, start your engine! Great is July 18th. |
| 0:33.0 | Andy, how we do it. |
| 0:35.0 | Great is welcome to a Thursday edition of the shotgun start. |
| 0:41.0 | It is July 18th Andy how we doing |
| 0:44.9 | Brendan I'm doing great you know I feel pretty good for for the long day the early boarding I'm my morning routine was flawless it was uh |
| 0:54.8 | and I think aiding my morning routine was what I would describe as I think the worst golf swing |
| 1:01.2 | we've ever seen in a major championship. |
| 1:03.4 | My boarding routine was a disaster because it's one of those things where you look at |
| 1:11.6 | her phone and you're like up for the day. |
| 1:13.9 | Well, I rolled over. |
| 1:16.0 | I was like, you know what, you know the 1.30 times sometimes yields a little goodies. |
| 1:20.1 | You know, Darren Clark's sucking down cigarettes at six in the morning. |
| 1:23.4 | Sandy Lyle walking straight out the merch tent. Just some amusements. |
| 1:29.2 | And I flipped over, I rolled over, checked and pulled up the feed, feed I saw what you're referring to and I was |
| 1:35.0 | awake the whole day I was just awake I got an hour asleep thanks to none other |
| 1:41.6 | than Todd Hamilton leading us off at the open. |
| 1:48.4 | An incredible swing. |
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