Too much Texas on PGA Tour Schedule?, Bryson’s team model belief, and the "American Sports Discourse"

The Shotgun Start

Fried Egg Golf

Golf, Sports

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Andy makes his triumphant return to the pod after missing out on one of the great content bonanzas in golf history over the holiday weekend. He joins Brendan! for an "all over the place" Wednesday episode previewing yet another week of rainy Texas golf on the PGA Tour. After a brief foray into whatever the "Enhanced Games" are (and naming some favorite MLB steroid users), the two react to a Josh Carpenter report regarding the first half of the 2027 PGA Tour schedule. Not much has changed in terms of actual tournaments, but dates have shifted for events like the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Cadillac Championship, and this podcast's beloved CJ CUP Byron Nelson. There's an element of nihilism from both Andy and Brendan as they both wonder what these changes mean, if they mean anything at all. As a proud supporter of the MAC, Brendan is fired up about Eastern Michigan Women's Golf making a Final Four run at this week's NCAA Championships. The Charles Schwab Challenge is previewed at length despite Michael Block not being in the field. One-and-done picks are made with three big names coming off the board for this #GamblingPod's selections before diving into 5 Guys to Monitor This Week. This segment is where things spiral out of control a bit, as you'll find a look at the "American Sports discourse," PJ's Knicks celebration, more rollback conspiracies, and "YouTube Golf Minute" all packed in between chatter about Kevin Kisner and Justin Thomas. Sepp Straka is NOT in Texas, but he is in homeland for this week's Austrian Open at what Brendan has heard is "a horrible golf course" that may have a Design Disaster in play! Brendan also shares an on-the-ground report that Andy Sullivan's family has been made aware of his "Bumblebee" nickname. Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson spoke to the media yet again at LIV Korea, with each making some interesting comments regarding the league's future. Lastly, some Tiger Woods news closes out this wide-ranging Wednesday episode that may require a closer look at his major championship future (across all levels of the game).

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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.
0:13.0	And here we go.
0:17.0	All right, all right, all right.
0:20.0	Gentlemen, start! 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 May 27th.
0:45.2	Andy, how we doing?
0:47.0	Brendan, I'm doing fantastic.
0:50.3	I, uh, you know, I just feel like you, you pick some spots.
0:53.9	You think, okay, Craig Ranchero,
0:56.4	this is a good week for a week off the pod or a weekend off the pod. And then it's almost like,
1:03.9	it's almost like the powers that be at the PGA knew I was going to be away and, uh, and, and,
1:10.7	and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, you got. I don't. knew I was going to be away and replaced Don Rea.
1:13.3	Yeah, you got you.
1:14.8	I'd already promised my family that I wouldn't be working.
1:18.5	And then Don Rea gets ousted.
1:21.0	But I was, you know, I enjoyed being a consumer of the content.
1:26.6	And let's see you guys talk about that.
1:29.0	Friday.
1:29.5	As well, as Lannie's great triumph of reducing the winning score by a shot.
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