U.S. Ryder Cup team finalized, and a Spotlight on the BMW PGA at Wentworth

The Shotgun Start

Fried Egg Golf

Sports, Golf

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🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This Friday episode begins with some reaction to Steve Stricker finalizing his roster for the Ryder Cup this month. Andy and Brendan praise the picks, highlightling Scheffler’s suitability. They also discuss course fit as a gauge for a contest that’s entirely different from week-to-week golf. Also, Patrick Reed’s reaction to the “snub” is discussed. Then, in honor of BMW PGA Championship week on the Euro Tour, there’s a Spotlight on the 2011 edition at Wentworth. They highlight the titanic clash for world No. 1 between Luke Donald and Lee Westwood and the unfortunate playoff finish. Donald’s career is also put under the microscope a bit, debating whether his path up was a unique trailblazing of sorts in NCAA golf and staying stateside when he was out of college. The reign at world No. 1, his chase for a major, and talk of a rivalry with Rory are also highlighted. Wentworth is also put under the microscope, including a spicy war of words between Ian Poulter and the then owner at this 2011 edition. Ernie’s history of course changes are documented, as is the continued push-and-pull of getting the best in the world to show up for what has always been a hefty purse at the “flagship” event.

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0:00.0	Now the shotgun's starting golf is full of mathematics, there's a lot of a lot of setup work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work, 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.
0:21.0	Get to men! Start your engine!
0:34.0	Greetings and welcome to a Friday edition of the shotgun start. It is September 10th. Andy, how are we doing?
0:40.0	Brendan, I'm doing great. It's nice to be recording on September 10th.
0:47.0	It is a Friday morning recording. We were waiting to watch a little more coffee golf, wanted to digest a little more BMW PGA championship.
0:56.0	You were up early. I was up early for different reasons. We decided to make it a fresh and I don't know.
1:04.0	Bushy tailed, wide eyed, morning episode, Friday, and you could sit with this all weekend. We're going to do kind of a expanded flash, not flashback.
1:15.0	A more spotlight on a past when it went worth the light. 2011, the battle between Westie and Luke Donald, your boy Westie.
1:24.0	Luke Donald was my favorite player because I counted for him two weeks before a term pro.
1:33.0	I was in Friday.
1:36.0	Podcast guest too.
1:38.0	He was on the Friday a couple of years ago.
1:41.0	There are some interesting anecdotes that we can pull from that with some of the comments made by a peer after he overtook number one in the world there.
1:52.0	When you're a high school golfer and you get a caddy for Luke Donald who's turning pro in two weeks, he becomes your...
2:05.0	Yeah, you become a big fan.
2:10.0	This was a fun playoff because I was a Westie and a Luke Donald fan and it was kind of bittersweet.
2:23.0	We'll do that in our normal Friday spot.
2:27.0	Let's get into some of the news since we last talked. The Ryder Cup picks were made.
2:31.0	I was pining for Coke Crack and Na and Billy Boy.
2:35.0	They did not go that route if you believe it or not.
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