The Shotgun Start

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The Shotgun Start with Andy Johnson and Brendan Porath of Fried Egg Golf is a podcast waiting for you early in the morning that quickly blasts through a variety of topics (usually) related to golf and (ideally) relevant to the day. It covers news from the pro tours around the world, amusing and important topics from the amateur game the rest of us play, and some irreverent stuff in between. There will be short interviews, previews, reviews, and dives into the archives. It provides what you need to know on golf through a rapid and fun catch-up discussion.

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Solheim Cup chippiness, a ‘...

09.20.2023

It’s the first of two international match play weeks at the Shotgun Start, which will lead to some unorthodox record times. But first Andy and Brendan begin this Solheim Cup week with some cleanup over a disastrous Monday Night Football ...

The Shotgun Start episodes:

09.20.2023 Solheim Cup chippiness, a ‘train wreck’ venue, and Tiger’s new restaurant It’s the first of two international match play weeks at the Shotgun Start, which will lead to some unorthodox record times. But first Andy and Brendan begin this Solheim Cup week with some cleanup over a disastrous Monday Night Football ...
09.18.2023 Sergio’s ‘last-ditch’ attempt at Ryder Cup, Mad Jimmy Walker, and Sahith (+ JT?) ball in Napa It’s a whiparound Monday episode that begins with Andy and Brendan discussing various tales and messages that came across their desk over the weekend. Andy predicts Blockie will never leave our lives. There’s also some light football discussion, including amusement ...
09.15.2023 The Ryder Cup 'Petty Swing,' ZJ wants Netflix out of team room, SGS Golf Advice It’s Friday! And there is golf in many parts of the globe, but Joseph LaMagna begins by quizzing and confounding Brendan with the latest TikTok trend. That quickly transitions to a wandering chat on all things Rome, including Adrian Meronk’s ...
09.12.2023 Tiger emerges, Burly Boy Euros scout Rome, and a Town Crier’s Wentworth love affair This Wednesday episode begins with the somber news of an Aaron Rodgers injury and a hypothetical on 24-hours of disaster at MetLife stadium. Then Brendan and Andy move to three things from social media in the last couple days 1) ...
09.11.2023 USA’s Ryder Cup scouting in Rome missing a few and Els technology takes It’s Victory Monday! For Brendan, at least. Andy has fewer nice things to say about his football teams and is ready to maybe check out on the Bears season. Then they move to tennis, which had its great final completely ...
09.07.2023 JT coach changes, Bombshell NCAA golf scandal, and Over-unders for pessimists The SGS anniversary week rolls on with this beefier “Thursday-Friday” episode. Andy and Brendan begin with a quick schedule for the week review with some above-average golf taking place during NFL’s opening weekend. They discuss the Irish Open at the ...
09.05.2023 Ryder Cup rosters go final, Walker Cup exam at The Old, Anniversary hour Andy and Brendan are back from the holiday weekend recording on the fifth anniversary of the start of this podcast, a misguided, silly, but often rewarding endeavor. They briefly discuss their weekends before a separate tennis chat on the U.S. ...
08.31.2023 Ryder Cup buddy system exposed, Walker Cup hat-gate, and Mafia-themed SGS Golf Advice This Friday episode was recorded from the car that was the scene of the infamous Caves Valley audio disaster, and from a worse-for-the-wear return to the shed. But it’s a first of the month episode so Andy and Brendan are ...
08.30.2023 Justin Thomas gets picked and Captain Zatch stumbles through Zoom It’s a last-of-the-month recording for Andy and Brendan, who are working with spotty wifi after a day of travels from beautiful Northeast Ohio. They begin with some commentary on a recent Twitter poll on various Ohio cities, and the wonderful ...
08.28.2023 A Gross Scandal, Viktor’s ascent, and Ryder Cup picks come due Andy and Brendan are together in Cleveland and took in an absolutely thrilling final round of the 2023 PGA Tour season, where Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele went 63 and 62 to get in the clubhouse tied at 19-under … ...
08.25.2023 We’ve got a race for Low Net!, Rory’s back injury, and Golf Advice Andy and Brendan begin this Friday summer episode with a host of travel takes given recent airline trips -- from baggage claim to boarding to de-boarding. Then they get to the Net Tour Championship, where we have a ballgame despite ...
08.22.2023 Jay’s State of the Tour address, Contender/Pretender Leaderboards and Scandinavian diplomacy This Wednesday episode begins with a commitment to be, like the PGA Tour, “laser-focused” on the Tour Championship. But Brendan and Andy are quickly derailed with several submissions on Scandinavian relations following the Sunday chat on Viktor Hovland exiting the ...
08.21.2023 Hovland (+ others) bomb & carve Olympia Fields, Ryder Cup roster locks, and Blockie-gate It’s a loaded Monday episode with the Playoffs in full effect, team match play rosters taking shape, and American cities to debate and pit against one another. Andy relays a tale from a boiling hot sweaty round in STL and ...
08.18.2023 Notes from the ground at the BMW, Unsubstantiated rumors, and Golf Advice With both Andy and Brendan on the road with substandard WiFi and equipment, this episode is a ramble between travel tales and some golf odds and ends to get us to the weekend. Andy has some scuttlebutt from Chicago and ...
08.16.2023 The not-so-Western Open makes rare Chicago stop, FEC Bubble boys, Euro Ryder Cup moves This Wednesday episode begins with news that the BMW Championship will be going to the great Western frontier of Liberty National in a few years. Andy and Brendan react to the upcoming rota for this former Western Open, as well ...
08.14.2023 Sweating in Memphis, The Vu Era, Glover’s Ryder Cup spot, and Tosti Tales Both Andy and Brendan are worse for the wear after some travel -- one by air, the other by sea -- but they quickly realize it could have been worse. It could have been Memphis, where the heat index was ...
08.10.2023 Phil’s wild gambling, Memphis blues, Tour dysfunction, and Golf Advice It’s Friday! Andy and Brendan close out the week with a meandering mess of an episode. There’s anger, amusement, and multiple technical issues with one mic too loud and another’s airpods malfunctioning. They start with a happy birthday for a ...
08.09.2023 A new “connected” Tour schedule, PGA Tour exec resigns, and PLAYOFFS stakes Andy is back for this lively Wednesday episode with Brendan. He brings some tales from Will’s wedding and his travels, and has a few clean-up thoughts on the valiant JT push for the playoffs, long putters, and other items from ...
08.07.2023 Bryson shoots 58 with a self-correcting driver, JT misses Playoffs (and Ryder Cup?) It was yet another eventful weekend in golf with the Playoffs drawing nigh and seasons ending in Greensboro at the Wyndham Championship. Brendan is joined by Joseph LaMagna to break down all the drama from the PGA Tour finale and ...
08.03.2023 PGA Tour 2024 schedule comes out, ‘Signature’ events, and SGS Golf Advice Andy and Brendan close out the week with a planned Summer Friday hours episode that is prolonged with general sports talk and exhaustion. They begin with a Golfweek report on the 2024 schedule that is to be officially announced by ...
08.02.2023 Tiger returns to bring more player control to PGA Tour, Wyndham woes, and Rahm comments It’s the final week of the regular season, and what better way to cap off this year of discontent than yet another shake-up at the PGA Tour. This time, it comes in the form of the players pushing back on ...
07.31.2023 Seniors whipped in Wales, JT MCs in Minny, and Barstool’s KFT coverage Brendan is back and he returns to an Andy podcasting not at 100 percent after eating too much at dinner. This episode is a ramble that covers all manner of important and inane golf topics, and several non-golf subjects like ...
07.27.2023 Jay Monahan's Memo, Sandals and SGS Golf Advice CBS Sports' Kyle Porter joins Andy Johnson with Brendan Porath on vacation. The two start off discussing Kyle's aversion to sandals and potential solutions before diving into the recent Jay Monahan Memo to PGA Tour players. In the memo there ...
07.25.2023 Ryder Cup political maneuvers, Hoylake “blowing up” 17th hole, FEC Playoff problems Brendan is at the beach with family, covered in sand and Oars & Alps sunscreen, and looking for a break from the “vacation.” And Andy is ebullient about getting a new couch. So this is a punchy episode on a ...
07.23.2023 Sunday at the Open: Harman’s rout, Rory and Rahm desperately chase, and other winners/losers The last men’s major round of the year is in the books and Andy and Brendan reconvene to discuss some of the larger picture items and plenty of the stupid amusements. They begin with Brian Harman, his career, his dominance ...
07.22.2023 Saturday at the Open: Contenders and Pretenders, Ryder Cup debate gets hot Andy and Brendan check in after an eventful Saturday at Royal Liverpool that may leave us with a relatively academic Sunday. Brian Harman leads by five, but they discuss his round and how the good conditions allowed for some scratchiness ...
07.21.2023 Friday at the Open: R&A gets soft, Billy Boy ejects protester, Contenders & Pretenders This was supposed to be a short one dammit! But Andy and Brendan got too worked up about both the sacred and inane from day two at the British Open. They begin with Brian Harman praise, and how his traits ...
07.20.2023 Thursday at the Open: Hoylake takes, Coverage diatribes, JT alarm, Ernie goes OFF on Jay Andy and Brendan are fresh and chipper after watching 13ish hours of golf in the first round of the Open. They begin with some amusements from the day, including their own routines to wake up and dive right into what ...
07.18.2023 An Open Preview: Hoylake issues, Rory’s return, Rahm defends Monahan and PGA Tour This Wednesday episode is a wide-ranging chat that also serves as the official British Open preview. Andy and Brendan begin with some debate that’s not really a debate on whether the Beatles are overrated. Then they jump right into the ...
07.17.2023 Rory, Big Shot Bob, and an all-time coffee golf Scottish Open, plus Barbasol delights Andy and Brendan are worse for the wear but absolutely alive for this Monday episode recapping one of the great finishes to a tournament in some time. They discuss Rory McIlroy’s birdie-birdie close to edge an astounding 64 from Scotland’s ...
07.13.2023 Players have tough questions for Jay, Rory hits persimmon, and SGS Golf Advice It’s Friday and we are spinning the clock to the weekend and Open Championship week. Andy and Brendan begin with an unsubstantiated run-in with a Team Smash member on the recent workout drama. Then they get to the quote roulette ...
07.12.2023 PGA Tour (but not LIV) go to Washington, Document Dump, and Barbasol In/Out/Alternate Well, it had been a long time since they forgot to hit the record button but all good streaks come to an end. This is a re-load after it was discovered the first 25 minutes of the first run were ...
07.10.2023 Corpuz cruise and Pebble problems, My Two Monahans, and Tour Policy Board upheaval Andy and Brendan recap an eventful week in golf, but first there are some questions about the winning caddie now all of a sudden getting a trophy or award and how that is judged. This is a cause to talk ...
07.07.2023 Some ‘terrible’ Pebble Beach setup choices, and Brooksy calls out Matt Wolff It’s Friday! After a brief geography dispute, Andy and Brendan get into some early reactions to the Pebble Beach U.S. Women’s Open. They discuss the “grow-the-game” impacts and have a new favorite player based on some up-close observation by Andy ...
07.05.2023 The Pebble setup for USWO, PGA Tour document “leak,” and Biker Gang insights It’s a throwback worse-for-the-wear Wednesday episode following the July 4th holiday. Andy and Brendan begin with some wide-ranging insights on the Biker Club (Don’t call me a Gang) culture picked up during the holiday. Then they get to the ECCO ...
07.02.2023 Sunday Funday with Rocket Mortgage Rickie, LIV’s slow play enforcement, and Bernie Langer With the holiday this week in the USA and the early finish in Detroit, Andy and Brendan jump on the horn for this Sunday edition. They are overjoyed with Rickie Fowler’s playoff win at the 3-1-3 Classic, where he birdied ...
06.30.2023 Players Rally around Cantlay, Phil’s Got Capes, and Poor Tour Communication A plan for Friday Summer hours and a brisk 20-minute episode goes awry. Instead, Andy and Brendan discuss some of the fallout from the eight hour PGA Tour Advisory Board meeting, from Peppy Peter’s interview with Golfweek on it to ...
06.28.2023 Law Professor Gabe Feldman on PGA Tour-PIF documents, 3-1-3 days, and Andy’s new desk It’s an eventful Wednesday episode, beginning with the exciting development of Andy’s new standing desk, which he adjusts multiple times during recording to his own great amusement. Then they get into the actual “framework” document of the PGA Tour-PIF merger ...
06.26.2023 A radical PGA idea, Keegan’s “home game,” and Rory’s critique of course setup This Monday episode begins with some internal confusion about upcoming Fried Egg events and Pro Shop merch. Then Brendan and Andy get on with reactions to the Women’s PGA at Baltusrol, which fizzled somewhat on the par-5s closing stretch, save ...
06.23.2023 Burly Boy Invitational, A Korda encounter, and SGS Golf Advice This Friday episode is a whiparound with some thoughts on the Ivy League, recent television releases, kids’ shows to avoid, and outrageous drone use by sports parents. Andy and Brendan begin with a mea culpa for missing the event of ...
06.22.2023 PGA Tour future without Monahan, Problems with the U.S. Open rota, Women head to Balty Andy and Brendan are back on the horse after some post-U.S. Open travel, and they come proper with this wide-ranging episode starting with the future of the PGA Tour, Jay Monahan’s role in it, and the abilities of the current ...
06.19.2023 U.S. Open Sunday recap from the Draddy House Andy and Brendan close out the week at LACC with this review of the U.S. Open finale. They discuss the anger and furor over the width of the 18th fairway not punishing Wyndham Clark’s heave up the last. They get ...
06.18.2023 Saturday from the Draddy House at the U.S. Open It’s a lively table-setter for a major championship Sunday. Andy and Brendan get together to discuss the fantastic finish Saturday night at the U.S. Open, from Rickie to Rory to Wyndham’s big club twirl. They run through the contenders and ...
06.17.2023 Friday from the U.S. Open: LACC bites, Rickie hangs on, Rory sits pretty The week rolls on at the U.S. Open thanks to our great friends at B.Draddy (use promo code SGS30 for 30 percent off). We’re at the midpoint and Andy and Brendan discuss all the action from Friday at LACC, where ...
06.16.2023 Thursday from the U.S. Open: Mad about low scores, Rickie, Rory, Scottie, DJ, and more Andy and Brendan review the first day of the U.S. Open at LACC’s North Course, where scores hit record numbers for this championship thanks to Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler, who both shot 62. They discuss the general backlash and ...
06.14.2023 A U.S. Open Preview from the Draddy Hollywood House Andy and Brendan have spent the last two days on the ground at Los Angeles Country Club scouting and gathering all manner of amusing intel to deliver their traditional Wednesday major championship “preview.” They begin with a few new nicknames ...
06.12.2023 Canada has a moment, Mixed merger messaging from the PGA Tour Andy and Brendan have touched down in Los Angeles and are ready to go at the Draddy House for this week’s U.S. Open. But first, they settle up on the weekend that was, beginning with the fantastic finish to the ...
06.09.2023 Implications if Tour-PIF deal falls apart, Omar in featured groups, and Golf Advice Andy and Brendan check out for the week with this Friday episode that begins with an amusing story about their house rental for next week’s U.S. Open in Los Angeles. Then they get to the battle to frame the PGA ...
06.08.2023 More PGA Tour merger details and furious backlash, and Team Smash drama Andy and Brendan return for this late Wednesday episode because the people demanded Canadian Open picks from the foremost gambling podcast. But first, they discuss more on the PIF, not LIV as Rory emphasized, deal with the PGA Tour. They’ve ...
06.06.2023 LIV and the PGA Tour merge, Yasir and Big Jay make up, and the players get …? Andy and Brendan record this “extra” Tuesday episode to discuss, well, the biggest golf news to ever happen, non-Tiger division? Including Tiger division? They react to the details of the PGA Tour and LIV merger announcement, which is still light ...

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