The Shotgun Start

This is a disaster of a recording situation with poor Wifi creating a horrible delay on both ends, but Andy and Brendan march on with a meandering Monday episode. They begin with a couple quick comments on their weekend at The Tailgate down in Georgia. They award multiple Thirstbuckets of the Week for Jarmo Sandelin exploitation and rotisserie chicken exploitation. On the golf, the WWT Championship at Mayakoba is discussed with Russ Henley closing the deal, a new player climbing the World No. 1 mountaintop, and Collin Morikawa getting snippy about some comments from the broadcast. There’s some Bernhard Langer appreciation after another big weekend on the senior tour for him. News hits on reports of The Match 6 coming to the Tampa area with the TMRW boys and JT and Spieth under the lights. They close with a few more thoughts on rotisserie chicken, and punting on dinner rankings, now that this is in the news via a viral stunt.

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It’s whiparound Wednesday. Andy and Brendan begin this episode with just a handful of topics and no real plan during this quiet time for professional golf. They discuss the notion of “scoops” on LIV team trades being reported on ESPN and elsewhere and how it’s all just a sham to keep the juice flowing. They discuss Pat Reed’s latest lawsuit, and how LIV might feel about that continuing to make further enemies across the golf landscape, including with a place like FOX Sports, which is a target of the latest suit. They discuss the impressive and lengthy list of TMRW investors announced by that outfit, and what it means for the many still TBD details on what this actually is as a product. They discuss the Walker Cup and U.S. Women’s Open coming to Chicago Golf Club, a place opening its doors to more events and the latest in a trend of great courses hosting significant championships, especially for the USWO.

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Andy and Brendan close out the month of October with this Monday episode on the weekend that was in golf and their annual golf-related Halloween costumes segment. There’s some follow up, and backlash to Andy’s Kim Swan “take” from the end of last week. There’s some praise for Seamus Power, Harrison Crowe, and Jordan Smith as winners from around the world over the weekend. Then they get into the LIV finale and if the team format worked in Miami, the languishing YouTube numbers, and a report of Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele potentially coming over for 2023. News hits on Marty Sleeps comments from the Asia Pacific Am about The Open’s forthcoming official policy toward LIV players. They close it out with their 5th annual golf-related Halloween Costumes segment for 2022, and there are several LIV connections this year you might expect.

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It’s Friday! Brendan and Andy cobble together this episode, starting with some random segments on a Boy from Bratislava copycat situation with the Man from Marseille. Then the Mid-Am Minute is back with a few more details on the DR event with less than 30 players that gets one mid-am player into a PGA Tour event. That transitions to a 65-year-old who sits on the board of trustees of the host course playing in this week’s PGA Tour event and, well, trying to steer it into the house. Then they get to LIV Miami, where the lineup for the first day’s matches is barf-inducing. They debate how many more big names are needed to make this look a little stronger, while running through the various appeal levels of each match. Rory’s comments on Ryder Cup “betrayal” are discussed before an #FBF segment touches on the origins of Mid Ocean Club and an amusing story of an early Babe Ruth visit.

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This Wednesday episode begins with a question that seemed unfathomable two months ago: are the Bears better than the Packers? Then an unplanned segment, the Mid-Am Minute, takes place, with the microscope on an event overseas during a time when maybe it’s never been better to be a Mid-Am. The Butterfield field is discussed, from the favorites to the press conference invitees to the unknowns. Brendan has questions about a completely indiscriminate plaque at the host venue, and there’s excitement over the weather forecast. News hits on the great Champions Tour schedule release day, with 2023 loaded up with 28 events, 66 million in prizes, and the return of an event in Morocco. In contrast to that Champs Tour superfluity is the last segment on an article reporting some potential changes to PGA Tour University and the attempts (or half measures) to fast track more young stars to the Tour that could be susceptible to LIV poaching.

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This Monday episode begins with a Sunday night sports update not presented by a bank and not planned at all! There are some deep thoughts on Bullet, and bullet, before Andy and Brendan get to the CJ Plaque winner Rory McIlroy. They discuss Rory’s return to the top spot in the OWGR (but not the FEC) and the meaning that takes on 10 years after he first did it. They discuss both Rory and Lydia Ko getting emotional after their wins and after a decade of doing just about everything on their respective tours. Steven Alker’s continued dominance on the Champs Tour leads to the creation of the “Alker Test” idea. There’s also a chat on yet another Japanese No. 1 amateur and his win in a strong pro event this weekend. News closes with Majed Al Sorour releasing a statement on his New Yorker comments that LIV would create its own majors.

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It’s an early Friday, some may even call it Friday Junior, episode. Andy and Brendan react to being able to watch absolutely nothing from a loaded CJ Cup at Congaree, with TV limited to three afternoon hours and no featured groups streams. There were a couple grainy cellphone videos posted to social media though. Another Spieth debate somehow ensues. Andy gives out four show-me players who he thinks need and could deliver a big 2023 year. Flashback Friday focuses on a Korean legend nicknamed The Tank.

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This Wednesday episode begins with some fun stories about airplane travel. Then Andy and Brendan get to the CJ Cup, where a great field will play at Congaree. They express enthusiasm for this rare fall windfall but lament some lack of creativity. This leads to a discussion on the news of the PGA Tour’s four new elevated events -- what’s good and what’s a miss with this new reworked schedule for 2023 and what needs to be better for the years that follow? There’s a sidebar discussion on an amusing interview with the head of the champions tour. The last segment reacts to the New Yorker article and the head of Golf Saudi saying he will just create his own majors if they don’t let in his players.

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This Monday episode reacts to an INCREDIBLE sports weekend with wild scenes in Knoxville, Fort Worth, Utah, Salt Lake, Cleveland, Philly, and Jeddah, among others. Andy and Brendan sort through it all, starting with the Zozo, where Keegan and Rickie put some people to sleep. They assess Keegan’s strong career, which now resides in the Pancake Zone alongside Fowler. They compare five-year peaks and some other names from the five-win club. On the 54 Tour, they react to a 4A player like Peter Uihlein suddenly becoming a force out on the LIV circuit. Brooksy’s tears and comments about getting hot or finding his game during a quiet part of the season are addressed as well. Should there be a major in each quarter? There are a few amusing observations from the broadcast on Niblicks hype, unflattering graphics, and a potential opportunity for a “Fan Vote Friday” redux situation where the listeners can get involved in the broadcast. The women competing in their own Saudi-backed event rounds out the episode, with Lexi’s quotes on the subject reviewed.

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It’s another *Thursday* episode, with Andy on the road for the big Bears-Commanders national TV game. He and Brendan begin with an amusing note from the Pres Cup, where fans dressed up as Canadian mounties may have heckled a certain Town Crier. Then they get to the idea of LIV instituting a cut, of just three players, and what it says about the desperation for OWGR points and whimsical changes. They discuss the Zozo Championship, where Hideki Matsuyama reiterated his commitment to PGA Tour membership. News hits on the return of the International Crown, Jon Rahm’s Ryder Cup comments and Sergio’s abdication, and Tony Romo playing his way into a USGA championship. A quick Flashback Friday centers on Isao Aoki and another geopolitical drama that ensued when he committed to play in South Africa.

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