The Shotgun Start

This Wednesday episode previews a beefy week of golf, with tournaments of interest taking place across the world from Northern Ireland, to Napa, to Virginia, to Bolingbrook, Illinois. Andy and Brendan begin with some early LIV talk as the league's Individual Championship makes its way to Bolingbrook Golf Club. Brendan reads through the pre-tournament notes, with some editorializing from Illinois l...

It's a quick Victory Monday episode as Andy is riding high after wins by the Illini and Bears this weekend. Brendan is also celebratory as the BC Eagles are ranked, but is licking his wounds from a Browns blowout loss to start the NFL season. The two break down the much-anticipated debut of Caleb Williams, Illinois storming the field after beating Kansas, and Producer PJ joins to preview the Jets...

It's a birthday episode of golf's preeminent birthday podcast as the show turns six! A Friday whimsy episode starts with an Andy story from his final fantasy football draft of the year before Brendan asks how he's feeling about the debut of Caleb Williams on Sunday. After Andy runs through the graveyard of Chicago quarterbacks, the two do actually talk about some golf news. Sun Day Red unveils a n...

It's the first true offseason episode of 2024 and nearly all attention has turned to the upcoming Presidents Cup. Andy and Brendan begin this episode with a Victory Tuesday celebration for Brendan's Boston College Eagles after a Top 10* road win at Florida State on Monday night to open the season. They then discuss the breaking news of the day, captain's picks for the Presidents Cup at Royal Montr...

It’s Tour Championship Monday, a holiday here in the United States as everyone recovers from the excitement and celebration that was the season finale of the FedExCup in Atlanta. Andy and Brendan convene to chat about Scottie Scheffler’s “dominant” performance to cap off a truly dominant season. They, uh, may have a quibble or two with the format that had Scheffler win low net but not low gross, a...

It's an early Friday episode recorded before the Tour Championship teed off, but Andy and Brendan are back to break down the 2024 Creator Classic and Jay Monahan's "State of the Tour" address. The episode starts with Andy remarking that this is a new day in golf, the first day in the Post-Creator Classic era. Producer PJ chimes in to recap the event, including multiple finalists playing through th...

Andy and Brendan are AMPED for the finale of the FedExCup season at East Lake. They ramble all over the place talking about the 2026 Presidents Cup and TPC Craig Ranch renovations before they get there though. At East Lake, they discuss some early player grumbles about Andrew Green’s restoration work for the home of the Tour Championship. They discuss the FedExCup Starting Strokes format now five...

Andy and Brendan are back on a Victory Monday for the Ballfrogs to talk Castle Pines and the golf year's final major. They start at St. Andrews, where Lydia Ko pulled off the win to add to her Olympic gold from earlier this month. The two discuss whether Lydia won the Women's Open or if it was really Nelly Korda who lost it, the pace-of-play issues that plagued the tournament, and other odds and e...

It is …Friday! Andy and Brendan are buoyant as they head into the weekend, discussing a smattering of topics including Bears strategy and a too-good-to-pass-up offer for Browns fans going to the Jags game to play at TPC Sawgrass. Then they get to Mr. 50, Keegan Bradley, leading the BMW, which is cause for sharing a mind-blowing FedExCup Fact of the Day that has Andy nostalgic for a prior era of th...

It's week two of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Andy and Brendan are ready for Denver! This episode starts with a celebration of fall temperatures in August before some back and forth about where folks in town for the DNC are playing golf in the Chicago area. After the debut of "Lobbyist Minute" concludes, the two discuss the not-so-great TV ratings from last week's playoff event at TPC Southwind and...

Andy and Brendan recap an absolutely loaded weekend of golf with tournaments coming down to the wire across all levels of the game. Andy leads off this Monday episode by waxing poetic about Caleb Williams and his performance in Week 2 of the preseason, becoming far too excited about the Bears on August 19th. After an extended Caleb Minute, the golf recap begins with the FedEx St. Jude in Memphis a...

It's a beefy Friday episode in honor of the FedEx Cup Playoffs starting up. Andy and Brendan lead off the episode with some U.S. Am discussion as Andy's Illini have shown up to compete. This then turns in to a conversation about what an amateur even is these days, given that many top players have large NIL deals backing them. Next, it's an extended FedEx Cup Minute as they take a look at the PGA T...

Andy and Brendan are back on this Wednesday episode to recap the fallout from Matt Kuchar's solo Monday finish at the Wyndham Championship, among other things. They start with Andy's initial take on the whole situation on Sunday before getting into the range session, TIO drop, and three shots of Monday morning. Kevin Prise gets a shoutout for his outstanding Monday coverage from Greensboro before...

Brendan is joined by Joseph LaMagna to recap an astounding end to Sunday at the Wyndham Championship with Matt Kuchar abandoning his ball on the 72nd hole due to darkness even as the rest of the field finished the tournament. The two dissect every angle of this unique situation, including a live reaction to Kuchar's explanation for this move and have a conversation about all of the people who will...

It’s Friday! Andy is delusional about the Bears after one episode of Hard Knocks and has great hope. Then they get to some of the golf of the week, the women’s golf competition at the Olympics and the delayed Wyndham Championship. But first there is an apology for Rickie Fowler after a mistake from last episode, and an attempt at an apology for Jordan Spieth. They also try to figure out what the p...

It's the finale of the PGA Tour regular season, so Brendan and Andy are peaking at the right time. Andy begins the episode expressing his excitement about watching the battle for the Comcast Business Top 10 coming to an end this week at the Wyndham Championship. Brendan then shares an analogy comparing the photo-finish Men's 100m Final at the Olympics to the race to make the Top 70 in the FedEx Cu...

An incredible Sunday at the Olympics prompts this early recording from Andy and Brendan, as they react to Scottie Scheffler getting the gold, Jon Rahm collapsing on the back nine, Rory making a run before splashing late, Xander bowing out, and Tommy Fleetwood upholding the legacy of the Silver Slovak. They discuss if Olympics golf has an official moment that will elevate its place in the sport ove...

Andy and Brendan close out the week, and open a new month, with this Friday episode checking in on the Olympics golf competition from Paris. First, there’s a check-in on the Bears, Jets, and some questions about 3-on-3 basketball and how an alt-event like that might work in golf. There’s also some gatekeeping about what should be an actual Olympic sport, like speedwalking? They discuss early actio...

Brendan is back from vacation and joins Andy to catch up on all that's happened in golf. The episode starts with some thoughts on how pools have been operating and why society has decided that beaches are a travel destination. Andy then shares a note on Caleb Williams' first week of camp with the Bears as he begins his surely illustrious NFL career. The two transition into Olympic talk, as Brendan...

Andy is joined by Brentley Romine to discuss the weekend that was in the world of golf. The show starts with a 2024 Olympic Minute, where the two debate what other sport the American men would compete in, how Tosti will fare at Le Golf National, and more. After wrapping up a Paris preview, attention then turns to Jhonattan Vegas's win at the 3M Open, his first PGA Tour win in seven years. Andy and...

It's another jam-packed Friday Golf Advice episode as Andy is joined by pro Vince India. To start, the two discuss Vince's week at the Colorado State Open and how this week's competition compares to other state opens around the country. They then touch on the breaking news of Southwest Airlines going to reserve seating, something that will surely impact these world travelers. Vince shares a quick...

Andy is joined by Shane Bacon of the "Get a Grip" podcast to wrap up lingering questions from the Open Championship and so much more. After a rousing discussion about Andy's texting habits, the two begin with a proper recap of the Barracuda Championship and what a second win this year means for Nick Dunlap moving forward. They then cover any remaining Open takes, including which current star with...

It was the kind of weekend that made you think about the big things as it relates to men’s golf, its star talents, its playing fields, and its past, present, and future. Andy and Brendan bob and weave through this Monday episode that runs the gamut after the last men’s major of the year. They begin with some important questions on the FedExCup before getting into Xander Schauffele’s win, his seaso...

What an unforgettable day of golf-watching at The Open and Andy and Brendan are giddy to talk about a day that sorted the contenders and pretenders as we head to the final round of men’s major championship golf. They discuss the absolutely brutal conditions at Royal Troon that punished the final groups coming in and left the Baton Boy, the Town Crier himself, Billy Horschel sitting in the solo 54-...

Andy and Brendan are soaring into the weekend after watching an awesome day of golf at The Open, where the wind came up again and brutalized some of the best players in the world. They angrily shout down anyone moaning about the draw creating a disparity. Then they get into the conditions that ejected Rory, Bryson, Tiger, and many more. They outline some of the older vets on the board while praisi...