The Shotgun Start

Andy and Brendan are joined by Kevin Van Valkenburg and Joseph LaMagna to discuss the sudden passing of Dan Hicks, the voice of golf on NBC. The four share memories of Hicks's long career at NBC and his time spent in the golf booth alongside analysts like Johnny Miller and Paul Azinger. After two days taking in the sights and sounds at Omni Barton Creek, Joseph checks in with some on-the-ground insight from the Austin Championship, where the locals are longing for the Dell Match Play. Andy takes a look at the history of the Race to Dubai winners and deems Eugenio Chacarra a Ryder Cup lock if he's able to secure the season-long title this week. Nelly Korda also has a career achievement on the line, as she needs one more point to earn a spot in the LPGA's Hall of Fame. To close out the show, KVV shares a Mercedes Flashback on the 2006 Tour Championship, played 20 years ago last week.

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Andy is back! He joins Brendan! for this Wednesday episode previewing another packed week of golf in November. The two first discuss the DP World Tour Championship where The Bumblebee (among others) is getting fit for a 2027 Ryder Cup uniform. In pre-tournament press conferences, Rory McIlroy emphasized that he'd never be in Bryson DeChambeau's shoes and Jon Rahm shared his thoughts on the distance issues in today's game fresh off his win last week. Andy brings 5 Guys to Monitor back for the PGA Tour's Austin Championship and pleads for a beloved fast-casual burger chain to sponsor the segment moving forward. PJ is also back in the saddle today and is ready for a match play situation between Stew Cink and Zatch Johnson at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Andy and Brendan wrap up with some quick bits of news before diving into Frank Kennedy's disqualification from DPWT Q-School and the ensuing social media statement graphics that came with it.

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What looked like a potentially slow, sleepy fall golf weekend delivered an excellent Sunday. Brendan and Joseph convene to discuss Blades Brown’s historic win in Mexico, Jon Rahm’s win in Abu Dhabi fresh off declaring himself LIV-free, and Bryson DeChambeau’s open letter that nobody asked for. They close with some Q&A from listeners, covering the young stars in the game, the USGA, tacos, karoake, and more.

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With the news that LIV Golf is officially shutting down, Brendan hosts a Friday medley episode featuring Sujeet Indap of the Financial Times, Joel Beall of Golf Digest, and Fried Egg Golf’s Joseph LaMagna to dissect LIV’s demise and its ramifications. Brendan brings on Sujeet to find out how the deal with BC Partners fell apart and how agents squabbling over their share of LIV’s carcass helped derail the venture. Next, Joel joins for a retrospective on LIV, its impact on professional golf, and how key figures like Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Phil Mickelson will be remembered for their roles in the Saudi-backed rebel league. Finally, Brendan and Joseph reconvene to bat around a couple of the day’s other newsworthy developments, including a two-shot penalty for Rory McIlroy in Abu Dhabi and Colonial Country Club getting booted from the PGA Tour calendar.

(00:40) Intro
(22:36-49:35) Sujeet Indap
(49:42-1:54:31) Joel Beall

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This episode is off the rails, on the rails, fishtailing about, and careens to a soft landing, maybe. Brendan and Joseph somehow get stuck early on the topic of Tiger Woods designing a golf course on Long Island, and if he’s not practicing what’s preached in the nascent days of that career. Then they get to the YASSS Links and the the DP World Tour playoffs near the Strait of Hormuz in a hot zone of the world. They comb through Jon Rahm’s quotes in his first appearance since it came out that he would not be going with LIV 2.0, and also review Guy Kinnings prospectus for the DPWT future. Is the Euro Tour back baby!? There’s also an impromptu segment on what guys should have gone to LIV but didn’t, like Tony Finau, who is playing this week on the PGA Tour. This entire premise disgusts Joseph. They close with some news on the Golf Channel Games, an LPGA Q school mess, Alker laying down the law on LIV guys coming to the Senior Circuit, and a new sponsor for the Good Good Championship.

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