Bryson, Poulter and more LIV players speak out, Quail hunting, and Flashback Friday to a Sergio Charlotte collapse
5/8/20261 hr 12 min
Brendan is joined by The Boys for another installment of Golf's Preeminent Birthday Podcast, this time celebrating both Cameron Young and, of course, Brendan! himself. Joseph LaMagna comes in fresh off his first round of 2026 and admits he's been having trouble sleeping as of late, leading things perfectly into another Pillow Talk segment to kick off this Friday show. It was a sleepy Thursday round at a rain-soaked Quail Hollow for the Truist Championship where Matt McCarty leads at the conclusion of play. Joseph and Brendan take stock of the Truist as an event and Quail Hollow as a PGA Tour venue, making its return to the regular schedule after hosting last year's PGA Championship. Speaking of the PGA Championship, the "special invitations" into next week's field went out over the past few days and Joseph is taking exception to some invitees getting in ahead of Canada's sweetheart Sudarshan Yellamaraju. The bulk of this episode is spent on more news from LIV Virginia as seemingly everyone is now free to speak their mind about the league and its future. Brendan, Joseph, and PJ run through quotes and posts from Ian Poulter, Anirban Lahiri, Graeme McDowell, and Bryson DeChambeau after the latest rounds of media availability. Bryson seems to have a misunderstanding of the PGA Tour's social media policy and admits that it could factor into his decision about where to play in the future if he doesn't re-sign with the Crushers. The trio wonders if Bryson now sees himself as a YouTuber more than a Professional Golfer and how that mindset will impact his choices moving forward. Brendan then takes The Boys back to the 2005 Wachovia Championship for Flashback Friday, remembering Sergio Garcia blowing a record-tying six-shot lead after 54 holes. Things wrap up with some assorted amusements from the world of sports and Joseph's initial thoughts on next week's PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. We will return on Monday for another week of major championship golf, including live shows on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
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First 90 secondsBryson DeChambeau· Soundbite0:00
Now, the Shotgun Start in golf is full of mathematics. Um, 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 gonna demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a Shotgun Start here.
Brendan Porath· Host0:13
And here we go. All right, all right, all right. Gentlemen, start your engines. [upbeat music] Greetings, and welcome to a Friday edition of the Shotgun Start. It is May 8th. Joseph, how we doin'?
Joseph LaMagna· Guest0:46
Brendan, I'm doing great. You know, we've been chopping it up a little bit behind the scenes, PJ and I, all smiles. You seem like maybe a little bit of a grumpy boy tonight, so we're gonna find out. Ready to do it.
Brendan Porath· Host0:59
[laughs] Why am I a grumpy boy? I'm just trying to get prepared, trying to be professional here for our podcast. Uh, starting 45 minutes late. Starting, quite honestly, four and a half hours later than I wanted to because you're playing golf. Um, seems like everyone in this cup is playing golf this week. I'm not playing golf. I'm minding the store. I had an invitation to play golf today at Congressional down the street here. Good friend JP Phillips. Would've gotten a lot of commies, uh, scuttlebutt.