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The Shotgun Start

Masters Sunday: Rory McIlroy wins again at Augusta National

4/13/20262 hr 13 min

Andy and Brendan (joined by KVV, Joseph, and PJ) are bouncing after another incredible Masters finish that had Rory McIlroy winning another green jacket. They debrief on a full day chasing a manic leaderboard with Rory, Cameron Young, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler, and more throwing their hat in the ring to win on a firm Augusta National setup. They discuss Rory’s legacy now with six majors, his claim to the best European golfer of all time, and what comes next on the resume building. They also discuss all the challengers and dispense with the preposterous notion that Augusta went soft with the setup. LIV Golf’s week is given a grade, with some hollering about Sergio Garcia’s conduct and the warning he received from a green jacket. They discuss the narrative that the Masters lost some of its identity with the merch haul movement and some of the hijinks around the Par 3 contest. Lastly, they finish with some big picture thoughts on the majors the rest of the year and a note of thanks for listening.

Clips

Showing 10 of 12
Rory loses lead, regroups
The decisive shot at 12
PGA Tour’s tough takeaway
How many majors for Rory?
Masters losing some charm?
Best European ever?
Rory’s encyclopedic golf brain
Calling out lazy narratives
Rory the grinder arrives
Adam Scott on Justin Rose

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 0· 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.

  2. PJ Clark0:13

    And here we go.

  3. Andy Johnson· Host0:16

    All right, all right, all right.

  4. PJ Clark0:19

    Gentlemen, start your engines.

  5. Brendan Porath· Host0:28

    [upbeat music] Greetings, and welcome to a Sunday edition of the Shotgun Start. It is April 12th. Andy, how we doing?

  6. Andy Johnson· Host0:46

    Brendan, it is victory Monday for our gambling fund.

  7. Brendan Porath· Host0:52

    [laughs] On the board, on the board. You, you went ... You, you kinda okey-dokey deked us into a Rory pick on the preview podcast. You went there. Congrats to you. Pound for that. Uh, we're two for two. Now, we've gone back-to-back. There's all sorts of ... I picked Rory last year. You picked Rory this year. There's a notion that Rory hasn't won a Master's since PJ Clark joined the, joined the Shotgun Start Friday at Golf Enterprises. There's all sorts of good trends going right now. Uh, we're, we have two fabulous Masters in a row. It was another awesome Sunday. So- Different Sunday. It's ... Different, did you say?

  8. Andy Johnson· Host1:29

    Yeah.

  9. Brendan Porath· Host1:29

    Yeah, certainly

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