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The Shotgun Start

Will Bryson go full YouTube, Rahm and LIV speak on their futures, and Quail Hollow fatigue

5/6/20261 hr 6 min

The Content Gods delivered an absolute goldmine of press conference quotes for this Wednesday episode! Andy joins Brendan fresh off of U.S. Open Media Day at Shinnecock Hills and he airs some grievances about all facets of Long Island without PJ present. The two discuss whether Shinnecock is possibly the best golf course in the world and remember the most iconic shots from previous U.S. Opens played in Southampton. After a brief tangent regarding the new programmatic ads inserted into the audio version of the show - there's a first time for everything! - things get back on track with three major LIV stories from Tuesday. First, Jon Rahm has reached an agreement with the DP World Tour to pay all outstanding fines and pay the necessary events to retain membership. Rahm suggested that concessions were made on both sides, but the DPWT is merely forcing him to play one fewer event. Rahm also had some interesting comments regarding his future with LIV Golf, saying "I don't see many ways out," when asked about his contract. While Rahm got existential, Bryson DeChambeau spent the day at the White House alongside Todd Golden, Noah Syndergaard, and TJ Oshie among other "sports stars" as part of a new initiative from President Trump. He also revealed his plans for the future of his YouTube channel, including dubbing his videos into different languages to give the world a reason to watch YouTube! Before the LIV main event, there is a brief Truist Championship preview segment as the PGA Tour returns to Quail Hollow after last year's major championship delay. Rory McIlroy is back after another Masters win, Xander Schauffele looks to re-insert himself into the major conversation, and this Gambling Podcast looks to stay hot on picks! The two run through the rest of the Schedule for the Week, including an alternate event featuring Brooks Koepka, the LPGA's stop in New Jersey, and a Tiger Woods-less Insperity Invitational. It is then SHOWTIME for this episode, as Brendan does a dramatic reading of today's Scott O'Neil press conference at LIV Virginia. From 50+ mentions of "business" to a ridiculous Mother's Day greeting, you will not want to miss these quotes as LIV kicks off its first United States-based event of 2026.

 

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Clips

Rahm’s Contract Regret
Bryson’s ‘Egos’ Lecture
Are LIV Teams Profitable?
Mother’s Day On Tuesday
The Shoe Salesman Parable
DP World Tour ‘Caved’
Ashley Madison Ad Apology

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Brendan Porath· Host0:00

    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. PJ0:13

    And here we go.

  3. Andy Johnson· Host0:16

    All right, all right, all right. Gentlemen, start your engines.

  4. Brendan Porath· Host0:28

    [upbeat music] Greetings, and welcome to a Wednesday edition of the Shotgun Start. It is May 6th. Andy, how we doing?

  5. Andy Johnson· Host0:46

    Brendan, I'm doing fantastic. I just, uh, got my beak wet with a media day at, uh, one of, if not the best golf course in the world, Shinnecock.

  6. Brendan Porath· Host0:58

    One of, if not. It sounds like recency bias. No.

  7. Andy Johnson· Host1:02

    Ah.

  8. Brendan Porath· Host1:03

    You've held that in very high regard before.

  9. Andy Johnson· Host1:05

    Yeah.

  10. Brendan Porath· Host1:05

    You had a good day.

  11. Andy Johnson· Host1:05

    It's right at the tippy top.

  12. Brendan Porath· Host1:07

    It is.

  13. Andy Johnson· Host1:07

    You know?

  14. Brendan Porath· Host1:07

    It's a good place. Good place to play golf. You had a ... You enjoyed yourself.

  15. Andy Johnson· Host1:11

    I was talking to a media member. They're like, "H- how is this not the best?" And I said, "Well, it's like a restaurant. Like, do you ... Am I in the mood for Italian?"

  16. Brendan Porath· Host1:20

    Different mood.

  17. Andy Johnson· Host1:20

    "Or am I in the mood for a burger or a steak?"

  18. Brendan Porath· Host1:22

    Yeah.

  19. Andy Johnson· Host1:23

    You know, you go to different restaurants. So depending on what type of mood you're in, I would, uh, I would say that, you know, if, if, if the,

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