The Shotgun Start
The Shotgun Start with Andy Johnson and Brendan Porath of Fried Egg Golf is a podcast waiting for you early in the morning that quickly blasts through a variety of topics (usually) related to golf and (ideally) relevant to the day. It covers news from the pro tours around the world, amusing and important topics from the amateur game the rest of us play, and some irreverent stuff in between. There will be short interviews, previews, reviews, and dives into the archives. It provides what you need to know on golf through a rapid and fun catch-up discussion.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 1003
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Tiger’s return and other tales from the ground at Riviera
This Friday episode comes to you from a Santa Monica AirBnb after Andy and Brendan spent a full day out at Riviera chasing stars and mules alike. They discuss the thirstiest boy wedging his way into …
00:57:07 |
Fri 16 Feb 2024
Tiger’s new Sun Day Red, Riviera hype, and AK rumors
Andy and Brendan are on site in Los Angeles this week and this Wednesday episode includes some preview scuttlebutt after a day out at Riviera. They begin with the early-week range scene, where one st…
00:57:05 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Phoenix debauchery gone too far?, Career Money exemption Charley, and LIV Vegas
This Monday recording was hastily arranged during halftime of the Super Bowl so apologies for the rambling nature. Andy and Brendan begin with some great golf that probably no one watched to finish o…
00:40:48 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Equity grants, Saudi threats, “Overrated” Spieth, and Tiger returns
It’s Friday! Here’s hoping you can get outside and enjoy some improving weather and listen to some easy tunes from revered artists like Dick Post. Andy and Brendan get to their plans for the weekend …
01:04:22 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
LIV TV ratings, Tour tries for Phoenix boost, Questions about Post Malone
The weather has calmed a bit in Northern California, but things could be looking mucky for the influencer-palooza at the Phoenix Open. They begin with some clean up from Monday, where Pebble was call…
00:51:42 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
LIV’s big weekend during a PGA Tour Pebble washout, more Rory vs. Spieth
With high winds repeatedly blowing open the shed door, and no golf on the PGA Tour, many wondered whether this Monday episode would exist. But it’s here, and Andy and Brendan discuss the PGA Tour’s w…
00:51:31 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
PGA Tour’s new billion dollar deal, PIF and LIV’s role, and player reactions
This beefy Friday episode begins with some amusements from Andy’s time at Pebble Beach, watching and betting on the hapless Ams trying to play the 17th hole in brutal winds. Eventually Brendan steers…
01:17:53 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Pebble’s Signature debut, LIV’s return, and PIF deal progress?
This Wednesday episode begins with some Brendan positivity and a check-in from Andy in Pebble Beach, where he spent the day gathering #scuttlebutt. They discuss Jon Rahm’s debut with LegionXII(i) in …
00:53:20 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
PGA Tour’s sluggish start, Pavon stomp-gate, and Signature exemptions gripes
Andy and Brendan get together in the middle of NFL conference championship Sunday to debrief on the weekend that was in golf. They bounce around on a variety of subjects both related and unrelated to…
00:54:08 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Anthony Kim back!?, LIV signings and bunglings, and Dunlap goes pro
Andy and Brendan have left Orlando so they reconvene from separate coasts for this Friday edition of the Shotgun Start. They ramble around at the top about some PGA Show observations as well as Aldri…
00:56:38 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
A new The Match, CBS returns, World Tour debates, and sketchy Signature exemptions
Andy and Brendan are together again in Orlando and they begin with some unsubstantiated rumors gleaned from their travels -- one about the TGL and another about a new TV show focused on golf. Then th…
00:47:08 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Dunlap makes history, Rory wins in Dubai, and Thirst Bucket of the Week
What a weekend in professional golf! Andy and Brendan get together for their usual Monday episode recapping it all, starting with an amateur winning on the PGA Tour for the first time in 33 years. Th…
00:51:42 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Rahm in Palm Springs, Zatch fights back, and pros we’d most want as SGS guests
Andy and Brendan send you off to the weekend with a fun 50 minutes on … a wide range of subjects. They begin with some reaction to Zach Johnon jamming right in their faces with an opening round 10-un…
00:52:45 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
The Tour’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan problem, Jay goes to Saudi, and Blockie’s 2024 debut
Andy and Brendan fire it up for this Wednesday episode on the heels of a report in The Athletic that Yasir may face a lawsuit for some bad things he is alleged to have carried out on the instruction …
01:00:00 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
A ‘virtually certain’ crooked drop, Sketchy exemptions, and Jay calls Yasir
Andy and Brendan are back for a very much *not* Victory Monday episode during the holiday in the States. They discuss the Browns blowout playoff loss, the Packers success, and the Bulls fans booing a…
00:57:49 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Pelley and Slumbers out, Phil demurs on Ryder Cup, and SGS Golf Advice
Andy and Brendan get one more unexpected recording together in the Swamp before departing for the week. They offer a few reactions from their time down in Florida, which included a pass by of the fam…
00:50:05 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Rory’s proposes “World Tour,” Rookie screwjob at Sony, and Robot toilets
Andy and Brendan are happily reunited in the Jupiter swamp for this Wednesday episode and they have some reactions to their rental home’s putting green architect, as well as its robot toilets. Then t…
00:47:10 |
Wed 10 Jan 2024
A historic win in Hawaii, Kisner’s TV debut, and rookie meeting intel
With Andy traveling, and Brendan scheduled to early Monday morning, this is a podcast recorded and completed on the run in some of the most dire circumstances in this podcast’s ramshackle history. A …
00:49:49 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
Warm Kapalua glee, Norman and Phil react to Rory’s ‘reversal’ on LIV, More over-unders
Andy and Brendan are back for their first Friday episode of the year and it’s a joyous scramble. They begin with what Andy terms as one of the funniest and bizarre articles he’s read and stumble arou…
01:08:22 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
PGA Tour returns with a LIV-impacted THE Sentry and 2024 over-unders
Andy and Brendan are back in 2024 and they’re starting a little worse for the wear but enthusiastic and encouraged for another year. They discuss some quick resolutions and the PGA Tour’s opening eve…
01:07:34 |
Wed 03 Jan 2024
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