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
- 1004
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
PGA Tour 2024 schedule comes out, ‘Signature’ events, and SGS Golf Advice
Andy and Brendan close out the week with a planned Summer Friday hours episode that is prolonged with general sports talk and exhaustion. They begin with a Golfweek report on the 2024 schedule that i…
00:50:55 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Tiger returns to bring more player control to PGA Tour, Wyndham woes, and Rahm comments
It’s the final week of the regular season, and what better way to cap off this year of discontent than yet another shake-up at the PGA Tour. This time, it comes in the form of the players pushing bac…
00:55:03 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
Seniors whipped in Wales, JT MCs in Minny, and Barstool’s KFT coverage
Brendan is back and he returns to an Andy podcasting not at 100 percent after eating too much at dinner. This episode is a ramble that covers all manner of important and inane golf topics, and severa…
00:58:24 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Jay Monahan's Memo, Sandals and SGS Golf Advice
CBS Sports' Kyle Porter joins Andy Johnson with Brendan Porath on vacation. The two start off discussing Kyle's aversion to sandals and potential solutions before diving into the recent Jay Monahan M…
01:10:30 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
Ryder Cup political maneuvers, Hoylake “blowing up” 17th hole, FEC Playoff problems
Brendan is at the beach with family, covered in sand and Oars & Alps sunscreen, and looking for a break from the “vacation.” And Andy is ebullient about getting a new couch. So this is a punchy episo…
00:43:12 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Sunday at the Open: Harman’s rout, Rory and Rahm desperately chase, and other winners/losers
The last men’s major round of the year is in the books and Andy and Brendan reconvene to discuss some of the larger picture items and plenty of the stupid amusements. They begin with Brian Harman, hi…
01:24:44 |
Sun 23 Jul 2023
Saturday at the Open: Contenders and Pretenders, Ryder Cup debate gets hot
Andy and Brendan check in after an eventful Saturday at Royal Liverpool that may leave us with a relatively academic Sunday. Brian Harman leads by five, but they discuss his round and how the good co…
00:47:50 |
Sat 22 Jul 2023
Friday at the Open: R&A gets soft, Billy Boy ejects protester, Contenders & Pretenders
This was supposed to be a short one dammit! But Andy and Brendan got too worked up about both the sacred and inane from day two at the British Open. They begin with Brian Harman praise, and how his t…
00:56:22 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Thursday at the Open: Hoylake takes, Coverage diatribes, JT alarm, Ernie goes OFF on Jay
Andy and Brendan are fresh and chipper after watching 13ish hours of golf in the first round of the Open. They begin with some amusements from the day, including their own routines to wake up and div…
00:55:47 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
An Open Preview: Hoylake issues, Rory’s return, Rahm defends Monahan and PGA Tour
This Wednesday episode is a wide-ranging chat that also serves as the official British Open preview. Andy and Brendan begin with some debate that’s not really a debate on whether the Beatles are over…
01:19:41 |
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Rory, Big Shot Bob, and an all-time coffee golf Scottish Open, plus Barbasol delights
Andy and Brendan are worse for the wear but absolutely alive for this Monday episode recapping one of the great finishes to a tournament in some time. They discuss Rory McIlroy’s birdie-birdie close …
00:56:19 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Players have tough questions for Jay, Rory hits persimmon, and SGS Golf Advice
It’s Friday and we are spinning the clock to the weekend and Open Championship week. Andy and Brendan begin with an unsubstantiated run-in with a Team Smash member on the recent workout drama. Then t…
00:53:17 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
PGA Tour (but not LIV) go to Washington, Document Dump, and Barbasol In/Out/Alternate
Well, it had been a long time since they forgot to hit the record button but all good streaks come to an end. This is a re-load after it was discovered the first 25 minutes of the first run were not …
01:05:28 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Corpuz cruise and Pebble problems, My Two Monahans, and Tour Policy Board upheaval
Andy and Brendan recap an eventful week in golf, but first there are some questions about the winning caddie now all of a sudden getting a trophy or award and how that is judged. This is a cause to t…
00:53:08 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Some ‘terrible’ Pebble Beach setup choices, and Brooksy calls out Matt Wolff
It’s Friday! After a brief geography dispute, Andy and Brendan get into some early reactions to the Pebble Beach U.S. Women’s Open. They discuss the “grow-the-game” impacts and have a new favorite pl…
00:49:36 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
The Pebble setup for USWO, PGA Tour document “leak,” and Biker Gang insights
It’s a throwback worse-for-the-wear Wednesday episode following the July 4th holiday. Andy and Brendan begin with some wide-ranging insights on the Biker Club (Don’t call me a Gang) culture picked up…
01:01:42 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
Sunday Funday with Rocket Mortgage Rickie, LIV’s slow play enforcement, and Bernie Langer
With the holiday this week in the USA and the early finish in Detroit, Andy and Brendan jump on the horn for this Sunday edition. They are overjoyed with Rickie Fowler’s playoff win at the 3-1-3 Clas…
00:44:11 |
Sun 02 Jul 2023
Players Rally around Cantlay, Phil’s Got Capes, and Poor Tour Communication
A plan for Friday Summer hours and a brisk 20-minute episode goes awry. Instead, Andy and Brendan discuss some of the fallout from the eight hour PGA Tour Advisory Board meeting, from Peppy Peter’s i…
00:54:16 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Law Professor Gabe Feldman on PGA Tour-PIF documents, 3-1-3 days, and Andy’s new desk
It’s an eventful Wednesday episode, beginning with the exciting development of Andy’s new standing desk, which he adjusts multiple times during recording to his own great amusement. Then they get int…
01:01:20 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
A radical PGA idea, Keegan’s “home game,” and Rory’s critique of course setup
This Monday episode begins with some internal confusion about upcoming Fried Egg events and Pro Shop merch. Then Brendan and Andy get on with reactions to the Women’s PGA at Baltusrol, which fizzled …
00:46:49 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
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