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
Bermuda Burns, a marketing theory on the FedEx Cup, and Greg Norman’s media blitz
This episode is a victory Monday of sorts for Andy, who went out on limb with his one and done pick this week at the Valspar. He and Brendan get into the final round in Tampa, but not without first d…
00:44:52 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Saudi’s LIV Golf has a schedule & courses, and USGA comments further on distance
This Friday episode reviews a few days full of significant news both on the disruptor league attempts to the PGA Tour and the USGA’s latest update on its distance plans. Andy and Brendan begin first …
00:52:43 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Snake pits and overcooked storyline cliches, and also Henrik Stenson
If you need gambling advice for the Valspar Championship, this is the show for you. Andy and Brendan spend one whole minute offering their one and done picks for Tampa. Around that, however, is chatt…
00:46:49 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Cam’s breakout, Saturday’s massacre, Redesigning the 17th, and requiem for Gold Boy
This Monday night episode reacts to the wild, interminable 2022 Players Championship. Andy and Brendan begin with Cameron Smith’s biggest career win to date, and exactly how he got it done with perfe…
01:12:16 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Questions about “Gold Boy”
It’s Friday and where else would Andy and Brendan begin if not for Gold Boy. That’s our sweet little mixed reality boy that came into our lives prancing around the screen on Thursday at The Players C…
00:53:47 |
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Monahan on legacy vs. leverage, Phil discipline, and PGA Tour gambling questions
This Wednesday episode serves as a Players Championship preview, but there’s not much on the instant event until late in the second half of the recording. Andy and Brendan begin by reacting to the ra…
01:02:23 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Bay Hill bromides, Rory’s ‘punch drunk,’ and ample Pillow Talk
It’s a Victory Monday of sorts at the Shotgun Start, which begins with some college basketball chatter. From there, it’s quickly into Bay Hill, where Scottie Scheffler is given his due as the new No.…
00:55:42 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
PIP reactions and KVV with #FBF on Phil Mickelson’s deluded pro baseball tryout
ESPN Senior Writer Kevin Van Valkenburg joins this early “Friday” episode with some delightful insights on golf news past and present. The trio begin with reaction to the final PIP results announceme…
01:16:52 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
Thicc Boi’s affliction, the PR detritus, and Captain ZJ’s picks
It’s an early Wednesday episode celebrating the arrival of March, a good if not great month. Andy and Brendan begin with a discussion on Bryson’s WD from Bay Hill, and his social media video full of …
00:49:50 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
The Phil cancellation, Lowry’s “stolen” Honda, and Todger tales
Well, it’s take two for this Monday episode after the original was lost to the technology trouble dustbin. Andy and Brendan, however worse for the wear they may be, gleefully hop in to discuss the Se…
00:43:53 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
We’ve surely come to jest
It’s Document Review Friday on the Shotgun Start, and Andy and Brendan begin with Norman the mailer sending yet another letter out into the void, addressed to one, but aimed at an audience for many. …
01:10:48 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
Honda down and out, and Brad Faxon chats the PGA Tour of the past (and putting)
This Wednesday episode begins with The Town Crier making some official proclamations about Phil Mickelson and his potential Ryder Cup captaincy future. Then it’s on to the schedule for the week, wher…
00:53:42 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Chopped and screwed SGL, whither Phil, and an 81-shot spread
This Monday episode begins with Brendan down in the swamp pledging to go to The Woods Jupiter and Andy struggling to diversify his wardrobe in San Francisco. Then they quickly jump into the news of t…
00:56:45 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Mickelson’s lost his marbles, ‘the kids’ rebuke the SGL, and “The Tugboat”
It’s a packed Friday episode and yet another one where the actual golf has receded into the background as the Saudi Golf League rumors continue at a fever pitch. Brendan and Andy begin with Phil’s co…
00:58:52 |
Fri 18 Feb 2022
A Saudi cloud over the PGA Tour’s best event, and the Bryson media kerfuffle
This Wednesday episode begins with Andy and Brendan lamenting all the off-course rumors and maneuvering dominating the conversation yet again at what is the best week on the PGA Tour schedule. They d…
00:55:45 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Scottie, Sahith, and Cannon Fodder Charley
After a wild and eventful weekend, this Monday episode naturally begins by discussing the worst, most nonsensical holidays on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. Then Brendan and Andy get to the Phoenix…
01:05:03 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Influencer invasion, DLF canceled, and a chat with CBS lead producer Sellers Shy
This Friday episode begins with some amusing anecdotes from the ground about the influencers overrunning the Phoenix Open this week. Brendan calls for a complete and total influencer rollback. News h…
00:43:01 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Thirsty in the desert and the Howell predicament
This early recording previews the upcoming week at the golf influencer Super Bowl known as the Phoenix Open. Andy and Brendan discuss the strong field, strong finish, and some of the younger exemptio…
00:40:27 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Tommy Tables beats the house, Saudi gets a sportswash, and Thicc Boi breaks down
This Monday episode begins with some investigative reporting on Andy “stumbling into controversy” out on the West Coast. Then it’s on to the Pebble Beach Pro Am, where Tommy Tables was triumphant. Th…
00:51:08 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
Phil wants his rights, Westy’s got an NDA, and the Saudi League’s still all smoke
It’s a punchy Friday episode with an extensive discussion on, what else, the latest rumblings from Saudi Arabia, the new home of golf. But first, there must be critical 18-hole updates on Pebble Beac…
00:57:12 |
Fri 04 Feb 2022
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