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
Saturday at the Open with Shane Bacon
This Saturday episode features Golf Channel’s Shane Bacon who fills in for Brendan Porath who attended the final of the U.S. Girl’s Junior Amateur. Andy and Shane discuss many topics including Rory M…
01:05:41 |
Sat 17 Jul 2021
Friday at The Open, where there’s a new Big Jon Thomson
This Friday episode begins with the obvious: is Barbasol sponsoring an opposite field event changing people’s shaving cream purchasing habits? Andy and Brendan then get to the main event, covering an…
01:03:38 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Thursday at The Open: Sucky drivers, Yippy putts, and Blueberry boys
This lively Thursday afternoon episode comes in hour 14 of the first round of The Open and was fueled by the Shotgun Start and Westy Island blends at Bixby Coffee. Andy and Brendan dive right into th…
01:09:52 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
The Open Preview, where shouting fore is now a controversial topic
This Wednesday episode revels in the return of golf’s oldest major championship and a style of golf that we see far less than we should. Brendan begins with a point of the recent Open hitting a sweet…
01:26:07 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Split Screen Scottish, DQ via Merch Tent rumors, and Open WD train
This Monday episode wanders around for the first 10 minutes or so, discussing the abundance of golf and the apparent meager options for television coverage of it all. Andy and Brendan discuss the spi…
00:47:28 |
Sun 11 Jul 2021
Coffee Golf delights, British Open via the world feed, and Flashback on Monty
This Friday episode was recorded early before a road trip, so it focuses primarily on the Scottish Open. Andy and Brendan react to some of the early scenes at the Renaissance Club, praising the warm …
00:49:17 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
The Match that wouldn’t end, Baton tricks on links turf, and new awards
Andy and Brendan could not wait any longer, so this was recorded as the Match at Moonlight Basin was on the 14th hole or so and still finishing up sometime in hour five. They offer some initial react…
00:47:01 |
Wed 07 Jul 2021
Bryson skips town, Phil tweets away, and Match 4 Preview
This holiday weekend episode begins with some first-week insights from the first ever Coffee Pot. Then Brendan and Andy offer some reactions to the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where another par-fest pla…
00:51:21 |
Mon 05 Jul 2021
Timmmmmmmmmmmmm!?!
Andy and Brendan are back with some more juice for this Friday episode, starting with questions about the kind of people who choose to go to the bar at Dave & Buster’s. Then they get to the news of t…
00:58:08 |
Fri 02 Jul 2021
We forgot to hit record
It was late to begin with and then Brendan and Andy discovered at minute 43 that they had neglected to hit the record button on the first attempt at this episode. So this is a second run, and if we’r…
00:35:35 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
How to record a podcast during a neverending par-fest of a playoff
Andy and Brendan had enough of the pillow fight between Harris English and Kramer Hickock, so they just hit the record button hoping it would end before they ended the episode. They begin with though…
00:38:50 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Is there such a thing as hot weather food?
This Friday episode is late but it’s a fairly evergreen ramble about the structure and shortcomings of professional golf, at multiple levels. Andy and Brendan begin first with the Women’s PGA, where …
01:01:06 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Morrrre majors, Joey Crawford Championship, and a chat with Cam Smith
This Wednesday episode begins with an unplanned discussion on the U.S. Open’s identity. Has some of the luster of the championship been taken away with the PGA coming right in front of it now? And is…
01:04:56 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Sunday at the U.S. Open: Rahm’s win, Bryson “off the rails,” and Torrey postmortem
After a brief wait for the flyover to clear through, Andy and Brendan begin with the last episode on the 2021 U.S. Open. It’s been a week, but they’re giddy following an afternoon of bunched (constip…
01:13:59 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Saturday at the U.S. Open: Rotisserie chicken, still bad. Torrey Pines, still constipated.
This loopy Saturday episode is energized by the third round finish at Torrey Pines. Granted, there wasn’t much movement, as defined, but there was some action. Andy and Brendan debate whether they wo…
00:51:21 |
Sun 20 Jun 2021
Friday at the U.S. Open: Bryson’s dreams, Dick Bland Brigade, and Torrey bunching
This Friday night episode is a debrief at the midpoint of the U.S. Open. Andy and Brendan react to Dick Bland, long an SGS notable, taking the freaking lead at a major. But has he gone too mainstream…
00:44:12 |
Sat 19 Jun 2021
Thursday at the U.S. Open: Torrey, Telecasts, and Richard Bland
This episode is a quick reaction to day one at the U.S. Open, with only one mic turned on for it. Brendan and Andy jump into what felt like an uneven day, often boring and frustrating but sprinkled w…
00:41:13 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Torrey foibles, Bomb-and-Gouge, Brooks v. Bryson, and Hanglider impacts
This Wednesday episode serves as your official U.S. Open preview. Andy and Brendan begin with some player reactions to the course setup so far, getting in the weeds on bomb-and-gouge proclamations an…
01:06:32 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
An SGS Spotlight on the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage
With the U.S. Open return to Torrey Pines, and a possible end to this era of the championship going to publicly owned venues, this Spotlight episode focuses on the one that ushered in that great muni…
01:25:57 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
Palmetto Pukefest, Chicago’s new favorite son, and Nevada Bob’s boy
This Monday episode begins with a review of the puking down the stretch at the Palmetto Championship. Brendan and Andy discuss the Higgo potential, the Hadley gag, the Tain flick and attempted charac…
00:41:48 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
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