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The Shotgun Start

It's a birthday episode of golf's preeminent birthday podcast as the show turns six! A Friday whimsy episode starts with an Andy story from his final fantasy football draft of the year before Brendan asks how he's feeling about the debut of Caleb Williams on Sunday. After Andy runs through the graveyard of Chicago quarterbacks, the two do actually talk about some golf news. Sun Day Red unveils a new line designed for "focus" and "limiting distractions," causing Brendan to wonder who these brand posts are even meant for. They re-hash the dishwasher discussion and decide that washing dishes before running them through a dishwasher is the way to go. The bulk of the podcast focuses on an Eamon Lynch report that Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will square off against Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match at some point in December. Andy and Brendan discuss whether they're excited about this event as a golf product, what it could mean in terms of a re-unification of men's professional golf, and take some joy in the fact that, at the very least, this event will be something that fans have been asking for since the game split apart. They then dive into a Sports Illustrated article discussing the "power struggle" going on inside the PGA Tour as they attempt to reach a deal with the PIF. To wrap things up, a few Golf Advice emails are read before making final NFL predictions ahead of the season openers.