2026 Open Championship Preview: Top Storylines for Royal Birkdale! | The Shotgun Start

Join Andy Johnson and Brendan Porath as they go LIVE to preview the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Brendan will share on-site observations and scuttlebutt from his time overseas, while Andy will hold down the fort stateside. The two will discuss the course setup, choose their favorite tee times for the first two rounds, and provide 5 Guys to Monitor This Week at the year's final major. They'll also bring in Kevin Van Valkenburg and Joseph LaMagna for added insight before playing some Games Within a Game and previewing Storylines That Nobody's Talking About. Mercedes-Benz is proud to be an Official Patron of The Open Championship. Visit mbusa.com for more details. Listen on Spotify and Apple here: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jMFGCa... Sign up for our Fried Egg Golf Newsletter, delivered every Monday, Wednesday, Friday https://thefriedegg.com/subscribe-to-... Also check out our Membership - Fried Egg Golf Club - which includes in-depth course reviews and daily blog posts: https://thefriedegg.com/membership/ Check out our other course profile videos:    • Course Profiles   Fried Egg Golf on social media: Instagram -   / fried_egg_golf   Twitter -   / fried_egg_golf   The Shotgun Start on social media: Instagram -   / shotgunstartpod   Twitter - https://x.com/TheShotgunStart The Fried Egg team: Andy Johnson -   / andytfe   Brendan Porath -   / brendanporath   Garrett Morrison -   / garrett_tfe   Joseph LaMagna -   / josephlamagna   Will Knights -   / willknightstfe   Meg Adkins -   / megadkins_tfe   PJ Clark -   / therealpjclark   Matt Rouches -   / mattrouches   Cameron Hurdus -   / cameronhurdus