09/07/2011 The Golf Insiders

It's FedEx Cup Playoffs and Holly G and Jay Golden, PGA Professional and teacher at Winter Park Pines, are in the studio bringing you the inside scoop for the Deutsche Bank Championship. Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk FedExCup playoffs and Webb Simpson's second win in three weeks, this time outlasting Chez Reavie in a playoff at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Luke Donald finished tied for third. He is currently in the PGA money title and the FedExCup on the PGA Tour as well as the Race to Dubai on the European Tour. Bob and the team talks about the belly putter and long putters and the advantages and disadvantages. Holly G interviews LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan about the state of the LPGA, the schedule and the CME Titleholders tournament that will be in Orlando in November.  The tourney brings the winners of all the season's 25 events together to celebrate the sponsors of each of the season's tournaments. The Solheim Cup approaches and the commissioner talks about the great match ups between the Americans and the European teams. Mike talks about his boys and how they are involved in sports. He and his boys plays 9 holes on Sundays as much as he can and his life in Central Florida. Holly talks to Rob O Loughlin, Laser Link golf about the challenge of making golf faster, more fun, and other things to help bring people into the game. Bigger holes for the golf ball, the new Tee It Forward program as well as Jack Nicklaus and 12-hole golf tournaments. He feels that it would take less time and keep kids and adults more interested in a game that could fit into their schedules and keep their attention spans. The Golden Bear is taking the idea a step further, introducing two 12-hole tournaments at Muirfield Village over  Labor Day weekend. The makeup of the 12-hole course comprises holes 1, 2, 5 through 13 and 14 on the familiar track. Rob mentions that the Inaugural Laser Link Member Caddie Tournament is coming this November to The Concession Golf Club and The Ritz-Carlton Members Club in Sarasota. www.caddiemember.com.