The Golf Insiders

The Golf Insiders Sept. 7, 2016 Segment 3

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Holly G and Will Perry continue the show with the 3rd segment. Reminder about the foursome giveaway at Grand Cypress.

Ben Everill, PGA Tour reporter for Australia Associated Press, calls in from Crooked Stick to talk about Jason Day. Ben said that this is Jason's worst year driving only hitting 50 percent of the fairways. He reports that Jason just put a new shaft in his driver Wednesday before the third FedEx Cup event. 

Holly asked Ben about Jason Day's wife Ellie's car accident at the Deutsche Bank. He said everyone is fine and Ellie only had a case of whiplash. 

Adam Scott was playing well earlier in the year but has crept his way into the Top 5. He thinks that Adam has a very good chance this week. Ben said that Adam played well in the Pro-Am on Wednesday and has been playing well the past two weeks in the FedExCup. He thinks that golf fans might be in for a shootout between Adam and Rory McIlroy this week.

You can follow Ben on Twitter @BEverillPGATOUR 

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The Golf Insiders Sept. 7, 2016 Segment 2

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Host and Producer Holly G and The Golf Insiders Social Media Expert, EVVUS, Will Perry, on the eve of the third event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the BMW Championship won last year by Jason Day. 

In the second segment of the show, Holly G welcomes Jeff Babineau of Golfweek, who talks about Tiger's return next month. It looks like Tiger may play one event a month for the rest of 2016. Jeff thinks Tiger is playing at a pace where he can get himself ready for the Masters in 2017. 

Will asks Jeff about where he thinks Tiger's mind will be when he returns. He needs to build his game and build his confidence. 

Holly talks with Jeff about Rory bouncing back and turning his season around on a 15 foot putt for a triple bogey. Jeff thinks that Rory had been lost with his putting even though he was striking the ball so well, his putting was letting him down.

It's also good news for Darren Clarke and the young European Ryder Cup team with McIlroy playing so well now. Another guy on the prowl and prepared for the Ryder Cup is Bulldog Patrick Reed who leads the FedEx Cup standings right now. Jeff thinks that maybe the US team might try something new for the Ryder Cup like having some younger guys who are really fired up. Not that the vets aren't but maybe switch it up with some new blood.

The PGA Tour is headed to Crooked Stick in Indiana, Holly asks Jeff about the course. He said it's a good track and the players like to play there. Some of the guys who are playing well now played well three years ago. The guy who wins in Atlanta will be your FedEx Cup champ. 

Jeff thinks that Jordan Spieth will be really focused this week in order for him to play well and make the Top 5 heading into the final event at East Lake Country Club. 

Babs takes DJ to win this week and solidify his spot in the Top 5 and a good chance to win the $10 million bounty.

The Golf Insiders Sept 7, 2016 Segment 1

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Host and Producer Holly G and The Golf Insiders Social Media Expert, EVVUS, Will Perry, are in the studio wrapping up the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, The Deutsche Bank Championship, won by Rory McIlory. The duo talk about Rory's putter change and a new putter coach.

Holly and Will also discuss the news from earlier Wednesday that Tiger Woods intends to play three events this year starting with the Safeway Open as well as two other events including his own Hero World Challenge in December.

Will and Holly talk about the top 5 in the FedExCup playoffs control their own destiny with only two events left. Patrick Reed, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Rory jumped into 4th place and Adam Scott is fifth. Jordan Spieth is ranked 6th.The BMW Championship is this week at Crooked Stick. 

The Golf Insiders' featured course of the month is The Grand Cypress Golf Club in the Orlando area and Central Florida listeners can win a foursome to play the New Course by clicking on The Golf Insiders Facebook page and following the directions of how to enter the contest.

The Golf Insiders Aug 31, 2016

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Holly G along with Will Perry are in the studio wrapping up the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, The Barclays, won by Patrick Reed.

Co-host and assistant pro at Golden Bear Club at Keene's Point calls in to talk with Holly and share with the listeners about the successful Golf United Charity Scramble for Pulse Orlando event that took place Aug. 26, 2016 at Grand Cypress Golf Club's New Course at Grand Cypress. A big thank you to all that worked the event to make it a success as well as for all those that participated. More than $36,000 was raised.  Donations are still being taken at golfunited.org. 

Jeff Babineau from Golfweek calls in to talk about his participation in the Charity Scramble. Jeff's team finished at 21-under-par and won the tournament. 

Holly and Jeff talk about Sunday's finish at Bethpage where Reed won and Rickie Fowler faltered down the stretch losing the tournament as well as an automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

Will talks with Jeff about Reed's momentum as he progresses through the FedEx Cup playoffs. Holly brings up the red hot Sean O'Hair who finished second at Bethpage and jumped from 108th to 15th in the FedEx Cup standings. Jeff mentions that the Ryder Cup selections deadline has been moved back and U.S. Captain Davis Love III has a couple more tournaments before he has to fill his final spots on the team.

John Glozek, Publisher Golfing Long Island Magazine, chats with Holly and Will about The Barclays and the New York crowd. John was at the event and shares his thoughts on the first stage of the FedEx Cup. Phil Mickelson, who is a fan favorite in New York didn't fare as well as he and his fans would have liked. John said that watching the tourney on television doesn't give the viewers the full understanding of how tough the breaks are on the greens at Bethpage. 

Steve Eubanks, Global Golf Post, talks about Ariya Jutanugarn's 5th win on the LPGA Tour. Steve compares her ball striking to that of a PGA Tour player. She over powers golf courses and fields. Will comments that she reminds him of the domination that Yani Tseng had in the LPGA a few years ago.

Holly asks Steve about Inbee Park winning the gold medal in Rio. He said it was comparable to Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open with a broken leg. Everything that Inbee has been through of late including her injury ... to just come out and play so well and capture the gold was incredible.

Steve turns his focus to the PGA Tour. He and Will talk about Jordan Spieth's play of this year as compared to his domination last year when he won the FedEx Cup title. Steve doesn't think Jordan may ever play the four majors as well as he did last year. 

Holly asks Steve about this week's Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston and who the course may favor. Steve said it's a layout that favors defending champion Rickie Fowler. Steve feels that the guy who makes the most 20 footers is going to win this event. Holly mentions that Billy Horschel tied for 13th in the Barclays and won the FedEx Cup a couple years ago. The player who is playing well right now and didn't have his best "stuff" this past week is said Patrick Reed.