The Golf Insiders

The Golf Insiders 11/9/11

Hosts Holly G and Rich Bianco are joined in the studio by Mary Bryan, CBS Golf and assistant coach at UCF.  The trio talked about the upcoming LPGA’s CME Group Titleholders. The inaugural event will be staged Nov. 17-20, at Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla. As the tour’s season-ending tournament, the CME Group Titleholders will feature a field of 66 players who qualified as the top-three performers in each of 22 LPGA tournaments this year. Those players will compete for a total purse of $1.5 million in the unique season-long qualifying format with the winner earning a prize check of $500,000. Jeff Shain, Orlando Sentinel, calls in and starts the show off talking about the recent controversy between Tiger Woods and Stevie Williams. The four move on to talk about the Australian Open and the upcoming President's Cup following the Aussie Open. Jeff mentions the benefit of having the Australian Open as a tune up for the team event of the President's Cup. Brian Hewitt, Global Golf Post, follows up talking golf.  Arnold Palmer's hole-in-one (20) and the fact that he is tied with Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus hole in ones. Hewitt also talks about Stevie Williams and that Stevie went too far with his comments on Tiger and that if it was a player, that PGA player would have been suspended. Brian also talks about all things golf including Tiger's game, Luke Donald's father passing as well as the baby on the way. Rookie of the Year honors are also discussed. Jane Blaylock calls in and talks to Mary and the team about the LPGA Legends Tour.  Similar to the Champions Tour on the men's side. There will be three new tournaments on the Legend's Tour in 2012. Jane talks about two memorable moments from here playing days. Winning the Dinah Shore tournament and winning the Kemper over Pat Bradley. Stephanie Jennings, EWGA Director of Golf Programs, wraps up the show as she calls in  to talk about the EWGA Champions Cup at Reunion Resort. More than 100,000 women are connected to the game through the EWGA.

The Golf Insiders 09/29/2011

Holly G and Rich B are in the studio talking about the finish of the regular season. Bill Haas’s amazing par save from a greenside water hazard on the second playoff hole, No. 17 at East Lake, helped him capture not on the Tour Championship but the FedExCup edging out Hunter Mahan. Haas earned a total of $11.4 million. Mahan had an incredible day but his putting ultimately was his undoing. Jeff Shane from the Orlando Sentinel calls in and talks about the final event of the FedExCup Playoffs. He believes that the shot on 17 out of the water will be played over and over for many years to come. The trio also comments on the final day and how the FedExCup was up in the air until the end. Jeff also comments on the U.S. and Europe’s amazing Solheim Cup over the weekend and the drama that took place. ESPN.com’s Bob Harig calls in and shares his thoughts on the 17th playoff of the golf season and the wrap up of the FedExCup. Harig said the he feels that Haas not knowing that he could win the FedExCup probably allowed him to play a little more relaxed than if he knew what was riding on his game. The Golf Channels’ Todd Lewis wraps up the show talking about the FedExCup finish calling in from Las Vegas.  Lewis feels that no one enjoyed it more than Tim Finchem because of the drama that centered around the finish and the momentum that it gives the PGA Tour for years to come. Mary Bryan joins the show and talks about the Solheim Cup with Todd Lewis and Holly and Rich B. The fact that Europe finally won the Solheim Cup Lewis feels that it has helped the event and started a rivalry that the event didn’t have when the US was winning every time.

08/17/2011 The Golf Insiders

Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio and start off the show talking to ESPN Radio 1080's Jerry O'Neill of the weekly Tuck and O'Neill radio show. Jerry's was the captain of the winning team at the Rosen Cup one of the Monday After The Majors events that was recently held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Golf Course. The teams compete in a Ryder Cup format. Bob Harig from ESPN.com calls in to talk about Keegan Bradley's victory at the PGA Championship. It was Bradley's first major that he had ever played in and he came from behind to win it in dramatic fashion. Orlando Sentinel's Jeff Shain calls in to talk to the team about the PGA Championship. Also Bradley is the only two time winner this year that has a Major as one of his two victories, making him a candidate for Player of The Year and Rookie of The Year. The show wraps up with Mark Bradley, Keegan Bradley's father and Head Golf Professional at Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, calling in to talk about his son's recent win of the PGA Championship. His dad talks about Keegan's love for the game early on and put in many, many hours. Skiing is a huge part of the Bradley's life and Keegan used to compete in the winter skiing and then playing golf in the summer. Keegan made the switch full time to golf in his sophomore year.

08/03/11 The Golf Insiders

Host Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio and start off the show by reviewing last week's wins for Scott Stallings wins the Greenbrier Classic in a playoff defeating Bill Haas and Bob Estes as well as Olin Browne winning his first Major at the U.S. Senior Open Championship. Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk about the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational field as well as Tiger's return to golf. Bob feels that the expectations for Tiger should be somewhat tempered since we don't know how much has he worked on his game? Not sure how much Tiger was able to get on the course and play golf and not just hit on the range and chip and putt. Holly and Bob talk about the life-changing win for Scott Stallings at the Greenbrier. Now he is able to play at the WGC this weekend and play in the 2012 Masters. Rory McIlroy announces that he will resume his PGA Tour membership in 2012. Canadian David Byrne, winner of Big Break Indian Wells, calls in and talks with the team about how his life has changed by winning Big Break and how his mother was there for him the whole time taking him to practice. Jeff Shain from the Orlando Sentinel calls in to talk about Rory McIlroy rejoining the PGA Tour next season as well as Tiger practicing at The Medalist Golf Club in the Jupiter, Fla. area and the changes Tiger has made in his game. Jeff also talks with the team about Yani Tseng winning five majors -- the youngest golfer ever to win five majors. Cabin Bluff Woodbine, Ga., Andy the Director of Sales, calls in and wraps up the show talking about Cabin Bluff and everything there is to see there for the whole family.  Davis Love III golf course, deep sea fishing, boat cruises, hiking, hunting, etc. www.cabinbluff.com