The Golf Insiders

PODCAST NOTE: Listeners can tune in to iHeart Radio 740 The Game or listen in the Orlando area on FM 96.9 Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. to hear The Golf Insiders live. Add The Golf Insiders podcast to your iPhone as an app. Click here and go to the bottom of the device's screen to create the "Quick Launch" icon for the Golf Insiders. Once you've done this it will add The Golf Insiders podcast as an App to your home screen. 

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.

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.

PODCAST NOTE: Listeners can tune in to iHeart Radio 740 The Game or listen in the Orlando area on FM 96.9 Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. to hear The Golf Insiders live. Add The Golf Insiders podcast to your iPhone as an app. Click here and go to the bottom of the device's screen to create the "Quick Launch" icon for the Golf Insiders. Once you've done this it will add The Golf Insiders podcast as an App to your home screen. 

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.

In the third segment of the show, 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. 

PODCAST NOTE: Listeners can tune in to iHeart Radio 740 The Game or listen in the Orlando area on FM 96.9 Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. to hear The Golf Insiders live. Add The Golf Insiders podcast to your iPhone as an app. Click here and go to the bottom of the device's screen to create the "Quick Launch" icon for the Golf Insiders. Once you've done this it will add The Golf Insiders podcast as an App to your home screen. 

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.

In the second segment of the show, 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.

Jeff likes Adam Scott and Jason Day to win the Deutsche Bank this week.

PODCAST NOTE: Listeners can tune in to iHeart Radio 740 The Game or listen in the Orlando area on FM 96.9 Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. to hear The Golf Insiders live. Add The Golf Insiders podcast to your iPhone as an app. Click here and go to the bottom of the device's screen to create the "Quick Launch" icon for the Golf Insiders. Once you've done this it will add The Golf Insiders podcast as an App to your home screen. 

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. And some of the other events that happened in the past week of golf.

In the first segment of the show, 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. Kevin participated in the scramble. 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. 

PODCAST NOTE: Listeners can tune in to iHeart Radio 740 The Game or listen in the Orlando area on FM 96.9 Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. to hear The Golf Insiders live. Add The Golf Insiders podcast to your iPhone as an app. Click here and go to the bottom of the device's screen to create the "Quick Launch" icon for the Golf Insiders. Once you've done this it will add The Golf Insiders podcast as an App to your home screen. 

Holly G along with co host Kevin Sternett, assistant pro at Golden Bear Club at Keene's Point are in the studio talking the events of the past week including the 2016 Women's Olympic Golf Competition, where Inbee Park won the Gold Medal, Lydia Ko captured the Silver and Shanshan Feng took home the Bronze. This week is the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs with The Barclays.

Friday is the Golf United Charity Scramble for Pulse Orlando event Aug. 26, 2016 at Grand Cypress Golf Club's New Course at Grand Cypress,. Please visit golfunited.org to find out how you can help or participate. 100% of the net proceeds from the Scramble and the Silent Auction that follows the event will go to OneOrlando and Pulse of Orlando Funds. One way to contribute is to donate $49 and "buy" a sign along the fairway.

Robert Scott, Grand Cypress Golf Club's Tournament Director, calls in to talk with The Golf Insiders about the tournament. 

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, talks to Holly and Kevin about his time at the Olympics as well as previewing the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs. Bob said that golf in the Olympics were better than expected. Both the men and the women were deemed a success. Holly asked Bob about Inbee Parks incredible success given her injury and who had not been playing for a while. Bob and Holly talk about the U.S. women's players Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller and how close they came to winning a winning. 

Holly asks about Bob The Barclays, and he said that the top players who had not played in the Olympics had the past three weeks. Other than Rickie Fowler and Matt Kuchar and Henrik Stenson who were at Rio. Kevin talks with Bob about the FedEx Cup playoffs and the motivation for the players who didn't participate in the Olympics.

John Glozek, Publisher of Golfing Magazine Long Island, calls in to talk about Bethpage Black the site of this year's first FedEx Cup event The Barclays. The weather has been good over the past couple months and with a little rain. John played the course a couple weeks ago. Holly asks John about what Tour players benefit for the long course -- He said Dustin Johnson, Jason Day and other bombers on the Tour who can keep it in the fairway. John said the greens have slight slopes, so they won't be as much of a problem but it's just getting to the greens. 

Jeff Babineau from Golfweek calls in to finish out the hour of intelligent golf talk. Holly asks Jeff about golf in the Olympics going forward and the possibility of golf staying on as an Olympic sport after the 8 year test period. 

Jeff, Holly and Kevin discuss the FedEx Cup playoffs. Kevin talks with Jeff about this past summer it seemed like there was some major event in golf. Holly asks Jeff who he thinks is the hungriest golfer going into the FedEx Cup playoffs? Fowler, Spieth, Jason Day? Also some of the hot guys, the top 5 going in are multiple winners on the Tour.