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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio talking about the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Central Floridian and University of Florida grad Matt Every picked up his first PGA Tour victory winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 

Holly and Rich talk about the tournament and play clips from Matt Every's post-win press conference. Every talks about hitting the tree on the 16th hole. 

Matt was 9 back after Friday but was able to comeback and overtake Adam Scott on the final day. He also talks about the upcoming Masters. Every is #7 in the FedEx Cup standings after his win.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk to about the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He noted that with Every's win it opens up a lot of doors for him this year in golf. Bob feels and wrote that unfortunately it was the story of Adam Scott losing the event after being ahead by 7 shots headed into Sunday. Adam Scott said that you don't get that many chances to win and when they are there you have to win.

Jimmy Walker has won three times and Patrick Reed twice this season but Bob feels that is the exception and not the rule. Holly and Bob talk about how hard it is to win on the Tour week in and week out and noted that many of the Tour players have echoed that.

Scott took more than 30 putts both Saturday and Sunday. Even though the long putter has been said to have helped Scott, Bob pointed out that he still has bad days and it is not the cure. 

Buddy Alexander, UF Golf Coach, talks with Holly and Rich about Matt Every's win. Buddy also comments on Every's comments about "You have to get used to losing on the Tour, it's nice to win." Buddy says that the nature of the game is losing. You have to take "wins" from Top 10s, Top 20s, and not just actually winning the event.

Holly and Buddy talk about Every pressuring Buddy to play in the Par 3 event at the Masters this year. Buddy, who won the 1986 U.S. Open Amateur Championship, says playing for fun and playing competitively are two different things and if you haven't competed that way in a while, it's even more pressure. Alexander has been coaching the Gators for 27 years and a total of 36 years coaching collegiate golf.

Jeff Babineau, Golfweek Editor, calls in to wrap up the show. Jeff talks about the passing of Ron Balicki, a long time senior writer for Golfweek who covered collegiate golf for many, many years. Jeff talks about Ron and wrote a nice editorial as a tribute to Ron. 

The Golf Insiders returns for its 6th season with Holly G and Rich Bianco in the studio talking about Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. News of late is that Tiger Woods pulled out of the tournament still suffering from back issues. His status for the Masters is still up in the air.

Holly and Rich were at the news conference at Bay Hill earlier today and have a few audio clips from the King.

Arnold Palmer talks about the golf course and its condition at Bay Hill. The greens will be running fast around 12-13 on the Stimp meter. He says the fairways are in great condition after 36 events. 

Arnold also spoke about Tiger not being able to play in his tournament. Tiger called Mr Palmer and relayed his regrets for not being able to play but it was what his doctor advised. He thinks Tiger needs to take some time off. He feels that if he was in the same position that he would have done the same.

Arnold also discussed the possibility of Tiger breaking Jack Nicklaus' major championship record. Arnold feels the fact that there is not a player out there now that instills fear in golfers on the Pro Tour that would cause them to back off.  He thinks it lessens the possibilities of that happening. These young guys are tough and strong and are coming on. Players have to be physically and mentally fit.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in from the press center at Bay Hill and talks to Holly and Rich about Tiger Woods and his health. Bob speculates what may be wrong with Tiger since Tiger has not been that forthcoming about the specifics of the injury. Bob also compares the back injury to Freddie Couples who has played with back injuries for 20 years or so.

Bob and Holly talk about Justin Rose comming off his shoulder problem and what his chances at Bay Hill this week. They also discuss Patrick Reed's comments that he is equal in talent to the Top 5 pros on the PGA Tour.

Todd Lewis, the Golf Channel, calls in to talk to Holly and Rich about Bay Hill and all things golf. Todd brings up the point if Tiger is able to play at Augusta, where is his game at? He has only made a number of starts this season and has had to withdraw due to injuries at some of the events.  Where is his confidence?

Rich asks Todd about Tiger's golf swing and is it the right one for him since it seems to be beating his body down.

Todd feels that Reed might be one of the guys to beat this week the way he has been playing, striking the ball and putting. Jimmie Walker has also won a few times this year. 

Jeff Babineau, Golfweek Editor, calls in from Bay Hill to wrap up the show.  Jeff talks about the course and how it sets up for the tournament. Holly and Jeff discuss the chances of players like Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler and Graham McDowell and other players who have played well at the Arnold Palmer in the past.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio and they open the show talking about Henrik Stenson's win at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai to claim the European Tour's Race to Dubai. 

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls into the show to discuss Stenson's achievements by winning both Tour's penultimate season ending events and how they rank among the other PGA Tour players and golfers worldwide.

Holly talks to Bob about Stenson's comeback on the Tour after falling outside the Top 200 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Todd Lewis, The Golf Channel, calls in and talks to Holly and Rich B about his recent trip to Australia and the tournaments Adam Scott's recent win there. Scott won the Australian PGA by four strokes and then followed it up with a win the Australian Masters for second consecutive year.Lewis feels that going forward in the next few events that Scott will be definitely the one to watch and he looks for him to be in hunt on the weekend.

Holly and Rich B talk about the Q Schools that are going on right now and some local players who are trying to land their Tour card for next year.

Holly and Rich B talk with Lance Ringler, Assistant Editor at Golfweek who covers college golf. Alabama is atop the college standings. Lance said that there is not been a better team than Alabama in collegiate golf right now. In January, California was the talk of upcoming season and was looking to be the best one on the collegiate tour.

Lance said that there are a collegiate men golfer out there like Patrick Rodgers, Stanford, and Brandon Hagy from California who are typically thought of as the best and he said they are doing well this year, but now there are a lot of new names like Trey Mulinax from Alabama who is typically the team's Number 4 or Number 5 golfer is ranked No. 1 in the country. Ben Krasner from Texas A&M is playing really well too.

Holly and Lance talk about the success of Jordan Speith on the PGA Tour. Lance was totally surprised of how well he did. The best place to prepare yourself for the PGA Tour or Web.com Tour is collegiate golf. Lance refers to the success of Georgia alums over the past couple of years on the PGA Tour.

The trio also talk about women's collegiate golf. UCLA and USC are right at the top of the standings. Lance feels that the west coast has the top women's teams are at.

Holly and Rich talk about the Space Coast Pro Tour and the recent winners as well as upcoming tournaments. 

Terrie Purdum, Florida Golf Central Magazine, calls in to talk quickly about the CME Titleholders event in Naples for the LPGA. You can also get a free Bocceiri grip by going on Florida Golf Central Magazine and liking them on Facebook and liking Bocceiri as well.

The Golf Insiders Show will be off for the holiday.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio and they open the show talking to Jane Blalock, 27-time LPGA winner and a founding member and CEO LPGA Legends Tour. The trio talk about the upcoming ISPS Handa Open Championship.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to the show to talk to Holly and Rich about Dustin Johnson's win over Ian Poulter. Johnson won by three strokes to win the World Golf Championships - HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, China. 

The trio talk about the European Tour and the possibility of Henrik Stenson being the first player to win the FedEx Cup and the Race to Dubai championship. 

Holly mentions the ReMax Long Drive Championship was won by Orlando's Tim Burke.  The finals were broadcasted by The Golf Channel.

Vartan Kupelian calls in to talk to Holly and Rich about Fred Couples winning the season-ending Champions Tour Schwab Cup Championship and Kenny Perry won the Charles Schwab Cup ending the yearlong points race to earn the extra $1 million annuity.

Michael Collins, ESPN.com, calls in to talk about the PGA Tour caddies. PGA Tour caddies are forming an association similar to the one the rules officials have. Caddies are independent contractors that work for the players and not the PGA Tour. PGA Tour caddies are vying for Health Benefits and the Retirement benefits now. Michael is saying that this is a business more than it used to be before. It's big business so there is no going out partying all night before a tournament. PGA Tour caddies want to be recognized as a business. Michael also talks about good caddys and great ones.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio talking about all the great local golf courses in the Central Florida area that are in prime playing condition now. Hunter's Creek, Errol Estate, Reunion Resort and many more.

Ryan Moore's win at the CIMB Classic as well as the breaking news about Brandel Chamblee's comments on the Golf Channel.

Holly gives a shout out to the Space Coast Pro Tour's second event. Adam Schupak has an article coming out in the Nov. 8 edition of Golfweek about the Space Coast Pro Tour and mini tours.

Jeff Babineau, Editor Golfweek, calls in right after Chamblee's comments were made on the Golf Channel which was live during the broadcast of this week's Golf Insiders Show. Brandle apologized for his comments and said that he should have just left his comments that Tiger was a little cavalier about with the rules of golf this year. All the incidents that Tiger dealt with rules wise during the 2013 season. 

Jeff talks about the WGC HSBC event coming up in Shanghai. Jeff talks about how many of the Top 50 in the world competing half way across the globe.  It's a nice two-week string of golf in Asia and that it is gaining a foothold on the PGA Tour.

Holly and Rich also talk to Jeff about the Race to Dubai as well as Lydia Ko going pro. Jeff feels that Lydia can handle it and has proven it twice already that she is mature even at the young age of 16.

Jeff also talks to Holly about the Long Drive competition and James Achenbach's series on the history of the Long Drive Championship. 

Vartan Kupelian, PGA Tour.com, calls in to talk about the season ending event on the Champions Tour, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Vartan talks about the success of Bernhard Langer, Kenny Perry and newcomer Duffy Waldorf.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to wrap up another episode of intelligent golf talk. Bob talks about the incident with Brandel Chamblee and gives his take on the whole issue. Bob and Holly also talk about the upcoming events in golf. The Race to Dubai coming to an end. The Race to Dubai is a season-long competition spanning a minimum of 46 tournaments in 25 countries and all five continents on The 2013 European Tour International Schedule. Henrik Stenson leads followed by Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose and Ian Poulter. 

Bob and Holly also talk about Ryan Moore's prestigious amateur career not parlaying into a lucrativePGA Tour career, with only 3 wins in 8 years.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio talking about Webb Simpson's win by 6 strokes at the Shriners Hospitals for Children. 

The Space Coast Pro Tour handed out a $5,000 first place check to Evan Harmeling after he won the inaugural two-day tournament at Reunion Golf Course Tuesday.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk about the latest news that Brandon Chamblee has accused Tiger Woods of cheating in his Golf.com article. Bob stated that calling someone a cheater is a pretty harsh statement. Bob and Holly talk about the whole tough year for rules for Tiger. Rich B talks about making the call when you are playing with someone and you do the best job you can at that moment. Honesty and Integrity are the biggest parts of the game. 

In one instance, the Masters, the officials didn't even talk to Tiger about his drop during the event. Holly and Rich also talk about so many different options you have when reading the rules and what the player can do.

Florida Golf Central Magazine's Publisher, Terrie Purdum, calls in from the Grand Cypress Resort, where they have changed some of the holes around on the course. Terrie also talks about all the charity work going on in the Central Florida area. Terrie talks about all the news coming up in the next few issues of FGCM. 

Todd Lewis, The Golf Channel, calls in to wrap up the show. Talks about the PGA Tour event in Malaysia and the coverage on the Golf Channel. Todd talks about how many golfers are kicking off the wrap around season. Like Phil Mickelson who is scaling down his schedule in 2014 so he can focus on the major championships. Some other golfers are taking the same approach that Steve Stricker did this past year and how well a modification to his schedule worked out for him. Todd said that he didn't win but he was in contention at almost every event this past year.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio talking about Jimmy Walker's win at the Frys.com Open, the first event of the new wrap around season. With the win Walker picked up 500 FedEx Cup points for the new season and an invitation to the Masters.

Monday is the inaugural event of the Space Coast Pro Tour at Reunion Resort. 

Jeff Bernstein, co-owner and Director of Operations of the Space Coast Pro Tour, calls in to talk a little about Monday's event and the rest of the 38 two-day tournament season. The SCPT's charity partner is the Folds of Honor Foundation. Prior to the 8 a.m. tee time Monday, there will be a short ceremony to help kick off the 38 two-day event season of the Tour.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk to Holly and Rich about Adam Scott's win at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. He won by two strokes over Justin Rose in Bermuda. 

Holly and Rich also talk about the Frys.com event and players like Vijay Singh and Brooks Koepka competing. Koepka won four events on the Challenge Tour in Europe last season which got him some invites to PGA Tour events this year. The Challenge Tour is European Tour's equivalent of the Web.com Tour.

Bob and Holly talk about the upcoming Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and that more and more "known" PGA Tour players will start competing in these tournaments for a chance to pick up some early FedEx Cup points. Bob favors Zach Johnson, Rich favors Graham DeLaet and Holly picks Webb Simpson to win the Shriners.

Michael Collins, Senior Golf Analyst ESPN.com, calls in to talk to Holly and Rich B talk about the Presidents Cup and all the craziness that went on there. The trio talk about the random streaker that ran past Fred Couples on the final day of the Presidents Cup. Michael also talks about the status of the caddies on the PGA Tour. Canceling the caddie races at Colonial, Waste Management Open at TPC Scottsdale. Michael talks about the relationship between each player and their caddie. Michael can't believe that there is not a caddie in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Someone like Jim "Bones" Mackay who caddies now for Phil Mickelson. Michael feels that Bones is on of the best caddies out there.

Jeff Shain, PGATour.com, calls in to talk about the Q School for the Web.com Tour. Jeff says that the new Q school is much like the old qualify school except for the destination. There are a lot of guys that were college stars or Mini Tour players now competing to get into the Web.com Tour. 

Jeff also talks about Fry.com sensation Koepka who originally played in South Florida and at Florida State like fellow alum Jonas Blixt.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio on the night before the start of the 2013-2104 season start. The Frys.com Open is the first event. 

The two kick off the show talking about the U.S.'s domination of the President's Cup. Holly talks about many of the headlines at the Presidents Cup.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk to Holly and Rich first about the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays series that just ended.

Holly asks Bob about the Presidents Cup 2013 and all the crazy headlines. Bob shared that there were a lot of things that were not golf that went on and compared it to the Ryder Cup. The two talk about the competition and the history of the Presidents Cup.

Bob said that Graham DeLaet was "the player" on the International Team. Tiger Woods had to be the player on the U.S. side. He was the one who clinched it for the U.S. Jason Dufner had a really solid performance for the U.S. as well.

Jeff Babineau, Golfweek editor, calls in to the show to talk to Holly and Rich about the streaker at the Presidents Cup. Jeff was "fortunately or unfortunately" there when it happened. Jeff commented on the fact that the event was closer than expected. Jeff also talks about the players for the U.S. and the pairings. Holly talks to Jeff about the upcoming Frys.com Open and this year it is the kickoff to the 2013-2014 season. Used to be the fall season, now counts toward the FedEx Cup playoffs. 

Todd Lewis, The Golf Channel, calls in from California to wrap up the show. Todd talks about the weather and how it affected the broadcasting of the event. It was shown tape delayed and that was about the only option for NBC. 

Todd spent some time with Marc Leishman after the event and he spoke about the chemistry problem. The International Team really didn't know one another before the President's Cup. This is a team event.Todd talks to Holly about "the squirrel." Davis Love III was there at the second hole where the squirrel had fallen out of its nest. Love being the outdoorsmen picked up the squirrel and the rest is history.

Todd also talks about the start of the season beginning this week and how that has changed from years past. 14 rookies on the Tour are looking forward to playing right away on the PGA Tour. Now you can earn 500 FedEx Cup points and an invitation to a major. Todd feels that by doing this a wrap-around season helps save these events and keep them relevant.

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio on the eve of the President's Cup.

Holly and Rich are joined by Todd Lewis, The Golf Channel, who calls in from Muirfield Village. The trio talk about Jordan Spieth's ace Wednesday while playing with Tiger Woods.

Todd and Holly talk about the United States' chances and dominance at this event. Todd says that the European team is hungry and tired of losing. He warns that the U.S. should not read their own press clippings and get over confident.

Holly and Todd talk about the fierce Ping Pong competition at the Presidents Cup. The Ping Pong training that Phil Mickleson put in for the USA friendly competition at the President's Cup. Matt Kuchar is ranked #1, Phil #2 and Spieth is ranked #3 in Ping Pong.

Todd and Holly talk about the relevance of the Presidents Cup as compared to the Ryder Cup. Since the U.S. has dominated for many years. The Ryder Cup has a long history.

Rich B again brings up that all golfers should tag their bag. Bags easily get mixed up. Rich B works at Shingle Creek.  Also, slow play is not okay. Rich won the Legends Division of the North Florida PGA at Hammock Beach Resort.

Jeff Shain, PGATour.com, calls in to talk about how the Web.com Tour Championship ended up and the 50 who earned their PGA Tour cards. Chesson Hadley won the event and John Peterson finished as the top golfer in the Web.com Finals events. Jeff and Holly also talk about the Presidents Cup teams. 

Holly and Rich talk to Tom McGee, Director of Golf Operations at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Michigan. Holly talks about making the trip to see the leaves changing in the northern part of the U.S. Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, boasts a colorful palette of courses thanks to three different designers. Each course offers varying levels of challenge. Those courses include The Bear, The Wolverine , and Spruce Run. For 28 years the Resort was the host site for the Michigan Open, one of the most prestigious state golf championships in the nation.

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Holly G is in the studio and Rich Bianco calls in from Hammock Beach Resort, a Salamander Resort, where he is competing in the North Florida PGA Section Championship, the season's final major.

Holly and the gang talk about Henrik Stenson's wire-to-wire win at the PGA TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola and with it he won the FedEx Cup for the second time in its short existence.

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk to Holly about the wrap up of the 2013 PGA Tour season, the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Bob and Holly also talks about reviewing the FedEx Cup points structure. They also talk Player of the Year that will be announced Friday along with the Rookie of the Year who figures to be Jordan Spieth. Tiger is the favorite with 5 wins to pick up the player of the year award. Bob feels that Tiger is often judged on his past accomplishments. Without a major this year, there is room for discussion of other players contending for the title.

Holly and Bob talk about the upcoming President's Cup Oct. 1-6. Bob points out that both U.S. and International players have played at Muirfield Village Golf Club so there is no really home field advantage. 

Jeff Shain, PGA Tour.com, joins Holly live from Ponte Vedre Beach, Fla. at the Web.com Tour Championship. Jeff goes over some of the players who are in the hunt for the PGA Tour card. The duo also talk about Player of the Year. 

In honor of the FedEx Cup and the end of the season, The Golf Insiders gave away a $650 Stay and Play package for the Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast to help celebrate the reopening of its Conservatory Course. Holly G announced that Sue Krizmanich of Orlando is the lucky winner. Congratulations Sue! Enjoy tour stay and playing golf.

Brad Hauer, Hammock Beach Resort Director of Golf, calls in to wrap up the show. There are two courses at Hammock Beach, the Ocean Course and the Conservatory Course. Brad says that Playing from the back tees on the Conservatory it has been rated as the longest and hardest course in Florida to play. Not a typical Florida style golf course with a lot of undulations and bunkers.