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The Golf Insiders 11/20/13

The Golf Insiders 11/20/13

FromThe Golf Insiders


The Golf Insiders 11/20/13

FromThe Golf Insiders

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

PODCAST NOTE: Users can add The Golf Insiders podcast to their iPhone as an app now. 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 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.
Released:
Nov 23, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Golf Insiders, hosted by Holly G Geoghegan, features a mix of fun and intelligent golf talk from inside the ropes of the PGA and LPGA Tour. The show features a weekly line-up of the nation’s top, award-winning golf reporters and journalists from ESPN, Golf Channel, Golfweek, and more! New episodes release every week!