03/07/2012 The Golf Insiders

Rich Bianco is joined in the studio by Jay Golden . Jay, PGA Professional at Winter Park Pines, is in for Holly G. The duo opens the show talking about Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy becoming Number 1 in the world. Bob Harig, EPSN.com, calls in from Doral to talk to Rich and Jay.  Donald Trump has purchased Doral and it remains to be seen if the name of the TPC stays the same. There are plans to overhaul the course next year. The Top 24 players will be playing with one another in pairs of three at the World Golf Championships - Cadillac Championship on Thursday and Friday. No. 1, 2 and 3 will be paired Rory will be joined by Luke Donald and Lee Westwood and then 4-6, and so on. The trio talks about the fact that the WGC events may be taking away from the normal PGA events since it takes the top 50 players in the world. Bob feels that maybe this is Tiger’s week for a win. Jeff Shain, Orlando Sentinel, calls in to talk to Rich and Jay about the Florida Swing. As the players prepare for the Masters. Jeff worked for 12 years at the Miami Herald is back in his old stomping grounds. Jeff talks about Trump’s purchase of Doral of $150 Million. Jeff feels that Rory and Tiger, Nick Watney or Lee Westwood should do well this week. Todd Lewis, The Golf Channel, calls in to talk to the duo about coming to the Golf Channel. Most may not know that Todd sang the National Anthem at a few of the Magic games in the past when he was the sports anchor for a local radio station. And that Todd used to be in a band that opened for REM. Todd talks about his interview opportunities with some of the players over the years and some of the questions that Tiger gets asked and how he handles it. Mainly the issue about not answering questions about his book in a recent press conference. The question was that Tiger had mentioned that he had thought about leaving golf and becoming a Navy Seal. Mary Bryan former CBS sportscaster, now the assistant coach for the UCF Knights, calls in to wrap up the show. Mary shares the recent success of the Knights and how they have gone from 100 from the start of the season to 34th now. Mary also teaches at Grand Cypress. Mary catches listeners up on the LPGA.