03/27/13 The Golf Insiders

After 5 days of Golf at Bay Hill and some at Windermere for the Tavistock Cup, Rich B and Holly G are in the studio.  The two talk about the freak storm that ran right over Bay Hill with gusts over to 65 mph and a lot of uprooted trees. Tiger Woods picked up his 77th win and 8th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Holly has some of Tiger Woods press conference audio from Bay Hill. Tiger talks about the significance of winning at Bay Hill and what it means to him personally. Tiger also talks about how close he is to getting back to where he was a couple of years ago. "I'm almost there," he said. His putting has come around after a few quick lessons from Steve Stricker and now he looks forward to Augusta. Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk to the duo about Bay Hill, the tournament and the storm. Bob talks about having Tiger back in form makes golf that much better to watch and it is good for the game.  Not that he will always win, but he is putting well enough and playing well enough to win every time, according to Harig. Sean Foley really has Tiger dialed in. Bob talks about how great players fine tune their game as they get older to compensate for power lost. Team Albany wins on first hole of the playoff at Tavistock Cup after Ian Poulter sunk his putt. The Golf Insiders gave away a 10th Anniversary Collectors edition Tavistock Cup. Todd Lewis, The Golf Channel, calls in to discuss Bay Hill. Todd was actually back at the station just in case something happened with the weather. Todd feels that Tiger is the best closer in the game of golf.  He has already done it three times this year after having a lead going into the final round. Todd also talks about Rickie Fowler and how he needs to grow and learn from his missteps. He had the opportunity on the final day at 16 to draw close to Tiger and unfortunately put it in the water. Todd also talks about Phil Mickelson missing the cut. As the golf world turns toward Augusta, the trio talk about who needs to step it up at the Shell Houston Open in order to be prepared for Augusta. Bubba is the defending Masters Champion and Todd feels that his length off the tee helps him tremendously at Augusta. Steve Stricker has played well in the few tournaments that he has played in not finishing outside the top 5 in any of them. Jay Golden, PGA teaching pro Winter Pines Park, calls in and talks to Holly about how wind affects putting. The way Tiger said it did at Bay Hill. Jay said to Hit a low draw when playing into the wind.