The Golf Insiders Dec. 7, 2016 Segment 3

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In the third segment of the show, Holly G, and Will welcome The Golf Channel's Todd Lewis. Holly asks Todd about his thoughts on Tiger's return.

From a performance standpoint it was what Todd expected. He had good and bad days. A top 10 finish would have been a great start. He can head into the holiday break knowing that he has a lot of positives coming from the Bahamas.

More than anything for Tiger to be able to hit the reset on his body, mind and emotions. Todd doesn't feel like Tiger is Darth Vader and more like Luke Skywalker. He's becoming more of an every fan player. Todd is being cautiously optimistic as Tiger heads into his Tour schedule. 

Will talks with Todd about how Tiger moves the ratings needle like no one else.  

Tiger said that it is a process and has said it many times. If we are expecting Tiger to be in the top 5 at Torey Pines, it's a pretty lofty goal. Todd looks for Tiger to build some momentum in the summer. 

Holly talks with Todd about Matsuyama's success. Todd said that he can't begin to tell listeners how popular golf is in Japan and for Hideki to be winning like he has been is huge there. Todd recalls that it was crazy the media attention that Ryo Ishikawa garnered when he was just trying to make it on the PGA Tour.  But now Matsuyama has power, a great short game. If he can stay healthy he will be a force on the Tour in 2017 and will contend for at least one major championship, and maybe more.