04/17/2013 The Golf Insiders - a podcast by The Golf Insiders

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Host Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio with the complete Masters wrap up.  
Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk about the wild week at Augusta. Bob felt that the last 1 to 1 1/2 hours got really good and lots of fireworks with Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Angel Cabrera. 
"I don't think that the golfers were that affected by the rain, it was more of an annoyance toward the end," said Harig. Bob talked about the late Friday and early Saturday chaos after it was questioned whether Tiger took an illegal drop or not. Was a big two shot swing given the situation. Bob felt there was a lot of harsh comments toward Tiger without people knowing the rules. There is so much polarization and negativity toward Tiger that if it was someone else, would there have been quite the outrage.  Bob covered it in his column "Time to rethink the rules" on ESPN.com.

Bob felt that even though Tiger didn't play well he still ended up fourth. If he the ball goes in on the 15th hole instead of hitting it, who knows what could have happened? 

77th Masters is in the book. Todd Lewis, the Golf Channel, calls in to talk about the Masters with Rich and Holly.  Holly asks Todd about how the rain affected the play. Todd feels that you have to rise to the occasion and make the adjustments. Just like the NFL. The playoffs are nothing like the conditions during the regular season. Todd felt that when Adam Scott figured out his putting on the back 9 of the final round, he was able to take over.

Todd and Holly talk about Adam Scott's past from 2009 on and his failures. Adam Scott said that he felt that his failure at The Open Championship gave him the belief that he could win a major championship.

Todd also talks about how global the win was for the game of golf. Especially for Australia. Todd feels that when the U.S. won Olympic gold in 1980 and how big that was for the U.S., it is the same for the Australians. Scott received a round of applause by the media when he walked into the press room after winning the Masters.  Todd said that Adam Scott's life is balanced off the course now which lets his game be more focused on the course. 
Vartan Kupelian, PGA Tour.com, calls in to talk to the Golf Insiders about the over 50 crowd that made the cut and played the final two days of the Masters. He doesn't feel that Couples had a collapse ... Extremely difficult for Fred Couples who is suffering from a bad back and 53.  On the other end of the spectrum, the 14-year-old Guan Tianlang from China played so well he made the cut. But he stressed that 3 years can change any golfer.

Vartan also covers Sergio has not evolved into the player everyone thought he would turn into after he battled Tiger 15 years ago at a Major championship event. 

Garry Smits, Florida Times Union, calls in to wrap up the show.  There has never been two players who have birdied the 18th in the history of the Masters. Both Angel Cabrera and Adam Scott have a history together and mutual respect for one another. Holly and Gary talk about what happened to Brandt Snedeker at the Masters and looking forward to the RBC Heritage this week. It's a short, tight course.  Gary feels that Ernie Els may win the RBC Heritage. Holly and Rich feel that Brian Gay has a good chance to win the RBC Heritage this week.

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