The Golf Insiders 10-29-14 - a podcast by The Golf Insiders

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Holly G and Rich Bianco are in the studio talking about Rich B qualifying for the Senior Professional National Championship. Nov. 11-16.

Ted Bishop, then President of the PGA, was ousted Friday over a sexist Tweet that he posted to Ian Poulter, referring to him as a lil girl. 

Robert Streb won the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island, Georgia. This was Streb's first win and won in a 3-man playoff. 

Bob Harig, ESPN.com, calls in to talk to Holly and Rich about Streb's win. He had 10 birdies out of 20 on Sunday including the two holes in the playoff. With the win he gets to play in the Masters in 2015 and has a 2-year exemption on the PGA Tour. Bob talks about Streb battling back to get his Tour card.

Holly asks Bob about Bishop's dismissal. Bob feels that what Bishop did was not smart. Bob said that Bishop is the head of a sports organization and you have to be above that. It was really bad form. "They've caused the story to be prolonged and brought more embarrassment upon themselves," Harig said. 

Holly pointed out that it has been going well for the PGA since the debacle of playing the Tour Championship final holes in the dark. Then the Ryder Cup and now this.

Holly asks Bob about who will become the next Ryder Cup captain for the U.S. Will it be Fred Couples since he is successful with the President's Cup?

Steve Eubanks, Global Golf Post, calls in to the show and talks to Holly and Rich about Ted Bishop. Steve thinks that Bishop definitely Had to Go. He thinks that it has been a culmination of things that has been brewing. From the final hole in the dark with Mickelson, Fowler and McIlroy, to appointing himself as the official golf cart driver for Tom Watson at the Ryder Cup, the tweet. Steve feels that Bishop has been a loose cannon since day one. 

Michael Collins, ESPN Caddie, calls in to wrap the show talking about Bishop being ousted. Michael wants to know if it was really a sexist thing to say "lil girl." It may be very childish and ridiculous thing to say. But there have been so many other things that have been said about women that were way worse and they just get ignored. If everyone is so mad, where is the backup? Is there a PGA player or LPGA player standing up and saying that this was wrong?  Bishop case full of manufactured outrage. Don't throw stones in glass houses. Your soap box is made of balsa wood and you just put your foot through it. It's very hypocritical to have an outrage over what he said and then have Caddie Girls and other sexist typed ads on the same web site.

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