Break80 Podcast

The California kid, Max Homa comes from behind to win the Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.  Homa wins his 4th PGA Tour event in his home state as he passes Sam Ryder, whose joggers drew a lot of attention this week. The DP World tour drama continued as Rory birdied 17 & 18 to beat Patrick Reed who had another rules issue this week in Dubai. The podcast picked a winner for the 3rd straight...

The Break80 Podcast will be discussing the "Quest to Qualify" for the Minnesota State Amateur Championship this summer.  Can three slightly above average golfers make it to the Minneapolis Golf Club? We will be talking professional golf this week as Jon Rahm stays dominant winning the American Express Championship and Mike's pick Victor Perez wins in Abu Dhabi with an epic bunker shot on 17. Jeff...

Si Woo Kim chips in on 17 and birdies 18 to get the win at the Sony Open.  It just so happened that Jeff picked Si Woo to take a huge lead early in this seasons Break80 bets.  We will be talking about the American Express Championship and making our picks for that event and DP World Tour event in Abu Dhabi. Tim had a great interview with a man that is quickly becoming a legend down in Myrtle Beach...

The 2023 calendar year is here and we started off with complete mayhem at the Sentry Tournament of Champions!  Collin Morikawa goes on a bogey streak as Jon Rahm goes on a heater to pass him for the title. We will give our picks for the Sony Open this week and discuss the tournament and the field, as well as a little NFL playoffs picks segment. We are excited to have Korn Ferry Tour rookie Frankie...

To kick off our second season of the Break 80 podcast we are joined by a big knocker in the world of golf social media and entertainment - Todd Schuster aka Tron Carter from No Laying Up. In the interview Tron is going to talk about the beginnings of NLU on twitter all the way to their latest season of Tourist Sauce in Scandinavia.  We will sprinkle in a little Minnesota golf talk as he has played...

The podcast crew recorded live this week from the Minnesota Golf Lab in Long Lake, which is the home of Go Low Golf. Viktor Hovland loves to win when not on U.S. soil as he proved once again this week by defending his title at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.  We will discuss why he struggles to be more of a mainstay on the leader board during regular tour events plus other news from the w...

We have a special interview this week with Minnesota native and current PGA Professional at Westchester Country Club, Alex Beach.  Alex is going to share his journey from high school golf in Stillwater, Minnesota to working and playing at some of the best golf clubs in the world.  Along the way he has won two PGA professional national championships and played in five PGA Championships, including t...

With the 2022 season coming to a close in Minnesota, we are doing a season recap of the highs and lows, travels and great moments for our Minnesota golf season and first year of the podcast.   We will also be talking some big changes in the golf.com top 100 list and what would we do if we won the powerball!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rory takes his rightful seat on the thrown of golf as he climbs back to number 1 in the world with a victory in the CJ Cup at Congaree.  While Rory was winning, there was Anthony Kim news as he was listed in the LIV v. PGA Tour lawsuit.  May we one day see AK back on the golf course??? After playing a 1 club event at White Bear Yacht Club, we got the invite to play Northland Country Club in Duluth...

After taking a week off, the boys are back at it this week on episode 29 of the podcast. Golfweek just published a top 10 private golf course list for Minnesota and we will discuss this list and a few sleeper/snubs that are also fantastic private clubs in the Minnesota. It was a big week in professional golf with Tom Kim winning in Vegas, Jon Rahm back in the winners circle in his home country of...

Friend of the podcast and Division 1 hockey player for the Mankato State Mavericks, Andy Carroll joins our podcast regulars for the entire episode to talk all things President Cup.  We will also discuss his upcoming hockey season and putting together a buddies Ryder/President Cup style event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike & Tim took a road trip to Chicago for the weekend to see how much louder LIV Golf actually was in person.  It has been determined that the LIV event falls somewhere between competitive golf and a carnival. The boys got in some golf of their own in the Windy City, including another top 100 track off Tim's list as they played Cog Hill.  The golf ended up being better than Tim's hotel selection...

Chaska native Clayton Kucera was on the bag for a buddy in a Korn Ferry pre-qualifying event in Nebraska that took the golf world by storm last week over one of the most bizarre cheating scandals you will ever hear about.  Clayton will walk us through what unfolded as he was caddying in the group that ended up in the eventual disqualification of one of the competitors. LIV golf was back this week...

The Break80 podcast boys headed to Nebraska to play the newest creation from King Collins Golf - Landmand!  Epic is a great word to describe what you will find in Homer, Nebraska at Landmand.  The course is absolutely amazing and has to be seen to be believed.  The property is massive and the greens complexes push the boundaries of what would seem impossible to imagine. Rory's talent showed out at...

Mike & Tim made a trip to Arizona to play in mid-August and lived to tell about it.  Mike gives a recap of the courses played, matches with Tim and even the most bizarre restaurant you will see. The U.S. Am and the BMW Championship both concluded this Sunday with Sam Bennett winning the Am on the 36th hole and Patrick Cantlay taking the BMW crown for the second year in a row.  We will talk about w...

Mike & Jeff had their annual fourball match at White Bear Yacht Club, and it went about as well as expected.  The boys talk the state of their games, douchebag moves in golf and the upcoming Arizona trip for Mike & Tim. Will Zalatoris got his breakthrough win in crazy fashion at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis to vault him into #1 in the points standing and getting the season win for Mi...

After a few different match play rounds this week, the podcast takes a look at the pros/cons of match play and specifically if there is a home course advantage when playing someone who is on their home track.  We will also be talking expectations about improvement and how it happens with less effort for some people. Tom Kim became the youngest PGA Tour winner since Jordan Spieth this week at the W...

Tony Finau continues his hot streak in Detroit by dusting the field Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage.  Where does he go from here?  Mike's guy Cameron Young with another top 5 finish as he marches toward a top 10 OWGR as Mike predicted at the beginning of the season.  We are into the last week of the PGA Tour regular season and tour cards will be on the line this week in Greensboro, NC for the Wyndha...

What a week for the Break80 podcast at the 3M Open.   We started the week with a preview podcast at the 3M Open on Wednesday and then ended up caddying for the Foreplay Podcast fellas from Barstool, with Brock Nelson of NHL fame and professionals Sam Ryder and Callum Terran.  We will go into how that round went as the Foreplay squad caught fire on the back 9 for a high finish. Tony Finau surged an...

The podcast is live from the 3M Open with our preview episode.  We will be talking about the event, some specifics about the TPC Twin Cities and some of the players that fans should be looking to watch at this years 3M Open. We will of course be making our picks for the week and will see if Jeff or Tim can gain some ground on Mike in the standings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

With the world watching the 150th Open Championship and basically the entire crowd at the Old Course rooting for Rory, Cam Smith rides excellent ball striking, a hot blade and balls of steel to fire a back-nine thirty en route to a final round 64 to steel the Open Championship from the grasp of Rory McIlroy, who eventually came in third after Cameron Young's epic eagle on 18. LIV is in the golf ne...

Open Championship week is here, and the Break 80 Podcast will be taking a deep dive into all things St. Andrews and the Old Course.  Mike, one the podcast co-hosts had the chance to play the Old Course in 2016 and will be talking about getting on the Old Course, go through the holes on the golf course and what to look for this week, as well as some things about the town of St. Andrews. We will tal...

After a one week hiatus the pod is back!   The Greater State team jumped out to a commanding lead at our first ever Break80 Podcast Ryder Cup at the Wilderness and Giants Ridge, only to see their dreams dashed by a furious rally by team Metro during the singles matches to earn a tie for the event.  We will be diving into the event a bit and the great courses you will find in northern Minnesota. Th...

Matty Ice put on a ball striking display for the ages at the Country Club to win the 122nd U.S. Open hitting 17 greens in regulation on his way to a one stroke victory over Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler.  We will be discussing our thoughts on the golf course and how the championship played out. The tour moves to TPC River Highlands in Hartford this week for the Travelers Championship.  We w...

Rory and JT showed out for the PGA Tour at the RBC Canadian Open in epic fashion on Sunday.  Rory goes back-to-back in Canada and Justin Rose damn near shot a 58 up in Toronto.  LIV Golf failed to move the needle in their opening event in London.  Is money enough to make this new tour go?  Or will it be the bust that the first event was when they come to the United States next at Pumpkin Ridge in...