Break80 Podcast

Tommy Fleetwood kept his late season run going with a win on the DP World Tour in India. The win vaults him all the way to number 5 in the OWGR. We will discuss where he goes from here and if he is the third best player in the world. Good Good Golf announced that they will be sponsoring a PGA Tour event next fall in Texas. We will try to make sense of how they are able to do this (with investors l...

In this episode, Mike and Tim head to the Ayrshire region on Scotland's west coast. While there they stayed and played at Dundonald Links and Trump Turnberry. Dundonald Links has hosted both the mens and womens Scottish Opens in the last decade and is also used by the R&A for final qualifying for the Open Championship. We were able to play the course and stay in one of their newly built lodges. At...

For the fall season it was a very busy week in the golf world. From Xander Schauffele winning the Baycurrent Classic in Japan to Marco Penge securing his PGA Tour card with a win in Spain, there was plenty to talk about this week in golf. The Korn Ferry Tour wrapped up its season and the top 20 players stamped their cards to the PGA Tour and some known names missed out. All of this plus an LPGA To...

The world's most preeminent handicap detective, Mr. Yip Strickler joins the Break80 Podcast to talk about catching "Sandbagging Rats." Yip will give us the story about how he got started in this profession and we will chop it up with all kinds of great stories. From NFL quarterbacks to Barstool Classic entrants, nobody is safe from the man with otherwordly sandbagging senses. Tune in for some grea...

Jeff and Mike are here this week to talk a random variety of things happening in the golf world this week. From Tommy Gainey winning again on the Champions Tour to Steven Fisk making 3 birdies in a row to win the Sanderson Farm, we are hear for it. How do certain players just handle stress better than others? Is it even teachable? We talk playing under pressure in this episode. Phil Mickelson got...

Mike and Tim headed to Scotland this August for an epic trip of a lifetime. While there they played 3 of the top 10 courses in the world, and after driving on the some crazy roads lived to tell about it. They will be telling their story in five segments, the first being St. Andrews, Scotland. The home of golf did not disappoint the Break80 crew, as it lived up to its billing as the spiritual home...

Despite an epic comeback effort in Sunday singles at Bethpage Black, the United States team had dug themselves to deep of a hole to overcome, losing 15-13 to the European team. We will be giving our reactions to the event, what could have been done better, player grades and where the United States goes from here. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf conten...

Jeff and Eric Hart (the mobile golfer) traveled to Ireland this summer and in this podcast, they discuss that truly remarkable experience. From playing some of the best golf courses in the world to the ins and outs of traveling coast to coast, this episode has you covered from start to finish.  Jeff made his first ever trip, meanwhile Eric made his sixth, and so they each give two unique perspecti...

The event that has been on everyone's calendars for a decade is here, the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. The European team is pretty much intact from their win in Italy as they look to be the first team to win back-to-back in over a decade. The American team will have some new faces, but will be on home soil in New York City, which could be the seen of an epic Ryder Cup. We will talk abo...

Mark Rivard, the artist behind Charcoal Golf joins Mike and Tim on the Break80 Podcast this week. Mark brings golf course architecture and holes to life through a blend of charcoal, watercolor, sharpie and colored pencils to create a mixed-media and urban twist on classic golf architecture. In this episode, Mark takes us through how he got into both art and golf, and how that eventually led to the...

The unbelievable two-year run by Scottie Scheffler continues this week as the U.S. Ryder Cup team members played in Napa Valley in the Procore Championship. With his 6th win this season, Scheffler joined only Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods on the list of players to win 6 or more events in back-to-back seasons on the PGA Tour. Ryder Cup team member Ben Griffin had a chance to force a...

In the last decade, Sand Valley has become one of America's premier golf destinations. The Break80 Podcast was lucky enough to spend a few days at the resort in central Wisconsin this summer and play all the golf courses. Tom Ferrell, the Vice President of Media and Communications for Dream Golf joins the podcast to talk all things Sand Valley. From the creation to what is upcoming for the resort,...

With European captain Luke Donald making his 6 captain's picks today, the teams are set for the Ryder Cup later this month in New York at Bethpage Black. The European team is essentially the same as the last Ryder Cup in Italy, with the only exception being that Rasmus Hojgaard is on this years team instead of his twin brother Nicolai. The United States team has been set for about a week now, with...

Jimmy Abdo joined the podcast to talk about his wild ride to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur this year at the Olympic Club. Jimmy entered the tournament ranked 4,292nd in the world amateur golf rankings and made an impressive run to the round of 16, beating some highly ranked players in the process. The D3 player from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota will recap how the matches went, wh...

After multiple heartbreaks, Tommy Fleetwood finally finished off a tournament at East Lake and got his first victory on the PGA Tour at East Lake. Fleetwood remained steady as other players including Patrick Cantlay and Scottie Scheffler faded down the stretch. Fleetwood's victory gets the monkey off his back after years of near misses and collapses while leading PGA Tour tournaments. Now the atte...

It was another win for Scottie Scheffler as he took the BMW Championship for his 5th win of the year and he keeps his incredible 3 year run on the PGA Tour going. Even though he didn't have his "A" game, Scheffler was able to chase down a shakey Robert MacIntyre early on Sunday and shut the door with a dramatic chip-in birdie on the 17th hole at Caves Valley on Sunday. We will talk about the ramif...

Cameron Young was finally able to get his first win after steamrolling the field at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Young has dealt with heartbreak and struggles closing out tournaments, but with a commanding lead he could cruise to victory in the last PGA Tour regular season event of the year. Will this open the floodgates for the talented Young? We will discuss the possibilities of a...

Happy Gilmore 2 was finally released with dozens of cameos from various stars and much of the cast back from the original, it broke records for Netflix viewership in its first week. We will dive into our thoughts on the movie and the cameos in it. Kurt Kitayama went on an epic heater over the weekend to win the 3M Open Championship. Kitayama made 20 birdies or better on the weekend in route to his...

Scottie Scheffler again proved why he is the best player in the world with a dominating performance at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Scheffler won his 4th major and took another step forward towards the Grand Slam. We will talk all about what makes Scheffler so dominant and give reactions both good and bad from Royal Portrush. Ryder Cup talk is starting to heat up after the last major o...

Chris Gotterup staired down world number 2 Rory McIlroy on his way to the Scottish Open title at the Renaissance Club. The stunning win gets Gotterup into the Open Championship at Royal Portrush and into the Ryder Cup conversation for Bethpage Black. The top players in the world all played well this week including Rory, Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland in Scotland and Jon Rahm in...

Detroit Golf Club has become a power hitters paradise in recent years and the 2025 Rocket Classic was no different as the longest hitter on tour, 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter took home the title in a playoff over Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk. Potgieter became one of the youngest winners in PGA Tour history and we may be seeing a star in the making. Tim was on the scene in Detroit a few years ago...

Tommy Fleetwood had a three shot advantage heading into the final signature event of the year at TPC River Highlands, but that wasn't enough for him to get his first win on the PGA Tour. Keegan Bradley made a clutch birdie on the 18th hole and Fleetwood bogeyed to allow Bradley to win the Traveler's Championship for the second time in three years. This will sure stir the debate as to whether Bradl...

The U.S. Open at Oakmont gave everyone what they wanted - an epic ending. We are live from Sand Valley this week to talk all about it. JJ Spaun used a weather delay to gather himself after a brutal start and made a back-nine charge for the ages, includes a bomb from 64 feet to seal the victory and his first major title. We will give our reactions to to the golf course, Spaun's victory, players who...

The 125th U.S. Open heads to perhaps its most difficult venue this week as players prepare to handle a brutal test of golf at Oakmont Country Club. Players will have to navigate diabolical greens, 5+ inch rough and deep bunkers if they plan on taking home the title of U.S. Open champion. We dive into the golf course, what is needed to win and if there is anyone that can beat Scottie Scheffler at a...

It was a busy week in golf to end May and kick off June. Scottie Scheffler did his thing as expected once he was lurking on the leaderboard and pulled away on the weekend to go back-to-back at Jack's place, Muirfield Village. The world number 1 looks primed and ready for Oakmont and the upcoming U.S. Open. Speaking of U.S. Opens, the women went to Erin Hills in Wisconsin and faced some fiery green...