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Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley slipped into the field in the 50th place after Tom Kim melted down at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis a week ago and took full advantage at Castle Pines by winning the BMW Championship and vaulting himself into 4th place in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup standings with one week to play. The Break80 Podcast was in Colorado at Castle Pines and we will give you some i...

It is FedEx Cup playoff time on the PGA Tour and the Break80 Podcast is on the road this week as we head to Castle Pines in Colorado for the BMW Championship. We are playing our way to Castle Pines with rounds at the Wakonda Club, Omaha Country Club, Wild Horse and Raindance National, where we recorded this episode. Besides playing golf on our way to Denver, we are also talking professional and am...

After being closed for roughly a year to do a renovation of the course, Interlachen Country Club is open again and better than ever. Interlachen CC had us out for media day and we were lucky enough to both play the course and do some interviews. Interlachen is the most historic course in Minnesota and has countless memorable moments since opening in 1909, most notably Bobby Jones victory in 1930 a...

It is everything Olympic golf this week as we review the mens portion of the 2024 Olympics at Le Golf National outside of Paris, France. Scottie Scheffler lit up the golf course firing a final round 62 and after a Jon Rahm collapse on the back 9, stormed his way to the gold medal. Tommy Fleetwood and Hideki Matsuyama took home the silver and bronze as a star studded field put on a show at the top...

Former PGA Tour and current Champions Tour player Billy Mayfair joined the podcast and talked with Tim in this episode of PGA Tour Profiles. Billy talked about his career on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, being the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods in a playoff, autism awareness and the golf scene in general. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast for weekly golf content. We can also be found on Yo...

Jhonattan Vegas birdied the 72nd hole at TPC Twin Cities to secure his 4th PGA Tour victory and first in seven years this week at the 3M Open. We were out there all week and will bring you stories from inside the ropes on this week's episode of the Break80 Podcast, including our time spent with PGA Tour veteran and Netflix star Joel Dahmen. It is Olympics week and some of the best players in the w...

PGA Tour veteran and Netflix "Full Swing" star Joel Dahmen sat down with the Break80 Podcast at the PXG store for an episode we call "Playing Through." In this episode we asked Joel a series of short answer questions and he gave some great answers and shared some stories. Joel was in town for the 3M Open this week and we had a chance to do a few different things with him and PXG. There can't be an...

Xander Schauffele kept his great season going and ran away from the pack on the back nine at Royal Troon on Sunday to win the 152nd Open Championship title and his second major of the year. Royal Troon and mother nature gave a stern test to the best players in the world this week as players battled the course and the elements. Some lesser known players such as Daniel Brown and Thriston Lawrence ha...

Open Championship week is here and as the players get ready to tackle Royal Troon and fans get their coffee setup ready for early morning golf, the Break80 Podcast is here for it with a preview for the upcoming Open Championship. Tim starts off the pod by telling a Bryson DeChambeau story he heard while at the John Deere Classic a few weeks ago and what it was like down in the Quad Cities for this...

3M Open Tournament Director Mike Welch joined the Break80 Podcast for an interview a few weeks prior to the 2024 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities. Mike will talk about all things with the 3M Open, including what is new for this year, challenges that come with running a PGA Tour event and more. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices....

The boys are back this week fresh off time at TPC Twin Cities Monday for the 3M Open media day. We will discuss our golf out there and what we learned about this years 3M Open. Cam Davis benefited from an untimely 3 putt from Akshay Batia on the 72nd hole to win his 2nd Rocket Mortgage Classsic in Detroit. We will talk about that and discuss Cam Young's struggles to close out tournaments and when...

Since Scottie Scheffler won his 6th event of the year this week, we thought we would spend the majority of this podcast talking about something out of the ordinary, our trip west for the Scottsdale National Xperience with PXG. We were lucky enough to get the full Scottsdale National experience this last week. We will go through it all from club fitting with PXG, the golf courses, our play and all...

After an invitation to do the PXG Xperience from Dr. Bob Parsons, the podcast is live from Scottsdale National this week to talk about U.S. Open drama. Bryson DeChambeau fought a leaky driver and used a incredible short game to pull off a gritty victory at Pinehurst No. 2 as Rory McIlroy had a gut wrenching collapse missing two short putts on the last 4 holes to lose the U.S. Open trophy in his at...

U.S. Open week is here and Scottie Scheffler will head to Pinehurst No. 2 as the heaviest favorite to win a major as any player has been in over a decade. After his 5th win of the year last week at the Memorial, the world's top player seems primed to win his third career major and continue his remarkable season. We will talk about the golf course and players we think have what it takes to win "gol...

U.S. Open season is here and this week we both crowned a U.S. Women's Open champion, as well as having the longest day of golf at U.S. Open sectionals around the country. Yuka Saso played spectacular golf to win going away at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania. She made an amazing 4 birdies in 5 holes to pull away on a difficult course. We discuss the U.S. Women's Open and all the great venues...

Xander Schauffele quieted the critics this week by taking home his first career major at the PGA Championship at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky. He held off a charging Bryson DeChambeau with a clutch birdie putt on the 72nd hole to hoist the Wanamaker trophy. The crazy thing about the week was that Xander's victory wasn't the top story. Scottie Scheffler got arrested on Friday morning outside of...

Bob Parsons, the founder and CEO of Parsons Xtreme Golf, better known as PXG, was in the twin cities and we were lucky enough to get to sit down with him for an interview. Bob talked about his childhood growing up in Baltimore and how his combat time in Vietnam as part of the Marine Corps molded him into the person he is today. Bob is one of the most successful businessmen in America, founding mul...

Rory McIlroy is on a roll as he wins his second event in a row at Quail Hollow. Rory's power blew away Xander Schauffele on Sunday to win again and head to this week's PGA Championship at Valhalla as one of the heavy favorites. We will talk about Rory's win and the second major of the year at Valhalla, as Rory joins Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka as the favorites to win. Tim headed to Myrtle...

Jeff headed to Brainerd and Cragun's for a 24 man tournament and pulled off the comeback victory as the leaders melted down the stretch. He took home the used car salesman jacket and some cash. He will discuss his buddies tournament at Cragun's Legacy this week. Tim is on the move again as he is about to head to Myrtle Beach to play some golf and do some media work at the first annual Myrtle Beach...

It was LIV Golf's superbowl this week as they were in Adelaide, Australia and the Aussies showed out and provided the rowdy kind of fanbase that LIV has been looking for. The hometown team, Ripper GC took home the team title and Brendan Steele won the individual title. The PGA Tour did team golf this week in the Big Easy at TPC Louisiana. Rory McIroy and Shane Lowry took home the victory and added...

Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda win again to keep their dominant spring's going this week on their prospective tours. Scottie Scheffler wins the RBC Heritage in a Monday finish as the PGA Tour gets panned for not moving up the tee times on Sunday with impending weather issues. What can stop Scottie at this point? Could this be the year we see the Grand Slam happen? We will discuss Scottie's domi...

We sat down this week with Korn Ferry player Cooper Dossey. Cooper was a two-time All-American at Baylor University and alternate on the 2021 Walker Cup team that played at Seminole Golf Club. He will give some insight into college golf at Baylor and the Walker Cup experience. Battling a stutter since a young age, Cooper is very open and honest about growing up with that challenge and hopes to ins...

As the best players in the world battled windy conditions at Augusta National, the best of them all, Scottie Scheffler prevailed in dominating fashion yet again. Scottie put on a brilliant ball-striking display on the back nine as other contenders folded. We will be talking about the players who impressed us, the best and worst dressed of the week and of course, tip our cap to those pros who did n...

Frequent podcast guest and U.S. Open winning caddie, John Ellis joins the podcast from Augusta, Georgia to talk Augusta National, the Masters and his guy Wyndham Clark's rise to number four in the world golf rankings. John played Augusta National last week and he will give some inside information about the hallowed grounds and his thoughts on some of the most difficult and key holes for this week'...

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