Break80 Podcast

Tim sat down for an interview with Mason from A Good Walk Spoiled. He currently just finished a documentary on Joel Goldstrand, who is one of Minnesota's most prolific golf architects, played professionally and was head pro at Minneapolis Golf Club at one time. A Good Walk Spoiled also does golf course photography, a newsletter and other multi media ventures related to golf. Make sure to give them...

An unprepared United States Ryder Cup team got their doors blown off by Europe for a day and a half. It proved to be a deficit they could not recover from as Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland led a European charge in Italy. We will be giving all of our reactions. From the captains Zach Johnson and Luke Donald's pairings to hatgate with Patrick Cantlay. Are the U.S. problems fixable? Will w...

The Ryder Cup in Rome is upon us. We are talking all things competitive team golf this week on the Break80 Podcast. The Solheim Cup was halved at 14 points a piece and the European team retained the cup behind some clutch putting from Caroline Hedwall and some darts thrown by Carlota Ciganda. Well, the week you have been waiting for is here, Ryder Cup 2023. Will the United States team finally be a...

Sahith Theegala takes home his first PGA Tour title in impressive fashion at the Fortinet Championship in Napa Valley. Justin Thomas showed signs of life heading into the Ryder Cup with a 5th place finish. Rory talked this week about what kind of setup he is looking for at the Ryder Cup and thinks it should focus on making it a putting contest - so we will dig into some putting stats of both teams...

Tim sat down at the Royal Club with World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam. Sorenstam has 97 worldwide wins, including 72 LPGA Tour victories and 10 majors! In 2003 she became the first woman since 1945 to play in a PGA Tour event when she teed it up at the Colonial. She is regarded as the greatest female golfer of all time. She talks about womens golf and how it has evolved. The Annika Foundat...

This week we had the chance to play in a college-am event at the Royal Club before the Annika Invitational. We were paired with Mimi Rhodes, a senior golfer for the defending national champion Wake Forest Demon Deacons. We were blown away by the quality of play and will discuss this episode. The Irish Open was at the K Club this week and Rory McIlroy was in the hunt before a disastrous triple boge...

With Luke Donalds captains picks today the Ryder Cup teams are set for Rome later this month. Ludvig Aberg won this week on the DP World Tour and made the team - and Mike knew it all along. Mike has been begging for Luke Donald to pick Aberg for months and the dream has finally become reality! The podcast made our way up to the Brainerd lakes area this weekend for the Canadian Tour event at Cragun...

Jeff sat down for an interview with Daniel Gale. The Australian fired a 60 at 3M Monday qualifying, including a hole out for eagle on 18 to earn his way into the PGA Tour's 3M Open. He recently won the NT PGA Championship in Australia. He will talk about his journey in golf and his plans for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Viktor Hovland took the FedEx Cup title at Eastlake after battling Xander down the stretch (in the shadow event anyway) in Atlanta. We will give you our thoughts on the golf course and event itself. Zach Johnson has picks are coming in today and the FedEx Cup more than likely didn't do much to sway his decision. Who will the PGA Tour players vote as Player of the Year? Rahm? Scheffler? Hovland? We...

Tim sat down for an interview at SentryWorld with General Manager Mike James and Director of Golf Danny Rainbow. SentryWorld is a championship golf course and resort in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Known for its famous flower hole (par 3 16th), SentryWorld is so much more than that as it is on multiple top 100 public golf course lists. SentryWorld has hosted multiple championship tournaments, includi...

Episode 66 of the Break80 Podcast is coming to you live from Sentry World resort this week, home of this year's Senior U.S. Open. Viktor Hovland went absolutely insane on the back nine Sunday with a 28 at Olympia Fields to take the title at the BMW Championship. We try to comprehend this epic ball striking performance that everyone witnessed, as well as talking Scottie, Rory, Max Homa and more as...

Lucas Glover kept rolling with a second consecutive win at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis. With this win he climbed in the FedEx playoff standings and into the Ryder Cup discussion. We will. be talking Glover to the Ryder Cup, the LAB putter and his sweaty pants situation. Resort tournament season in Minnesota is over. Mike and Tim travelled to all 3 courses in Bemidji, Detroit Lakes and Al...

The PGA Tour regular season came to an end this week at the Wyndham Championship. As the tour gets ready for the FedEx Cup playoffs, we will dive into the ramifications of the switch to 70 for the cut and the drama it adds. We are discussing the Ryder Cup again. With Justin Thomas missing the playoffs and Bryson's 58 at LIV Greenbrier, could there be changes in what captain Zach Johnson is thinkin...

Hometown event on the PGA Tour this week in Minnesota and we had official PGA Tour media credentials for the week. The credentials allowed us to get inside the ropes early in the week and access to interviews throughout the event. Take a listen to what we thought of the week. Talking aliens and golf as the U.S. Senate had a committee hearing this past week on extra terrestrials and ufo's. We dive...

Tim sat down with Will Davidson in Detroit at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Will has caddied on both the PGA and LPGA Tour's for multiple golfers and has some other side ventures, such as Birdie Brands that he is doing. He is currently on the bag for Ryan Gerard on the PGA Tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Harman scorched the field at Royal Liverpool to win his first major championship at the age of 36. Harman displayed relentless accuracy and an unbelievable putter to win by 6 strokes. Discussion will center around our thoughts on the Royal Liverpool and links golf, some issues that arose and who played well and who did not this week at the Open Championship. It is 3M Open week here in the tw...

The Open Championship returns to Royal Liverpool for the first time since 2014 when Rory McIlroy hoisted the Claret Jug. Can he do it again this year? Rory is heading into the Open coming off a win at the Scottish Open. We will discuss if this is a good thing for Rory or will add to the pressure. Besides talking all things Scottish Open and Open Championship, Mike and Tim took a trip to Las Vegas...

Women's golf took center stage this week as the USGA brought the U.S. Open to Pebble Beach for the first time. We will discuss the event and the state of women's golf and how the LPGA needs to find a superstar. Mike and Tim headed to the Quad cities this week for the John Deere Classic. They will give their takeaways from hanging around the tournament and media area this week. While on the trip, t...

The podcast had official PGA Tour media credentials this week as Tim headed to Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage and got to witness Rickie Fowler come full circle and get back into the winners circle. He will have a full report from his trip to Detroit. With Rickie climbing into the top 12 in the Ryder Cup standings, it is time to analyze what players are contenders to make both squads for this year...

Well it has happened, the Break80 Podcast has secured PGA Media credentials!! Tim is headed to Detroit this weekend for the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the Break80 podcast's first run with PGA Tour media privileges. Speaking of media, we attended the 3M Open media day which included a zoom call with defending champion Tony Finau. It was qualifying week here in Minnesota and Mike has a horror story...

Jeff sits down with Will Frazier and Ben Warian to discuss high level college golf and playing in the "Longest Day in Golf" earlier this summer when they competed in U.S. Open sectional qualifying. They will be talking college and amateur golf, as well as their dreams in golf going forward. **Disclaimer** There are some audio issues for a short time with Ben. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Wyndham Clark held strong and Rory couldn't get anything going at Los Angeles Country Club during the final round of the 123rd U.S. Open. With this victory, Wyndham Clark gets his second big time win in a little over a month and vaults to number 13 in the OWGR. The podcast crew is especially excited for our guy John Ellis, who caddies for Wyndham and did a great job in helping him to victory. We w...

After a thrilling Canadian Open that saw Nick Taylor make a 72 foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to win over Tommy Fleetwood, it is off to Los Angeles for the U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club. We have boots on the ground at LACC on this episode as we are joined by John Ellis. John is Wyndham Clark's caddy and will give us some great insight into both the Los Angeles Country Club...

**Emergency Podcast** The golf world was turned upside down today with the news of the a merger between the PGA Tour and LIV. Mike & Tim are joined by friends of the pod and fellow golf addicts Zach and Javi, who just so happen to also be lawyers. We will dig into the possible ramifications from a golf perspective and a legal perspective after this big news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

June 5, 2023 - dreams will be come true and hopes will be dashed on golf's longest day, sectional qualifying for the United States Open next week at Los Angeles Country Club. We had our eye on multiple former podcast guests and friends who were looking to punch their ticket to the U.S. Open. Friend of the pod, Frankie Capan III completed the dream and will be playing next week in LA. Jack's course...