Break80 Podcast

The crew has played a lot of golf this week, including Jeff & Mike playing in the always exciting 1-man scramble. Everyone is trying to get their games ready for summer here in Minnesota. We talk some things that are trending in our games and others that need work as we get ready for a summer of tournaments. After batting on a baked out Colonial, the PGA Tour is back to another tough track this we...

Brooks Koepka is back in the winners circle at a major championship but is this the biggest story of the tournament? As Brooks was busy doing what we are used to Brooks doing at major championships, another story was captivating the golf world - Michael Block. The club pro from southern California turned in another captivating performance capped with a hole-in-one and two dramatic up and down par...

As the podcast crew starts preparing for their big state am qualifier, the professionals have a little tournament coming up this week called the PGA Championship. The 2nd major of the year heads back to the famed Oak Hill East course, fresh off a renovation and ready to show its teeth to the best players in the world. Will Rahm keep the grand slam hopes alive? Will Jordan Spieth play? Does LIV fin...

Podcast favorite Wyndham Clark played close to flawless golf this week at the Wells Fargo Championship to post -19 and cruise to his first PGA Tour win at Quail Hollow. The Break80 boys have seen this coming for a while with his stellar play and his caddie John Ellis made the prediction as we have in the intro back in February that his guy Wyndham would win this year. He chose a hell of an event t...

Tim travelled to Pinehurst last week to play at what has been dubbed the "mecca" of United States golf. He will give you some ups and downs from the trip and chronicle his run-ins with some over zealous rangers. Multiple travel tips will be told and Tim talks about playing the famed #2. Golf season is finally here and the Break80 Podcast boys hit the links this weekend to play in some apocalyptic...

After Jordan Spieth barely missed 2 winning putts, Matt Fitzpatrick hit one of the greatest shots in Harbour Town history on the third playoff hole to capture the RBC Heritage title in the latest elevated event on the PGA Tour. All the big names showed up (minus one giant name) on the leaderboard this week, proving once again that a tightly contested tournament with the best players in the world i...

Jon Rahm battled Augusta National and the elements en route to an easy victory in the end at the Masters. Rahm becomes the first European to win both the Masters and U.S. Open. We will dive into Rahm's mastery of Augusta and discuss LIV golfers good showing, including Phil Mickelson coming out of nowhere to fire one of the best Sunday rounds Augusta National has seen. Does Brooks Koepka have a Sun...

After talking about our quick golf trip to Tim's home state of Iowa, it will be all things Masters talk. We will dig into story lines, favorites, the golf course and just all the things we love about the Master's Tournament and Augusta National. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With March Madness pumping out thrilling game after thrilling game and the Master's starting next week, this has to be the best sports time of the year right? Even though this is a golf podcast, we love hoops as well and will talk some NCAA Tournament and give our thoughts so far on what has transpired and discuss if Caitlin Clark is the most exciting player in either of the tournaments. Jeff may...

2nd year PGA Tour player Andrew Novak joins the podcast. In his 2nd year on tour, Andrew is close to cracking the top 100 in FedEx Cup points and has multiple top 20 finishes, including the Sony Open and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Andrew gave us some insight on his path to the PGA Tour, creating a yardage book for a senior high thesis and his basketball abilities. Please remember to subscribe to th...

The quest for better golf and qualifying for the Minnesota State Amateur Championship ramped up this week for Tim as he has all kinds of new weapons in the bag after getting fit for new irons and a driver. We will see how they work out as he is also going to Southern California this weekend to play some more top 100 public tracks. The PGA Tour had a first time winner this week at the Valspar as Ta...

Tim sits down for an interview with Pete Wlodkowski, the founder of amateurgolf.com. Amateurgolf.com is the most comprehensive website there is when it comes to amateur golf tournaments of all sizes. Pete will talk about the early days of amateurgolf.com and how he got started and grown to become an authority of amateur golf tournaments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Scottie Scheffler took most of the drama out of Sunday at the Player's Championship, winning in dominating fashion to regain the top spot in the world golf rankings.  We will discuss his play as well as what we thought about the 2023 Player's Championship. The Valspar Championship is this week and we will preview the event and make our picks. Jeff and Tim will be quizzed on the world ranking of so...

At the Minnesota Golf Show, we were joined on stage by Lift Bridge founder Dan Schwarz and Doug deGrood, the creator of Doogie McShank's vodka bootleg.  Not only did these two talk about starting up their alcohol businesses, but we also snuck a little golf in as well. The podcast crew also revealed our Dream 18 public golf course at the golf show.  Each of us created a course based on what we thou...

The podcast crew has officially signed up for the Minnesota State Am and we are on the "quest to qualify."  That quest has led us to sim golf this week as we are still buried under snow in Minnesota and it is our only option in this never ending winter we are currently in. The Arnold Palmer Invitational led to great drama this week at Bay Hill. Kurt Kitayama held off the top players in the world t...

On day 2 of the Minnesota Golf Show, we were joined by the man who has possibly done more for public golf in Minnesota than anyone, Kevin Unterreiner.   As the founder and president of TwinCitiesGolf.com, Kevin is the man behind such ideas like the Public Country Club, Hack to Jack and multiple simulator and outdoor golf events.  He has been doing golf websites for 25 years and is always trying to...

With a less than stellar field the Honda Classic still managed to produce a great finish with come great story lines.  Chris Kirk got back in the winner's circle for the first time in eight years after battles with depression and alcohol.  After near collapse, he hit a spectacular wedge shot in the playoff to beat journey man professional Eric Cole. LIV golf was back this week and things did not g...

Live episode from day 2 at the Minnesota Golf Show in Minneapolis. The Break80 podcast crew is thrilled to have John Ellis join the podcast today live at the Minnesota Golf Show.  John is a caddie on the PGA Tour for Wyndham Clark, who is currently 56th is FedEx points and 120th in the world golf rankings. Not only is John a current caddie on tour, he also has played in 10 PGA Tour events, 2 U.S....

UNRL founder Michael E. Jordan joins the podcast to talk about UNRL , an athletic and lifestyle clothing brand that can be seen on Minnesota Viking and Wild players, as well as the Foreplay/Barstool Sports crew. Michael will tell us about the humble beginnings, down to his last $300 and working in his parents basement to his current eight figure business and what is upcoming for UNRL. Oh, and Mich...

Tim sits down for an interview with Crosley Duckmann, the new owner of Bahle Farms Golf Course in Suttons Bay, MI. Every golfer at some point in their life has dreamed about owning a golf course, Crosley made it a reality.  He will discuss how the process of buying the course worked and all things about running a golf course. Bahle Farms is located in the golf rich region of northwest Michigan.  I...

Jon Rahm continues his rampage through the 2023 calendar year, winning for the 3rd time in 5 events at Riviera.  He fought off a charging Max Homa, in an event that featured the return of Tiger Woods who made the cut and showed glimpses of greatness over the 4 rounds. Netflix's 'Full Swing" was a big story this week and we have watched it all and our ready to give our reactions and takes on the se...

Scottie Scheffler pulled away from Jon Rahm and Nick Taylor down the stretch at the Waste Management Open to win for the second straight year and reclaim the world #1 ranking.  We discuss the secret sauce that Scottie has and some Sunday letdowns recently for Jon Rahm. The PGA Tour moves to Riviera this week for another elevated event at a classic country club from the "golden era" of golf archite...

Jeff sits down with our neighbor to the north in Canada and Taylormade golfer Mac Boucher. If you haven't seen or heard of Mac before, you need to check him out on social media or youtube.  This guy can bend a golf ball and has done it in a variety of amazing places around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Rose weathered the storms to win for the first time in four years at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.  Between weather delays, outrageous pro-shop prices and Aaron Rodgers sandbagging his way to pro-am victory, this event was a dumpster fire that needs fixing. We are figuring out foods that the top 10 players in the world would be represented as.  Rory as ranch dressing, Rahm as Taco Bell? The boys...

Break80 Podcast presents: Chasing the Dream.  In this podcast series, we are interviewing PGA Tour hopefuls and getting insight on the grind that is the mini-tour circuit.   In this episode we are joined by Matt Liringis.  Matt has played on the Outlaw Tour and now has conditional status on PGA Tour Canada.  He has a unique story as he turned pro after high school and went straight into the world...