Break80 Podcast

It was another head scratching loss for the Americans in team format golf. This time the European team bested the USA at the Solheim Cup. Heading into Sunday the American and European teams were tied going into singles, but Europe outlasted the Americans in the Netherlands to win the Solheim Cup. We will have all of our reactions plus we try to figure out... why is America so bad at these events? We will also question some of captain Angela Stanford's decisions. Shane Lowry blitzed the field at Doonbeg to win the Irish Open by 11 shots at -23. It is Lowry's second win in his home country, 17 years after he won the Irish Open as an amateur. We ventured to Sioux Falls for the Champions tour event and the absurdity was real. Players in carts while the caddies walked, silencer tents at a golf tournament, etc. We will discuss what we saw at the Sanford International. The pod headed back to Landmand for the first time since we were there before its opening. We also got a chance to play the newest private club in Sioux Falls, Mapleton Golf Club and we were not disappointed. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a Walker Cup for the ages as Great Britain and Ireland stormed back in Sunday singles to squeak out a 13 1/2 to 12 1/2 win. Josh Hill made a 4 foot putt on the 18th green to win it for GB&I. We will have all our reactions on this episode. From the golf course, to players and how this wild Walker Cup played out in this episode. Tim played in a Shortstop Tournament at Stillwater Country Club and it is a story you will want to stay tuned in for. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scottie Scheffler did what Scottie Scheffler does and won the FedEx Cup Championship at East Lake. This capped off another remarkable season for the world's number one player. We will dive into the stats and numbers from Scottie's 2026 season. We will talk some 2026 PGA Tour season, who played well but didn't win, possible Rookie of the Year picks and who disappointed this season. President's Cup picks are days away and we will make our selections for both the International and United States squads as they get ready to head to Chicago at the end of the month. Mike and Tim headed south this weekend to play Somerby Country Club and La Crosse Country Club. Two exceptional clubs, but we found out we are getting old along the way! Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Break80 sits down with South African golf star Christiaan Bezuidenhout for a wide-ranging conversation about the path that took him from a small golf course in Delmas, Mpumalanga, to the biggest stages in professional golf. Christiaan opens up about picking up the game at age four, his rise through South Africa's amateur and Sunshine Tour ranks, and the pivotal years he spent as part of the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation, where a young Ernie Els played mentor, coach, and financial backer to the future PGA Tour pro. We talk about what it meant to learn the game under "The Big Easy," how that relationship shaped his career, and what it was like to later stand alongside Els on the International Team at the Presidents Cup. From there, we dig into his current life on the PGA Tour — his approach to competing week to week against the world's best, standout performances at the majors, and what's next on his goals list. Christiaan also shares the deeply personal side of his story: his lifelong experience with stuttering, and his partnership as an ambassador for the Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education & Research, where he's used his platform to raise awareness and support others navigating the same challenge he once faced. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a busy week in golf this week. LIV Golf may have played their final event in Indianapolis, Wyndham Clark won the BMW Championship in St. Louis and possibly locked up the Player of the Year award and Good Good had an all-time catastrophe with their new Callaway ad. We dive into it all, plus Jeff makes a hole-in-one that didn't count and Mike finds vintage golf cards from 1991, and it was seemingly the era of the tour visor. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PGA Tour profiles is back and this week we have two-time PGA Tour champion Austin Eckroat on the Break80 Podcast. Austin will go into winning on the PGA Tour, which he did twice in 2024 and what comes with that and the pressure coming down the stretch while winning on the PGA Tour. He will also get into some of the things he practices and even his home setup in Oklahoma that other professional golfers also hang out at. Austin was part of the fabled 2018 Oklahoma State national championship team that was full of current PGA Tour players like Viktor Hovland and others. He will talk college golf and what makes Oklahoma State such a special place in the college golf world. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World number one, Scottie Scheffler, lapped the field Sunday in Memphis at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Scheffler left no doubt in the final round as he won the championship by 8 shots at -17. We will dive into the the FedEx Cup playoffs and discuss if Scottie locked up the player of the year award with this win. The U.S. Amateur Championship gave people a look at Merion Golf Club this week and the course and quality of play did not disappoint. We talk the golf course and our thoughts on the championship. We also go into the week in YouTube golf, Mike makes an albatross and a new segment, where Mike finds golf stuff on ebay in the middle of the night! Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Block is in the golf news again, withdrawing from a European senior tour event he was playing in under a sponsors exemption. Block, who withdrew on the 12th hole at Trump International in Aberdeen, Scotland, may have worn out his welcome with sponsors after this. We will discuss on this episode. Michael Brennan won the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina this week for his 2nd PGA Tour win. We will discuss his win and the ramifications on the PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup playoffs starting next week. Bryson DeChambeau made some interesting comments this week about the future of LIV and his playing future in golf. We will discuss yet again LIV golf and what could happen in the future. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After playing golf at the best courses Portugal has to offer, we are breaking our trip down by regions to give listeners a good idea about the great and differing types of golf that Portugal has to offer. In episode 1, we will be talking about Obidos. Situated North of Lisbon, Obidos offers great golf, relaxing lifestyle, seaside views and great history. While there, we played Praia D'El Rey, West Cliffs and Royal Obidos. In this episode, we break down the three golf courses, lodging and things to do in the region besides golf. Enjoy! Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Thorbjornsen finally delivered on his immense talent, closing with a final round 63 to win the final ever Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. We will give all of our thoughts on his play and the win, the renovated Detroit Golf Club, and YouTube's Brad Dalke's play at this event. The women's AIG Open Championship came down to a playoff between Ester Henseleit and Shiho Kuwaki. After making a 40-foot birdie putt on 18 to force a playoff, on the second playoff hole, Henseleit found a gorse bush, which helped Kuwaki win her first major at Royal Lytham and St. Anne's. All of this and some more LIV talk, Mike's wedge problem and the President cheating at golf again? Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Rapaport, currently of Skratch Golf, joins the podcast to talk about all that happened at the 3M Open. Jackson Koivun won in his 3rd start as a professional, with Scottie Scheffler charging on Sunday. Dan and Jeff discuss the event, possible President's Cup ramifications from Koivun's win. They will also touch on the latest LIV news and what is going on with the breakaway tour. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Fox blistered Royal Birkdale on the weekend to finish at -10 and a shot ahead of Cameron Young who bogeyed the 18th hole to finish at -9. Fox made a spectacular birdie on 18 to win, sinking a clutch 11-foot putt. We will go into our thoughts on Royal Birkdale, the stellar play by Fox, Young, Burns and company, as well as some disappointments from the week, including the putting of Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick missing the cut. We will of course discuss Bryson DeChambeau's 2-stroke penalty and the drop that Scheffler got without actually finding his golf ball on Sunday. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coffee golf season is here, in the United States anyway, and we are here for it. In this episode of the Break80 Podcast, we are talking links golf with Tom Kim's win at the Genesis Scottish Open and we will preview this week's 154th playing of the Open Championship. Tom Kim kept his hot golf going this week at the Renaissance Club in Scotland as he captured the Scottish Open title with some brilliant play in East Lothian. We will discuss Tom Kim and where we see him going and some more reactions from the Scottish Open. It is Open Championship week and we will break down some of our picks and things to look for as the final major of the year takes place at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in England. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Jeff Hamley, caddie for Andrew Novak,joins the Break80 Podcast to discuss his entry into the profession and the events that lead to him looping for Andrew Novak. He also talks life on tour and shares a few stories along the way.  Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wyndham Clark led basically from start to finish at Shinnecock Hills to win his 2nd U.S. Open Championship. He showed impeccable short games skills on the weekend as he didn't have his best ball striking. Even more impressive is the fact that he held together even with a hostile New York crowd on his case after most shots. We will give our impressions of the USGA's setup at Shinnecock Hills, player performances we thought were great and the major disappointments of the week at the United States Open. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Open week is here, and the 2026 version goes to Shinnecock Hills, one of the toughest tests in all of championship golf. Will anyone get under par? Or will an over par score win like Brooks Koepka did in 2018 at +1? We will do a deep dive into the history of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, the golf course and who we think will fair well this week. Bud Cauley got his first PGA Tour win this week in the Canadian Open. After a horrific car crash in 2018, Cauley has fought his way back and has finally won for the first time on the PGA Tour. Allegations of inappropriate contact by Phil Mickelson against a female staffer at The Farm Golf Club in California were reported this week. We talk about what is known so far and what Mickelson's lawyers are saying. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golf DIgest came out with their top 100 world list, excluding the United States this week. Tim and Mike will discuss some interesting selections and talk about some of the courses they have played on this list. After a quick recap of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club, we will be talking the Memorial Tournament as the PGA Tour has yet another signature event this week at Jack's place, Muirfield Village in Ohio. Riviera Country Club will host the best women's players in the world this week for the U.S. Women's Open. Nelly Korda will look to continue her hot season as we will finally get to see Riviera in U.S. Open conditions. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the NCAA Division 1 men’s golf participants descend on Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, CA, they can expect harder conditions with firmer and faster greens and grown up rough and fescue than previous years. Head Golf Professional of Resort and Tournament Golf, Robert Gogulich joins the Break80 Podcast to talk tournament setup and resort golf. He will discuss what he saw from the women's championship last week and what to expect when the men tee it up this week. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wyndham Clark won a shootout at TPC Craig Ranch to win the 2026 CJ Cup championship. For the second straight year, the tournament winner got to -30, even after architect Lanny Wadkins guaranteed that his renovation would prevent that. We will talk all about the course be incredibly easy, to the resurgent play of Clark, who had been struggling the last few seasons on tour. We will also get into the play of Scottie Scheffler, Blades Brown, Jordan Spieth and others. This week, the PGA of America apparently learned nothing and named Keegan Bradley assistant captain for the 2027 Ryder Cup. Why do we keep going with the same captains and assistant captains over and over again? We will try to make sense of this and the Furyk pick for captain. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The thick rough and tough green complexes of Aronimink Golf Club gave the best in the world a lot of fits at the PGA Championship this week, but Englishman Aaron Rai pulled away on the back nine for his first major victory. Rai has a great back story and his unparalleled work ethic has now made him a major champion. We will talk a lot about Rai's performance on this episode, as well as discussing multiple players who played well and were disappointments. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices