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. If you are in the area on a golf trip or vacation, check out Bahle Farms. Tell them the Break80 podcast...
Feb 22, 2023•28 min
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 series. The podcast crew continues their series on the "Quest to Qualify." Talking about strengths and ...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 41
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 architecture and a slightly famous golfer is returning to action this week in LA. The podcast crew talks wha...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 40
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
Feb 11, 2023•32 min
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 come up with foods that represent the top players in the world. The pod has picked a winner for 4 str...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 39
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 of professional golf. Listen to Matt has to say about chasing his dream to play on the PGA Tour. Learn mo...
Feb 04, 2023•40 min
The California kid, Max Homa comes from behind to win the Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Homa wins his 4th PGA Tour event in his home state as he passes Sam Ryder, whose joggers drew a lot of attention this week. The DP World tour drama continued as Rory birdied 17 & 18 to beat Patrick Reed who had another rules issue this week in Dubai. The podcast picked a winner for the 3rd straight week and we will try for a 4th as we make our picks for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on this episode. ...
Jan 31, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 38
The Break80 Podcast will be discussing the "Quest to Qualify" for the Minnesota State Amateur Championship this summer. Can three slightly above average golfers make it to the Minneapolis Golf Club? We will be talking professional golf this week as Jon Rahm stays dominant winning the American Express Championship and Mike's pick Victor Perez wins in Abu Dhabi with an epic bunker shot on 17. Jeff sits down for an interview with Damon Hack from the golf channel to talk about his passion for golf a...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Si Woo Kim chips in on 17 and birdies 18 to get the win at the Sony Open. It just so happened that Jeff picked Si Woo to take a huge lead early in this seasons Break80 bets. We will be talking about the American Express Championship and making our picks for that event and DP World Tour event in Abu Dhabi. Tim had a great interview with a man that is quickly becoming a legend down in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - The Salty Golfer. He is going to tell you what the Myrtle Beach and Salty Golfer li...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 36
The 2023 calendar year is here and we started off with complete mayhem at the Sentry Tournament of Champions! Collin Morikawa goes on a bogey streak as Jon Rahm goes on a heater to pass him for the title. We will give our picks for the Sony Open this week and discuss the tournament and the field, as well as a little NFL playoffs picks segment. We are excited to have Korn Ferry Tour rookie Frankie Capan III on this week to talk golf. Frankie is a native Minnesotan and former D1 golfer that has wo...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 35
To kick off our second season of the Break 80 podcast we are joined by a big knocker in the world of golf social media and entertainment - Todd Schuster aka Tron Carter from No Laying Up. In the interview Tron is going to talk about the beginnings of NLU on twitter all the way to their latest season of Tourist Sauce in Scandinavia. We will sprinkle in a little Minnesota golf talk as he has played a few courses here and talk some Jaguars and Vikings football. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choic...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 34
The podcast crew recorded live this week from the Minnesota Golf Lab in Long Lake, which is the home of Go Low Golf. Viktor Hovland loves to win when not on U.S. soil as he proved once again this week by defending his title at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. We will discuss why he struggles to be more of a mainstay on the leader board during regular tour events plus other news from the world of professional golf. While in the Minnesota Golf Lab, Mike has a theory on putting - short peop...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 33
We have a special interview this week with Minnesota native and current PGA Professional at Westchester Country Club, Alex Beach. Alex is going to share his journey from high school golf in Stillwater, Minnesota to working and playing at some of the best golf clubs in the world. Along the way he has won two PGA professional national championships and played in five PGA Championships, including the most recent championship at Southern Hills. There will also be a some talk about the PGA Tour, DP W...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 32
With the 2022 season coming to a close in Minnesota, we are doing a season recap of the highs and lows, travels and great moments for our Minnesota golf season and first year of the podcast. We will also be talking some big changes in the golf.com top 100 list and what would we do if we won the powerball! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Rory takes his rightful seat on the thrown of golf as he climbs back to number 1 in the world with a victory in the CJ Cup at Congaree. While Rory was winning, there was Anthony Kim news as he was listed in the LIV v. PGA Tour lawsuit. May we one day see AK back on the golf course??? After playing a 1 club event at White Bear Yacht Club, we got the invite to play Northland Country Club in Duluth, which was of course too good to pass up. Northland lived up to its reputation as the views were spec...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 30
After taking a week off, the boys are back at it this week on episode 29 of the podcast. Golfweek just published a top 10 private golf course list for Minnesota and we will discuss this list and a few sleeper/snubs that are also fantastic private clubs in the Minnesota. It was a big week in professional golf with Tom Kim winning in Vegas, Jon Rahm back in the winners circle in his home country of Spain and young Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra shows why LIV wanted to pay him to turn pro as he wins in Tha...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Friend of the podcast and Division 1 hockey player for the Mankato State Mavericks, Andy Carroll joins our podcast regulars for the entire episode to talk all things President Cup. We will also discuss his upcoming hockey season and putting together a buddies Ryder/President Cup style event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Mike & Tim took a road trip to Chicago for the weekend to see how much louder LIV Golf actually was in person. It has been determined that the LIV event falls somewhere between competitive golf and a carnival. The boys got in some golf of their own in the Windy City, including another top 100 track off Tim's list as they played Cog Hill. The golf ended up being better than Tim's hotel selection yet again! We will also talk PGA Tour and the wild finish between Max Homa and Danny Willet, Presi...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Chaska native Clayton Kucera was on the bag for a buddy in a Korn Ferry pre-qualifying event in Nebraska that took the golf world by storm last week over one of the most bizarre cheating scandals you will ever hear about. Clayton will walk us through what unfolded as he was caddying in the group that ended up in the eventual disqualification of one of the competitors. LIV golf was back this week in Boston. With an improved field and a solid golf course, LIV golf turned out its best event yet. Du...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 26
The Break80 podcast boys headed to Nebraska to play the newest creation from King Collins Golf - Landmand! Epic is a great word to describe what you will find in Homer, Nebraska at Landmand. The course is absolutely amazing and has to be seen to be believed. The property is massive and the greens complexes push the boundaries of what would seem impossible to imagine. Rory's talent showed out at East Lake as he came roaring from behind to catch Scottie Scheffler(as he faltered) at East Lake. Huge...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Mike & Tim made a trip to Arizona to play in mid-August and lived to tell about it. Mike gives a recap of the courses played, matches with Tim and even the most bizarre restaurant you will see. The U.S. Am and the BMW Championship both concluded this Sunday with Sam Bennett winning the Am on the 36th hole and Patrick Cantlay taking the BMW crown for the second year in a row. We will talk about what can be done to make the FedEx Cup more interesting, especially in light of the U.S. Am showing...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Mike & Jeff had their annual fourball match at White Bear Yacht Club, and it went about as well as expected. The boys talk the state of their games, douchebag moves in golf and the upcoming Arizona trip for Mike & Tim. Will Zalatoris got his breakthrough win in crazy fashion at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis to vault him into #1 in the points standing and getting the season win for Mike in the picks segment. The field now narrows to 70 players for the BMW Championship. We wil...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 23
After a few different match play rounds this week, the podcast takes a look at the pros/cons of match play and specifically if there is a home course advantage when playing someone who is on their home track. We will also be talking expectations about improvement and how it happens with less effort for some people. Tom Kim became the youngest PGA Tour winner since Jordan Spieth this week at the Wyndham Championship as the tour players faced elation and sorrow while trying to get into the elusive...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Tony Finau continues his hot streak in Detroit by dusting the field Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage. Where does he go from here? Mike's guy Cameron Young with another top 5 finish as he marches toward a top 10 OWGR as Mike predicted at the beginning of the season. We are into the last week of the PGA Tour regular season and tour cards will be on the line this week in Greensboro, NC for the Wyndham Championship. Henrik Stenson wins the LIV event at Bedminster that showcased their best leaderboard i...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 21
What a week for the Break80 podcast at the 3M Open. We started the week with a preview podcast at the 3M Open on Wednesday and then ended up caddying for the Foreplay Podcast fellas from Barstool, with Brock Nelson of NHL fame and professionals Sam Ryder and Callum Terran. We will go into how that round went as the Foreplay squad caught fire on the back 9 for a high finish. Tony Finau surged and Scott Piercy had an epic collapse at the 3M, which was full of twists and turns on the back 9. Eventu...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 20
The podcast is live from the 3M Open with our preview episode. We will be talking about the event, some specifics about the TPC Twin Cities and some of the players that fans should be looking to watch at this years 3M Open. We will of course be making our picks for the week and will see if Jeff or Tim can gain some ground on Mike in the standings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2022•30 min
With the world watching the 150th Open Championship and basically the entire crowd at the Old Course rooting for Rory, Cam Smith rides excellent ball striking, a hot blade and balls of steel to fire a back-nine thirty en route to a final round 64 to steel the Open Championship from the grasp of Rory McIlroy, who eventually came in third after Cameron Young's epic eagle on 18. LIV is in the golf news again this week with rumors of Cam Smith, Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Stenson and other defecting aw...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Open Championship week is here, and the Break 80 Podcast will be taking a deep dive into all things St. Andrews and the Old Course. Mike, one the podcast co-hosts had the chance to play the Old Course in 2016 and will be talking about getting on the Old Course, go through the holes on the golf course and what to look for this week, as well as some things about the town of St. Andrews. We will talk Scottish Open briefly and get right into our picks segment for the week as we give top picks and so...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 18
After a one week hiatus the pod is back! The Greater State team jumped out to a commanding lead at our first ever Break80 Podcast Ryder Cup at the Wilderness and Giants Ridge, only to see their dreams dashed by a furious rally by team Metro during the singles matches to earn a tie for the event. We will be diving into the event a bit and the great courses you will find in northern Minnesota. There were 3 events in mens professional golf this week, none of which were that interesting, but we will...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Matty Ice put on a ball striking display for the ages at the Country Club to win the 122nd U.S. Open hitting 17 greens in regulation on his way to a one stroke victory over Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler. We will be discussing our thoughts on the golf course and how the championship played out. The tour moves to TPC River Highlands in Hartford this week for the Travelers Championship. We will discuss the course, the field and give our picks to win for this weeks event. We are joined this w...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 16
