After an easy first round at Torrey Pines, the winds kicked up and the temperatures went down as player struggled with the conditions and a beast of a golf course at Torrey Pines South. Harris English made nine pars on the back nine to get his 5th career PGA Tour win at -8. Torrey again proved that a tough setup makes for a more competitive golf tournament for the best players in the world. LIV golf made some news this week as they signed YouTube golfer Rick Shiels to a deal. Shiels will do a va...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Sepp Straka won a shootout in Palm Springs to take home the American Express Championship title. The tournament as always was a low scoring affair as many players got to -20 and Straka ended up hanging on for the victory. We talk about how to toughen up this tournament and a larger issue - slow play. The final group played in 5 hours and 40 minutes. Slow play has become inexcusable and needs to be addressed by the PGA Tour immediately. Tim has been all over the country golfing and in this episod...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Nick Taylor wins the Sony Open in dramatic fashion - chipping in for eagle on the last hole to force a playoff before eventually winning the title in that playoff. We will talk Sony Open in Hawaii and how a short course holds up to the best players in the world. The PGA Tour is back to the mainland this week as the West Coast Swing starts in Palm Springs for the American Express Championship. A solid field of players will head to the desert for a tournament that is usually low scoring and played...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 123
TGL finally made its long awaited debut and even though Tiger Woods did not play this first week, it was considered a success with over 3 million viewers on ESPN for the two-hour event. We discuss the things we liked and some needed improvements as well as what may be to come for TGL. Hideki Matsuyama shot -35 to break the all-time PGA Tour scoring record at the Sentry Championship in Hawaii. Every single player in the field shot under par at this traditionally low scoring event. The 2025 season...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 122
It was a wild 2024 for the Break80 Podcast. We will do a quick recap for the year, including our best and worst moments, how our handicap and games are doing and some of the big moments from the year. With the PGA Tour season and 2025 a day away, we are making some bold predictions from the world of golf in 2025. This includes predictions from professional golf, our own games and golf equipment. You won't want to miss this to see if any of our bold predictions come true. Subscribe to the Break80...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 121
This week, The Match returns and it is heading to Las Vegas with a star studded lineup. Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka from LIV will be playing against Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler from the PGA at Shadow Creek. If you haven't heard, Shadow Creek is the most expensive green fee in America and is kind of geared towards high rollers and celebrities when they are in town, but a couple of the Break80 Podcast guys have played it and are here to tell the story. Mike and Tim are joined by Chr...
Dec 13, 2024•56 min
Mike and Tim were joined by Kevin Norby of Norby Golf Course Design to talk golf course architecture. Norby Golf Course Design has done some exceptional work around the United States, including The Club at Golden Valley, Minnesota Valley Country Club, Fox Hills, Coal Creek and many others. Kevin dives into his background, including getting into the business almost by accident and how that has become his career of now more than 30 years. With this experience, he has many stories to tell about how...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 12 min
The invention of professional skateboarder, Justin Eldridge, Number Thirty Three's golf tee toothpick ads an essence of cool back into golf. A mixture between the 1980s tough guy and a new age wave of streetwear into golf, No. 33 packaging says "GOLF WITH FLAVOR." The tee comes in 5 available flavors or in a variety pack. Eldridge is also expanding into apparel with different drops planned for 2024/25 that will bring his unique California skating style into the golf community. The company has pa...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 28 min
As Bandon Dunes makes the news this week for changing to a lottery system for getting reservations to the resort, Jeff and Mike are here to share their experience at Bandon Dunes. As part of a larger group this past July, the Break80 guys played all 7 courses and stayed on site. In this episode, we will talk about getting to Bandon and planning for the trip, what to expect out of the resort and of course all the golf courses. We will give some rankings on the courses, how to handle the par 3 cou...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 28 min
After releasing their top 100 overall courses last week, GOLF magazine is back with their 2024 top 100 public course list. We will discuss the list and try to determine which ones are overrated and which are underrated. Tim has played roughly half of these courses and will provide some insight into many of them. Rory McIlroy won yet another DP World Tour title this week and we will talk about the possibility of him being the greatest modern European golfer ever. There were also 10 players that m...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 120
ODIN Golf started as a way to provide cost effective great golf balls to a group of guys that would frequently lose them in the woods and has developed into a tech/subscription service that provides two great types of golf balls at the most affordable price on market. The X1 was independent evaluated by My Golf Spy as a 99.7 score when compared to the ProV1 and the X as a lower cost mid handicap ball scored fantastically as well. Originally a West Coast dream the company is now based out of Berl...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min
GOLF Magazine came out with their annual top 100 courses in the United States list this week. We will discuss many of the courses and ask the question... would Augusta National be in the top 10 if it wasn't for the Masters? Pine Valley again is number one on this years list and we will talk about what sets it apart. A pair of Minnesota courses made the list with both Interlachen and White Bear Yacht Club in the top 100. We take a deep dive into which courses we think are overrated and which are ...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 119
The Jacoby family joins Tim to discuss Holiday gifts. The Steurer & Jacoby Company has a rich history of creating unique golf bags. These one of a kind and small batch golf bags are handcrafted from high quality tweed, tartan and leather and are sure to stand out amongst a sea of OEM stand and cart bags. With 6 different bag types, ranging in number of pockets, pocket location, rigidity and size, these bags stay similar in one way, the small S&J etching below the handle. The classic styl...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Tim sat down with the Head Golf Professional, Superintendent and the architect that renovated the Club at Golden Valley on this profiles episode of The Club at Golden Valley. Formerly known as the Golden Valley Country Club, The Club at Golden Valley changed their name as part of the re-opening this year. Kevin Norby of Norby Golf Course Design was in charge of restoring this A.W. Tillinghast classic in suburban Minneapolis. Kevin did a masterful job on the renovation and in this episode he will...
Nov 03, 2024•54 min
After talking a bit about the Zozo championship in Japan, the podcast gets into something we know a bit about - breaking eighty. We will go into what is needed to break 80 and some tips for doing so. We will even dive into our own games to talk about what we need to work on to improve. Tim hits the road again this week as he heads to North Carolina to take on Tot Hill Farm among other courses. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more ab...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Tim sat down with Doug Schroder of the Kansas City parks department to discuss Swope Memorial's historic renovation and restoration work approved Thursday, October 25 by city Council. Kansas City Golf guy goes into great detail about the courses past and it’s a W Tillinghast design as well as changes throughout the years that took it away from its intention and how an $8.5 million restoration will return it to greatness. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast for weekly golf content. We can be found o...
Oct 26, 2024•41 min
JT Poston wins in Las Vegas this week and the guys on the pod are going to play some JT trivia to see who is better during the 2024 season - JT Poston or JT (Justin Thomas). Has golf gone mad with its current pricing? $750 for tickets to the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black and $160 for tickets to the inaugural season of TGL, has the golf world, and sports world in general gone mad when it comes to pricing?? Donald Trump brought golf onto the campaign trail this week when he was in Pennsylvania and t...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Three time Olympic golf physical therapist Jason Stodelle joins Top 100 Tim on the podcast. Stodelle has been on location for over 300 golf events including the PGA Tour, Olympics and Presidents Cup. He discusses the most common golf injuries, how to be proactive and reactive and how the average golfer can benefit from an exercise and stretching routine. Listen in to hear about the life of a PT on the road as he visits 19 plus PGA Tour stops and year and sees over 125 players a day. Better under...
Oct 18, 2024•47 min
The Break80 Podcast is kicking off a new travel segment and for the first episode we brought in Eric Hart aka Mobilegolfer on social media. Eric has played about 750 courses around the world while working as a golf travel writer. Today is all things Ireland golf as Eric has been there multiple times. He will break down Irish golf by region and talk about all of the courses that should be on your must play list. Not only will Eric talk about the golf courses to play, he will also go into the esse...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 35 min
One of the talks of this years U.S. Amateur Championship at Hazeltine was that of Garrett Engle. Garrett is a senior at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and as he made it to the round of 16, the talk was not of his victories, but rather of his grip. Garrett Engle employs a split handed grip, which is one of a kind in the world of high level golf. Garrett owns his grip and swing and it has suited him well as a high level amateur. He will talk about college golf and of course, his grip -...
Oct 08, 2024•34 min
Joshua Haywood, the founder of Haywood Golf joined Tim to talk all about Haywood Golf. Haywood Golf is a Canadian company based in Vancouver that specializes in high quality golf equipment sold directly to consumers. Haywood golf builds all their clubs in Canada and every product is built to order. Joshua will discuss how he came to start the company and talk about how it has changed over time. Haywood started making non-conforming wedges, but has morphed into a company that produces conforming ...
Oct 03, 2024•36 min
After a shocking first two days, where both teams swept the points and were tied 5-5, the U.S. team rolled to another Presidents Cup victory over the international team. This brings the USA's Presidents Cup record to 13-1-1 in the 30 years of the event. We will talk about the event, give individual grades and try to figure out a way to make this event more competitive in the future. Is a mixed team event the answer? Is there no way to change the format and the international team just needs to ge...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 116
As the golf season winds down, there are some events to wrap up seasons on various tours. LIV had their team championship in Dallas where Cam Smith and Ripper GC came through with the win and took home the cash. We are talking the future of LIV Golf and where they may go moving forward. Billy Horschel beat Rory in a playoff at Wentworth to win the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour. Rory eagled 17 to tie the lead and birdied both playoff holes but it wasn't enough as Billy Horschel eagled...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 115
It was an eventful week in golf even if much of the season is over. There was epic coffee golf this week as the Irish Open was at the number one ranked golf course in the world according to Golf Digest, Royal County Down. We will discuss the golf course and the tournament which saw Rasmus Hojgaard birdie 4 of the last 5 holes and got a little bit of help from Rory McIlroy on his way to the win. The Solheim Cup came back home as the United States team won for the first time since 2017 at the Robe...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 114
With golf season in a little bit of a lull, we have a potpourri of topics on the podcast this week. These include crazy golf sayings off reddit, the wildest golf courses in the world, worst golf swings in movies and the best halfway house foods in America. There is some golf to talk about this week as the Solheim Cup will take place in Virginia at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and LIV Golf has their individual championship in Chicago with some players facing relegation at years end. Subscribe to ...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship at East Lake, well sort of, as he actually got 3rd in the event with Collin Morikawa winning the actual tournament and getting OWGR points for the win. We will talk about the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship as changes need to be made by the PGA Tour to make this event more fan friendly. The creator classic also took place at East Lake and was heavily viewed, we give our thoughts on that event as well from East Lake. The podcast was in Brainerd this...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 112
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 insights to what we saw and heard on the ground this week, including our time inside the ropes with P...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 111
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 amateur golf on the podcast this week. Hideki Matsuyama won the FedEx event in Memphis this week. This...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 110
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 as part of the "grand slam." We have a variety of interviews from Interlachen on this episode startin...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 109
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 of the leaderboard, both good and bad. We will also be diving into our under par challenge, as we ar...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 108
