The Break80 Podcast is back on stage at the Minnesota convention center for another year live from the Minnesota Golf Show. On this day we had former Minnesota Gopher national championship winning coach John Means as a guest to talk about building a college golf program from scratch, competing at the highest college level and even, tips to break 80. Matt Stang, one of the co-founders of Swannies Golf also joined us live to talk about the Swannies story and what is going on in the world of golf a...
Feb 17, 2024•1 hr 15 min
On episode 85 of the Break80 Podcast we are all about having a good time on the golf course, but did things go to far at the Waste Management Phoenix Open this year? The boys will give you our thoughts on what went down and where does the tournament go from here? LIV was in Las Vegas this week trying to piggy-tail off the NFL and Superbowl Sunday. Dustin Johnson came away with the victory and the $4 million dollar purse. The PGA Tour heads to one of the favorite tour stops this week at Riviera C...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 85
54 holes was the theme of golf this week as Wyndham Clark blistered Pebble Beach with a new competitive course record of 60, which ended up being enough as the event was shortened due to weather conditions. Clark rode an insanely hot putter to a one-shot victory over the phenom from Sweden Ludvig Aberg. A wet Pebble Beach was reduced to a pitch-n-putt for the best players in the world as they relentlessly fired at flagsticks and fired many low scores, including a 63 from Jason Day. LIV Golf kick...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 84
We sat down this week with Tom Hoge, PGA Tour veteran and 2022 Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion to talk about life on tour, playing with Tiger Woods, gambling, and growing up in Fargo, North Dakota. The interview was taped the night before the 2024 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Tom will give us some insight into how the tournament works, playing Pebble in crazy weather and winning the event in the past. For the local Minnesota/North Dakota fans we will talk Pine-to-Palm in Detroit Lakes, Fargo Country Clu...
Feb 01, 2024•41 min
Frenchmen Matthieu Pavon captured the title with a cluth shot from the rough into the 18th green at Torrey Pines. The leaderboard had a heavy international contingent as the rookie Pavon birdied the 18th to win the by a stroke over fellow tour rookie Nicolai Hojgaard. LIV Golf gets another top player this week as it is being reported that Tyrrell Hatton will be the next to defect. Will Anthony Kim be next? Talks are ramping up about the PGA Tour and PIF merger and an announcement on a deal could...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Amateur Nick Dunlap made history this week becoming the first amateur since Phil Mickelson in 1991 to win a PGA Tour event. As Sam Burns found the water twice on the last two holes, Dunlap, the sophomore at the University of Alabama showed poise to secure the victory. Where does he go from this point? Rory McIlroy came from behind to catch Cameron Young in Dubai to claim his 4th title in the Dubai Desert Classic. Get ready for the Rory to win the Masters talk, even as we are months away from Aug...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Grayson Murray drained a bomb to win a playoff at the Sony Open in Hawaii. After years of struggling with alcohol abuse and a temper, Murray's win locks up his tour status and sets him up for a big comeback year on the PGA Tour. Tommy Fleetwood goes birdie-birdie to close as Rory McIlroy melted down in Dubai. Fleetwood, who is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory could be in store for a big season, but time will tell on that one. We will sprinkle in a little playoff football this week ...
Jan 16, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Ever wonder what it would be like to cruise around America in an RV and play as much golf as possible for a year? If so, this is the interview you want to listen to. Patrick Koenig, whom you may have seen on various social media platforms, played 580 rounds of golf in a calendar year! He packed up an RV and traveled the country playing some of the best golf courses in America on his way to the world record for most rounds of golf played in a year. Patrick will go through how the trip worked, his...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 9 min
The PGA Tour is back for the 2024 season and Chris Kirk took home the title at the first event of the year. His clutch approach on 17 helped seal the victory at the elevated event at Kapalua. Kirk was able to fight off Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler, who battled the putter again on the weekend. The big story of the week may have been what is going on in the golf apparel world. Nike and Tiger part ways after more than 20 years. What with Tiger Woods do next? Jason Day also left Nike for Malb...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 80
As we kick off season 3 of the Break80 Podcast, Tim is joining us live from Streamsong resort as he has been in Florida this week playing some golf. We do a quick recap of 2023, which was big for the podcast as we got PGA Tour media credentials and started a newsletter. The boys will be going over some personal and podcast goals for 2024 as well this week. Professional golf is back this week as the PGA Tour is in Hawaii for the Sentry Championship. No wrap around season in 2024, so this is the t...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 79
As 2023 is winding down, it was PNC time again. Bernhard Langer and his son won the title, but Tiger and Charlie Woods stole the show as expected. Charlie showed off his power and charisma as he drove par 4's and made chip-in birdies. It was great to see Tiger out there having a great time as Charlie soaked up the attention and was all over social media. With Charlie Woods all over the internet, we have a special guest interview this week with his high school coach at the Benjamin School, Toby H...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 78
The professional golf off-season has been anything but drama free in 2023. Tiger Woods made his return to competitive golf this week in the Bahamas at the Hero World Challenge. He was walking better, feeling better and looking absolutely jacked in his return. Jon Rahm has been incredibly silent as rumors swirl about him signing with LIV for between $500-$600 million dollars in what would be a huge blow to the PGA Tour. The USGA and R&A have announced that the ball will be rolled back startin...
Dec 07, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Rumors are swirling that Jon Rahm may be headed to LIV Golf, reportedly for a staggering $600 million. Is it just rumor or is it a case of where there is smoke, there is fire. Tiger makes his return this week in the Bahamas at the Hero World Challenge. Is his health better this time around? Will Charlie be on the bag? There is a loaded field for this late year event. Ludvig Aberg grabbed his first PGA Tour victory with a -29 score at the RSM. Aberg shot a blistering 61-61 on the weekend to win. ...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Erik Van Rooyen fired a blistering 28 on the back nine which included an eagle on the finishing hole to win by 2 shots in Mexico to claim his 2nd PGA Tour title. The win was very emotional for EVR as his friend is battling terminal cancer, and he showed a lot of perspective afterward. Is there another Tiger comeback brewing? Tiger looked to be walking better this week as he caddied for Charlie in a tournament. We will discuss whether he will make a comeback or not. Listener questions this week t...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 75
It is spooky season! On this week's episode we are talking Halloween golf costumes and Tim has some stories of haunted golf courses, capped off with an interview at the end about Montgomery National being haunted. We are also talking happenings this week in golf and making up some LIV teams if we could pick anyone from the normal PGA Tour. With TPC Sawgrass upping its price to $900, we will be talking about if golf in America is broken. All this and more on episode 74 of the Break80 Podcast. As ...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 74
We are taking listener questions on episode 73! We will of course be talking about Lexi Thompson and her close call with the cut line in Las Vegas at the Shriners Children's Open. Tom Kim captured the title for the second straight year and his 3rd PGA Tour victory. We will discuss how the 11th ranked player in the world could still be underrated. We take questions about a variety of things from cheap golf travel to coaching golf and how to get kids involved. Listeners wanted the best fall golf o...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 73
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 a follow on social media. He can be found on instagram under @aspoiledwalk. Make sure to subscribe ...
Oct 06, 2023•34 min
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 we ever win in Europe? Will Tiger Woods be the next captain? These and many other questions from the ...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 72
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 able to win the cup for the first time on European soil in three decades? We are talking storylines, ...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 71
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. Ryan Fox wins the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. After making an early triple bogey, Fox rolle...
Sep 19, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 70
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 Foundation is geared towards girls and womens golf and they put on this championship at the Royal Club, whi...
Sep 14, 2023•28 min
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 bogey on hole 16 took him out of the running. Vincent Norrman took home the title and continued his grea...
Sep 12, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 69
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 Craguns and we played the main courses in the area. There will even be a little Walker Cup talk to end the...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 68
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
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min
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 will talk their season resumes and more on this weeks episode of the Break80 Golf Podcast. Learn mo...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 67
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, including this year's U.S. Senior Open, won by Bernhard Langer. A spectacularly manicured course, it may be...
Aug 24, 2023•42 min
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 we were on site at the BMW Championship where the cream really rose to the top this week on the PGA ...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 65
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 Alexandria. We will be discussing the golf courses and the tournaments. The podcast is headed to the C...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 65
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 thinking? Please subscribe and like the podcast on Apple & Spotify. Reviews are also welcome and apprec...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 64
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 into what intergalactic golf could look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 63
