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Follow along with Stouds, Mike, and Tim as they bring weekly golf content to the listeners. The Break80 boys look to uncover stories in golf, share their experiences, and highlight the people and places that make golf the best sport in the world! Join the Break80 faithful by giving us a follow on all social media platforms and subscribing to the pod on spotify or itunes. The difference between a 79 and 80 is everything. Break80podcast@gmail.com
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In the last decade, Sand Valley has become one of America's premier golf destinations. The Break80 Podcast was lucky enough to spend a few days at the resort in central Wisconsin this summer and play all the golf courses.
Tom Ferrell, the Vice President of Media and Communications for Dream Golf joins the podcast to talk all things Sand Valley. From the creation to what is upcoming for the resort, Tom dives into multiple stories about Sand Valley and how it came to be one the the best golf destinations in America.
The pod guys will also discuss what they thought of the various courses, amenities and everything there is to do at Sand Valley.
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The PGA Tour kicked off the 2026 season in Hawaii at the Sony Open. Chris Gotterup took home the title and moved to number 17 in the OWGR. We discuss the event and our thoughts on the golf course and Chris Gotterup.
Nacho Elvira won on the DP World Tour this week after a collapse by Shane Lowry on the final hole. Rory McIlroy could not capitalize on a great opening round, and finished two shots back of Elvira.
All this professional golf and the Good Good guys go to California. The podcast guys are off to Florida this week for the PGA Show and to play Cabot Citrus Farms and Streamsong.
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It was a wild Monday on the PGA Tour as CEO Brian Rolapp announced a new plan for certain players to be reinstated to the PGA Tour - one of those players will be Brooks Koepka. Koepka will make his PGA Tour return in a few weeks at Torrey Pines.
Anthony Kim played some clutch golf this week to finish third and qualify for a full season on LIV Golf in 2026. Kim made some birdies and clutch pars down the stretch to secure his spot.
The PGA Tour returns this week as players head to Hawaii for the Sony Open. We will do a quick discussion and make some picks for the first event of 2026.
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The 2026 PGA Tour season kicks off next week in Hawaii with the Sony Open. Mike and Jeff give their players to watch this season, interesting storylines and make some major predictions for the upcoming season.
LIV Golf added a few players this week and we do a brief discussion on what they have going on for 2026 as well.
Mike and Tim travelled to North Carolina to play multiple top courses in the state, including Pinehurst No. 2 and Old Town Club. There will be a short preview of an upcoming travel episode about our trip.
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Caleb Kroloff - Director of Woods R&D at PXG joins the podcast to discuss the new PXG Lightning Woods lineup.
We do a deep dive into the new technology, best of industry practices and how PXG is maximizing results in a highly regulated golf space. Learn about the engineering and in-depth science behind how some of the best clubs in the industry are made and how they can directly impact your game from the professional to amateur level.
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Brooks Koepka and LIV Golf announced today that he will not being playing on their tour in 2026. It raises a lot of questions about Koepka's future and if he will get back on the PGA Tour in 2027.
We take a deep dive into which golfers in history would be the best to drink a beer with and then an even deeper dive into historic figures and people we would want to drink a beer with. A true segment of chaos on the pod.
At year end, we discuss our highlights from the year, best courses we played and things we need to work on for 2026.
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Len Ferman, the Sports Time Traveler and author of "Great Golf Tournaments Volume 1" joins the podcast to talk about living in the first person through in-person experiences and news releases as we explore some of golf's most memorable moments in the age of The Big Three.
His book takes a look back at the time of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player along with some of the unknown and untold stories from the era.
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Scottie Scheffler won his fourth straight PGA Tour Player of the Year Award, becoming just the 3rd player to do that, joining Tiger Woods and Tom Watson. We will discuss his year vs. Rory McIlroy's year.
Andrew Novak and Lauren Coughlin won the Grant Thornton mixed team event this week in Florida. For Novak it was his 2nd team win of the year. Coughlin took home the largest paycheck of her career in their record breaking win at -28.
That and the pod talks trips to North Carolina and getting meta glasses.
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The final week of meaningful golf for 2025 has came and went with the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne, Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and the DP World Tour in South Africa. We will review the three events and give our thoughts on each of them.
It is simulator season for those of us in cold climates and we are going to discuss the good and bad of simulator golf and whether it has become a necessity in the winter.
Brooks Koepka made the news this week with talk of him not playing LIV Golf. Where this will go is anyones guess, but we will discuss some possibilities for Koepka.
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Beau Welling of Beau Welling Design joins the Break80 Podcast to discuss some of his upcoming projects including a new golf club in Texas, the expansion of the TGL green and additional hole designs and golf architecture and design.
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The Skins Game was back this week for the first time in ages at Panther National in Florida. Keegan Bradley was the big winner, but the bigger story may have been Xander Schauffele getting shut out out receiving a giant check for zero dollars. We will recap the event and where it could go in the future.
Young LIV golfer David Puig won the BMW Australian PGA Championship last week in Brisbane. He went the last 40 holes without a bogey en route to a 2-shot victory. Former podcast guest Daniel Gale made an ace and had a top 10 finish as well.
It is a big week upcoming in professional golf for December. Tiger Woods Hero Challenge with some of the top players in the world is happening in the Bahamas and Australian Open, with a field that includes Rory McIlroy is happening at Royal Melbourne.
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The 2025 PGA Tour season came to a close last week. Some players played their way into a 2026 PGA Tour card, while others played their way out of a card. We will discuss the players who will not have a tour card next year and what some options are for veteran players.
Anthony Kim played well this week on the Asian Tour in Saudi Arabia and finished T5 along with many LIV Golfers. What is next for AK? We discuss this and some other LIV Golf news.
Golf magazine released their new world top 100 courses ranking. We have played some and will talk about the list, some possible snubs and some overrated courses.
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The event that took the internet by storm has come and gone, but we are here to recap the Internet Invitational put on by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports. We will get into Paige Spiranac and Malosi cheating to Brad Dalke carrying his team to victory and of course Frankie Borelli choking on 18 and Beef making the winning putt. We have a full recap of the event and where it goes from here.
Rory McIlroy won his 7th DP World Tour title. He is now 1 short of catching Colin Montgomery for most all-time. We will go into a deep dive on whether or not Rory is the greatest European player ever.
Adam Schenk won his first PGA Tour event this week in Bermuda. Schenk battled high winds using old equipment and multiple putting grips including one-handed. We will discuss the win and what is at stake this week in the PGA Tour season finale.
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The Internet Invitational has taken YouTube and the golf world by storm. We will have a heated discussion about the event and if Brad Dalke could play on the PGA Tour.
Aaron Rai won in Abu Dhabi over Tommy Fleetwood with a birdie on the first playoff hole. Rory McIlroy fired a -10 in the final round to almost get into the playoff but fell a shot short at the 2nd to last event of the DP World Tour season.
Ben Griffin, using a new putter this week, earned his 3rd tour victory of 2025, joining only Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy in doing so this year.
We will talk about all of these things and more on this episode if the Break80 Podcast.
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This week the golf world got a new villain. At the Internet Invitational hosted by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports, some of the best & worst of the YouTube golfers came together for an event.
Luke Kwon, one of YouTube golf's best players slept in and missed his tee time, which set off a frenzy as players on his own team could not believe it and Kwon was not apologetic and got the villain name attached to him.
On a slow week in golf, this was perfect timing for the event and the drama, as it has already pulled in over 5 million views.
All that and some other random happenings in a slow week in golf. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content.
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Well, the podcast played in the rain and cold during a 4-man scramble and things did not go as well as expected. We will have some laughs and tell all about the Twin Cities Golf Scramble at Highland National in St. Paul, MN.
Michael Brennan puts on a driving display for the ages at the Bank of Utah Championship at Black Desert. Brennan, playing in his first PGA Tour event as a professional cruised to victory and into the top 50 in the world rankings.
With the Louvre heist in the news, we talk about the most expensive golf memorabilia out there and what we do with it if stolen.
All of that and TGL changes and an epic hole out eagle on the DP World Tour for a player to secure his tour card for next year.
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Tommy Fleetwood kept his late season run going with a win on the DP World Tour in India. The win vaults him all the way to number 5 in the OWGR. We will discuss where he goes from here and if he is the third best player in the world.
Good Good Golf announced that they will be sponsoring a PGA Tour event next fall in Texas. We will try to make sense of how they are able to do this (with investors likely) and how it benefits both the PGA Tour and Good Good Golf.
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy both had epic 2025 seasons. We will talk about whose was better and whose was more dramatic.
All that and Tim walks off on a round of golf and the USGA Mid-Am slowly becoming a former professional tournament.
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In this episode, Mike and Tim head to the Ayrshire region on Scotland's west coast. While there they stayed and played at Dundonald Links and Trump Turnberry.
Dundonald Links has hosted both the mens and womens Scottish Opens in the last decade and is also used by the R&A for final qualifying for the Open Championship. We were able to play the course and stay in one of their newly built lodges.
At Trump Turnberry, we played one of the top rated courses in the world with the Ailsa course. Home to some of the most famous moments in golf history, Turnberry Ailsa is loaded with history and the course did not disappoint. We also played the Robert the Bruce course and stayed at the Turnberry hotel and will tell all about it.
All this and some other shenanigans on this episode of Travel Talk Scotland.
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For the fall season it was a very busy week in the golf world. From Xander Schauffele winning the Baycurrent Classic in Japan to Marco Penge securing his PGA Tour card with a win in Spain, there was plenty to talk about this week in golf.
The Korn Ferry Tour wrapped up its season and the top 20 players stamped their cards to the PGA Tour and some known names missed out. All of this plus an LPGA Tour event in China had brutal green conditions and Tiger Woods is back on the surgeon's table with another back procedure.
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The world's most preeminent handicap detective, Mr. Yip Strickler joins the Break80 Podcast to talk about catching "Sandbagging Rats."
Yip will give us the story about how he got started in this profession and we will chop it up with all kinds of great stories. From NFL quarterbacks to Barstool Classic entrants, nobody is safe from the man with otherwordly sandbagging senses.
Tune in for some great laughs and make sure to subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content.
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