Break80 Podcast

There was a lot going on in the world of golf this week. The Dunhill Links was played in Scotland on a trio of the best golf courses in the world and the PGA Tour fall series went west to Utah and Black Desert. Adrian Meronk won the Dunhill Links title in Scotland. Played at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St. Andrews, the Dunhill Links is an annual pro-am event that features a great field. Meronk outlasted the likes of Casey Jarvis, Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka for the title. On the PGA Tour, Austin Smotherman won the Bank of Utah Championship at Black Desert. For Smotherman it was his first PGA Tour title in 100 starts. One big takeaway was the play of the young Americans in the field. Ben James, Luke Clanton, David Ford and others had top 10 finishes at the event. All of this and more on this week's episode of the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the second episode of Travel Talk Portugal, we are talking about the capital city of Lisbon. Besides the info about the city and all that we did, we also played golf at a couple of Open de Portugal sites on the DP World Tour - Oitavos Dunes and PGA Aroeira. Stay tuned for info about the courses, the city and other bits of information to help you on your trip to Lisbon or if you are thinking about going to Lisbon. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify or YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a wild ride this week in Chicago for the Presidents Cup at Medinah No. 3. The United States staged a furious comeback in Sunday singles to win the event for the 11th straight time. We dive into it all, captaincy errors, player rankings, golf course setup and big moments from the event. We will also do a lot of discussing what can be done to fix the foursomes format, which has been a disaster, for the Ryder Cup next year in Ireland. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manuel Elvira had a meltdown on the 18th hole this week like we haven't seen in a while at Wentworth for the DP World Tour's PGA Championship. He entered the final hole tied for the lead, but a disastrous double bogey allowed JJ Spaun to claim the victory. The victory for Spaun, who was left off the Presidents Cup team threw this weeks Presidents Cup into the forefront in golf. Spaun's comments about captain Brant Snedeker and not getting picked raised some eyebrows. Another captain's pick won this week as Jacob Bridgeman won the Biltmore Championship in Asheville, North Carolina. Bridgeman hopes to roll the hot play into this week's Presidents Cup. We will preview the Presidents Cup and make some picks for it on this episode of the Break80 Podcast. 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 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