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. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark Rivard, the artist behind Charcoal Golf joins Mike and Tim on the Break80 Podcast this week. Mark brings golf course architecture and holes to life through a blend of charcoal, watercolor, sharpie and colored pencils to create a mixed-media and urban twist on classic golf architecture. In this episode, Mark takes us through how he got into both art and golf, and how that eventually led to the creation of Charcoal Golf. Golf art seems to be having a moment, and Mark provides one of the more unique versions of golf art out there. He will talk about projects at Prairie Dunes, Landmand and Sweetens Cove, as well as a special limited run print of Bethpage Black's 18th hole, just in time for the Ryder Cup. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The unbelievable two-year run by Scottie Scheffler continues this week as the U.S. Ryder Cup team members played in Napa Valley in the Procore Championship. With his 6th win this season, Scheffler joined only Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods on the list of players to win 6 or more events in back-to-back seasons on the PGA Tour. Ryder Cup team member Ben Griffin had a chance to force a playoff with Scheffler, but 3-putted for par to lose by a shot. World number 1 amateur Jackson Koivun had his fourth straight top 10 finish on the PGA Tour, while handling the stress of playing in the final group. 11 of the 12 members of the European Ryder Cup team played in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this week. Ironically enough, the hottest player on the planet not named Scottie Scheffler took the title. Alex Noren, who is a vica captain for the European team beat all of the Ryder Cup members en route to his 2nd BMW PGA Championship. Also in this episode we are talking 4 putts on the LPGA Tour, John Daly makes a massive number and Kapalua not going to be ready for the Sentry Championship this year? Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With European captain Luke Donald making his 6 captain's picks today, the teams are set for the Ryder Cup later this month in New York at Bethpage Black. The European team is essentially the same as the last Ryder Cup in Italy, with the only exception being that Rasmus Hojgaard is on this years team instead of his twin brother Nicolai. The United States team has been set for about a week now, with the big talker being captain Keegan Bradley opting to not pick himself to play. The United States team will look to keep the run of home teams winning the Ryder Cup. The podcast guys played a round at the historic Keller Golf Course in the Twin Cities and had a round for the ages. Keller Golf Course has hosted two PGA Championships and also was the host venue for the St. Paul Open, which was played for many decades on the PGA Tour. The group had 20 birdies, including a couple improbable ones from Timothy after hitting into a nature area, Jeff making 8 birdies and still shooting even par and Mike with a bogey-free 65. We will talk all about it and discuss where our games are at as summer winds to a close. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jimmy Abdo joined the podcast to talk about his wild ride to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur this year at the Olympic Club. Jimmy entered the tournament ranked 4,292nd in the world amateur golf rankings and made an impressive run to the round of 16, beating some highly ranked players in the process. The D3 player from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota will recap how the matches went, what he learned from the process and what comes next for him. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After multiple heartbreaks, Tommy Fleetwood finally finished off a tournament at East Lake and got his first victory on the PGA Tour at East Lake. Fleetwood remained steady as other players including Patrick Cantlay and Scottie Scheffler faded down the stretch. Fleetwood's victory gets the monkey off his back after years of near misses and collapses while leading PGA Tour tournaments. Now the attention of the golf world shifts to the Ryder Cup and American captain Keegan Bradley. Will he pick himself this week as a playing captain? Will Cameron Young, Ben Griffin and/or Chris Gotterup make their Ryder Cup debuts at Bethpage Black? We will know for certain in a few days, but we are here to speculate on who he may pick this week. 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 win for Scottie Scheffler as he took the BMW Championship for his 5th win of the year and he keeps his incredible 3 year run on the PGA Tour going. Even though he didn't have his "A" game, Scheffler was able to chase down a shakey Robert MacIntyre early on Sunday and shut the door with a dramatic chip-in birdie on the 17th hole at Caves Valley on Sunday. We will talk about the ramifications of the BMW Championship on the Ryder Cup and Tour Championship this week at East Lake as well as other topics surrounding the PGA Tour. LIV Golf finished their regular season as Jon Rahm won the regular season title, without actually winning an event. We will discuss how it could possibly happen that Rahm wins, eventhough Joaquin Niemann won 5 events. The United States Amateur Championship headed west the last couple of weeks as the men played at the Olympic Club and the women at Bandon Dunes. We will discuss both, including an insane run by Jimmy Abdo, who is one of us from here in Minnesota. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy Gilmore 2 was finally released with dozens of cameos from various stars and much of the cast back from the original, it broke records for Netflix viewership in its first week. We will dive into our thoughts on the movie and the cameos in it. Kurt Kitayama went on an epic heater over the weekend to win the 3M Open Championship. Kitayama made 20 birdies or better on the weekend in route to his first title since Bay Hill in 2023 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. We will discuss the week at the 3M and where players stand heading into the final regular season event before the playoffs. Lottie Woad won in her professional debut at the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. With this win, her win at the Irish Open and strong finish at the Evian, we pose the question: Is Lottie Woad the best womens player in the world? All this plus a Korn Ferry executive playing scandal and Joaquin Niemann wins on LIV for the 5th time this season. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scottie Scheffler again proved why he is the best player in the world with a dominating performance at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Scheffler won his 4th major and took another step forward towards the Grand Slam. We will talk all about what makes Scheffler so dominant and give reactions both good and bad from Royal Portrush. Ryder Cup talk is starting to heat up after the last major of the season. Will Chris Gotterup make the team after his hot stretch in the U.K. We will discuss the difficult decisions Keegan Bradley will have to make as the European team looks loaded. It is 3M Open week here in Minnesota and we will do a short preview for that and talk more Minnesota golf as Jeff and Mike made a trip to Cragun's for media day. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for more golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chris Gotterup staired down world number 2 Rory McIlroy on his way to the Scottish Open title at the Renaissance Club. The stunning win gets Gotterup into the Open Championship at Royal Portrush and into the Ryder Cup conversation for Bethpage Black. The top players in the world all played well this week including Rory, Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland in Scotland and Jon Rahm in Spain. Will we see an epic Open Champinship at Royal Portrush? Women's professional golf may have given us one of the wildest finishes in the history of golf at the Evian Masters this week. Grace Kim played the final 6 holes(including the playoff) to steal a major title from Jeeno Thitikul. This leads us into the discussion about if a mens scratch golfer could beat an LPGA professional. Anyone with commons sense knows this answer, but we will discuss it on this week's episode. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Detroit Golf Club has become a power hitters paradise in recent years and the 2025 Rocket Classic was no different as the longest hitter on tour, 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter took home the title in a playoff over Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk. Potgieter became one of the youngest winners in PGA Tour history and we may be seeing a star in the making. Tim was on the scene in Detroit a few years ago and gives some insight into the course and the tournament. Patrick Reed won LIV Dallas for his first LIV title and has stoked some talk about a possible Ryder Cup pick for Bethpage this year. Although it seems like a longshot, we will discuss the possibility on this episode. The Broadmoor offered a confusing challenge on the Champions Tour for the U.S. Senior Open as many in the field were befuddled by its greens. Padraig Harrington held off Stewart Cink for the victory, even after some controversy days earlier after a round with Roger Maltby. On the YouTube front, Riggs took on another hater and this guy may have been the most miserable person he has played yet as Riggs pounded him into submission at We-Ko-Pa. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tommy Fleetwood had a three shot advantage heading into the final signature event of the year at TPC River Highlands, but that wasn't enough for him to get his first win on the PGA Tour. Keegan Bradley made a clutch birdie on the 18th hole and Fleetwood bogeyed to allow Bradley to win the Traveler's Championship for the second time in three years. This will sure stir the debate as to whether Bradley will be the first playing-captain in the modern era of the U.S.A. vs. Europe Ryder Cup. The KPMG Championship on the LPGA was played in brutal wind in Frisco, Texas and Min Jee Lee played some brilliant golf to win the title. The tournament was plagued by wind and tough pin placements that led to 6+ hour rounds and a lot of complaints from the best womens players in the world. The Senior U.S. Open heads to the Broadmoor this week in Colorado Springs. We had a chance to play the Broadmoor last summer and give our thoughts about this event. The Break80 Podcast can be found on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The U.S. Open at Oakmont gave everyone what they wanted - an epic ending. We are live from Sand Valley this week to talk all about it. JJ Spaun used a weather delay to gather himself after a brutal start and made a back-nine charge for the ages, includes a bomb from 64 feet to seal the victory and his first major title. We will give our reactions to to the golf course, Spaun's victory, players who had a good showing and ones who disappointed. There was much to discuss, including an interesting ruling that may have cost Same Burns and how the golf course defeated most players in its path. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 125th U.S. Open heads to perhaps its most difficult venue this week as players prepare to handle a brutal test of golf at Oakmont Country Club. Players will have to navigate diabolical greens, 5+ inch rough and deep bunkers if they plan on taking home the title of U.S. Open champion. We dive into the golf course, what is needed to win and if there is anyone that can beat Scottie Scheffler at a course that seems to fit his game perfectly. We will be giving some contenders/pretenders picks and talk about the bizarre history rules violations and how they were handled at Oakmont in the past. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It was a busy week in golf to end May and kick off June. Scottie Scheffler did his thing as expected once he was lurking on the leaderboard and pulled away on the weekend to go back-to-back at Jack's place, Muirfield Village. The world number 1 looks primed and ready for Oakmont and the upcoming U.S. Open. Speaking of U.S. Opens, the women went to Erin Hills in Wisconsin and faced some fiery green conditions and incredibly slow play for their championship. Nelly Korda made a run, but ultimately it was Maya Stark who came away with the victory, earning her first major title. June 2nd is the longest day in golf as it is sectional qualifying around the country for the U.S. Open. We will dive into some of the great stories and also see who will not be heading to Oakmont for this years U.S. Open. Tim played Minneapolis Country Club for a special outing and he will discuss his round on a windy day in the twin cities. All that and much more on episode 142 of the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It was a busy week in the golf world this week and it began with Ben Griffin getting his first solo PGA Tour win at the Colonial Country Club. Griffin was able to hang on down the stretch for a one-stroke victory and crept closer to a possible Ryder Cup spot with the win. It is major week in women's golf as the best players in the world head to Wisconsin and Erin Hills for the U.S. Open. Mike and Tim have played Erin Hills and give a little insight into the golf course. Marc Dull stamped his name into USGA four-ball lore last week when he won a match at the amateur four-ball championship by himself. After his partner had to leave, Dull managed to win a match and then pushed his next match deep into the round until bowing out. The improbability is crazy and we are here to talk about it. We had the PGA Tour changing the tour championship, Charlie Woods with a psycho scorecard, Will Zalatoris with another back injury and the podcast guys discuss the one-man scramble they played in this week on episode 141 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
Scottie Scheffler proved again why he is the number one player in the world as he pulled away from the field on the back nine Sunday to win his third major at Quail Hollow. The win is his first major outside the Masters and his 2nd win of the 2025 season. Jon Rahm made a charge on Sunday, but ultimately fell apart on the "Green Mile" to finish his round, allowing Scheffler to cruise to victory. We will discuss all things PGA Championship on this episode, including Bryson DeChambeau's iron play, mud balls, Rory's disappointing week, Blockie, driver testing and more. Besides the PGA Championship, podcast favorite Mimi Rhodes won for the 3rd time in 4 starts and now has a commanding lead in the Ladies European Tour order of merit. The podcast guys are about to compete in a one-man scramble this upcoming weekend and we will talk about what that entails and how to survive all those swings. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After a signature win by Sepp Straka at Philadelphia Cricket Club this week, we are ready for major number 2 of the season at Quail Hollow. We are giving our thoughts on the Truist Championship this week and then moving on to what we think it will take to win at Quail Hollow. Would you take Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau this week or the field? We will break down what it will take to win this week in Charlotte. When it comes to our own games, Mike struggled mightily while fighting the hooks this weekend, but he may have found a silver lining from his struggles. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What a difference the level of golfer makes! As world number one Scottie Scheffler was tying a PGA Tour record for lowest 72 hole score in Texas at the CJ Cup, Jeff was fighting swing thoughts in a buddies tournament in Brainerd. We will dive into Scheffler's win and if this will propel him to a run like we saw last year or if it is just a nice win on an easy course. Jeff played on a buddies trip to Brainerd and had to fight a lot of swing thoughts this weekend. We will get into how full swing issues can creep into the rest of your game on this episode. While doing that, Tim and Jeff get into their "early extension" issues and some possible fixes for it. We will of course talk some LIV Golf as Bryson won in South Korea, the LPGA Tour at Black Desert and if a gorilla could beat a grizzly bear in a fight. All this and much more on episode 138 of the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Former podcast guest Andrew Novak got his first win on the PGA Tour this week at the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana. Novak, who has played great golf this season, teamed up with Ben Griffin, who also got his first victory on tour with the win. We will talk about Novak's impressive season that has vaulted him to 34th in the world rankings and currently ninth in the American Ryder Cup standings. There was an insane finish in the LPGA Tour's first major this weekend. It had everything from flubbed chipped to short 3-putts before a winner was decided in a 5 person playoff. LIV Golf was back in Mexico this week and Joaquin Niemann won yet again to solidify his status as the best player in LIV Golf this season to date. YouTube golf had a big week with the Foreplay podcast guys playing the Keep at McLemore. We were there last month and will talk about it. No Laying Up's strapped series is about to be back and the boys are headed to west Texas. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and Youtube for weekly content. The Break80 Newsletter is free and can be found at https://break80golf.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices