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 2023 Ryder Cup will be discussed.

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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, the golf course, comments by players and many more this week.

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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 rolled off 8 birdies to take the title by a stroke. The majority of the European Ryder Cup team played very well, sparking some U.S. concerns coming into the Ryder Cup.

The summer of Block bleeds into fall as Michael Block is in the news again for making his 9th albatross this week. We will talk a little Blockie this week and even spill in some NFL football talk as we are full swing into fall.

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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, which has the top 12 womens college golf teams in the country.

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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 great play late in the season.

Jeff had a fitting with Hunter Hoaglund at Go Low Golf here in the twin cities and will discuss the experience on this weeks episode.

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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 podcast as the United States team cameback on Sunday to win at St. Andrews.

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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.

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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.

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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 best know for the total experience you get while playing. At SentryWorld you pay one flat fee that covers golf, a variety of food & beverages and cart. Add to that a top notch hotel/resort and SentryWorld is a golf destination that needs to be seen to be believed.

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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 Tour for the 2nd playoff event of the FedEx Cup.

Of course we had to talk Ryder Cup again this week as Brooks Koepka fell out of the top six and will now need to rely on a captain's pick to make the U.S. team that heads to Italy next month.

While in the Chicagoland area we also played some golf in Michigan at Harbor Shores, Ravisloe Country Club south of Chicago, Kankakee Elks Country Club and Sentry World in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on our way back to the twin cities.

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