2nd year PGA Tour player Andrew Novak joins the podcast. In his 2nd year on tour, Andrew is close to cracking the top 100 in FedEx Cup points and has multiple top 20 finishes, including the Sony Open and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Andrew gave us some insight on his path to the PGA Tour, creating a yardage book for a senior high thesis and his basketball abilities.

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The quest for better golf and qualifying for the Minnesota State Amateur Championship ramped up this week for Tim as he has all kinds of new weapons in the bag after getting fit for new irons and a driver. We will see how they work out as he is also going to Southern California this weekend to play some more top 100 public tracks.

The PGA Tour had a first time winner this week at the Valspar as Taylor Moore took home the title as contenders such as Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood faltered down the stretch. This week the top players in the world are headed to one of the Break80 Podcasts favorite events, the WGC Match Play. The match play is bidding farewell to the the Austin Country Club and it sounds like it will not return anywhere in the future.

We are also playing some PGA Tour bio trivia in this episode using players from the opposite field event in the Dominican Republic.

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Tim sits down for an interview with Pete Wlodkowski, the founder of amateurgolf.com. Amateurgolf.com is the most comprehensive website there is when it comes to amateur golf tournaments of all sizes.

Pete will talk about the early days of amateurgolf.com and how he got started and grown to become an authority of amateur golf tournaments.

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Scottie Scheffler took most of the drama out of Sunday at the Player's Championship, winning in dominating fashion to regain the top spot in the world golf rankings.  We will discuss his play as well as what we thought about the 2023 Player's Championship.

The Valspar Championship is this week and we will preview the event and make our picks. Jeff and Tim will be quizzed on the world ranking of some random players in the field who you may or may not have heard of.  We will also makes picks for this weeks DP World Tour event in South Africa.

With the "Quest to Qualify" coming up this summer, the crew will give our thoughts on what we are working on this week in preparation.

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At the Minnesota Golf Show, we were joined on stage by Lift Bridge founder Dan Schwarz and Doug deGrood, the creator of Doogie McShank's vodka bootleg.  Not only did these two talk about starting up their alcohol businesses, but we also snuck a little golf in as well.

The podcast crew also revealed our Dream 18 public golf course at the golf show.  Each of us created a course based on what we thought was the best hole #1,2, etc.  The kicker is, we could not use the same golf course twice, 18 holes and 18 different courses.  Listen to hear what we came up with.

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The podcast crew has officially signed up for the Minnesota State Am and we are on the "quest to qualify."  That quest has led us to sim golf this week as we are still buried under snow in Minnesota and it is our only option in this never ending winter we are currently in.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational led to great drama this week at Bay Hill. Kurt Kitayama held off the top players in the world to get his first career PGA Tour victory.  Bay Hill showed it's teeth again this year as the winning score was -9 and the course was a significant challenge for the best players in the world.

The eyes of the golf world are again on TPC Sawgrass this week as Pete Dye's masterpiece takes center stage.  The "5th major" is a true test of golf and the players will be challenged to the max again this year at Sawgrass.  The podcast will make our picks and give our takes on the Player's Championship.

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On day 2 of the Minnesota Golf Show, we were joined by the man who has possibly done more for public golf in Minnesota than anyone, Kevin Unterreiner.  

As the founder and president of TwinCitiesGolf.com, Kevin is the man behind such ideas like the Public Country Club, Hack to Jack and multiple simulator and outdoor golf events.  He has been doing golf websites for 25 years and is always trying to innovate and promote public golf.  We are lucky to have Kevin here in Minnesota.

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With a less than stellar field the Honda Classic still managed to produce a great finish with come great story lines.  Chris Kirk got back in the winner's circle for the first time in eight years after battles with depression and alcohol.  After near collapse, he hit a spectacular wedge shot in the playoff to beat journey man professional Eric Cole.

LIV golf was back this week and things did not go to plan.  The CW ratings were abysmal and their LIV contract showed a lot of hypocrisy from big name players like Phil Mickelson.  We discuss some LIV issues and try to make sense of what they are doing currently.

With the Florida swing happening and Bay Hill this week on the schedule, Tim and Jeff will talk about their trip to Florida.  For this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tim will discuss Bay Hill.

The picks segment is back this week as we try to get back to our winning ways making picks for the PGA picks from both Bay Hill and Puerto Rico.

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Live episode from day 2 at the Minnesota Golf Show in Minneapolis.

The Break80 podcast crew is thrilled to have John Ellis join the podcast today live at the Minnesota Golf Show.  John is a caddie on the PGA Tour for Wyndham Clark, who is currently 56th is FedEx points and 120th in the world golf rankings.

Not only is John a current caddie on tour, he also has played in 10 PGA Tour events, 2 U.S. Opens and was the 2008 Canadian Tour player of the year.  On top of his playing career, he also was a coach of the men's golf team at the University of Oregon.  

John gave a great insight into professional golf and what it takes to make it on the PGA Tour or just to improve your game.

The Break80 Podcast will be back at the Minnesota Golf Show on Sunday for more golf talk.

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UNRL founder Michael E. Jordan joins the podcast to talk about UNRL , an athletic and lifestyle clothing brand that can be seen on Minnesota Viking and Wild players, as well as the Foreplay/Barstool Sports crew.

Michael will tell us about the humble beginnings, down to his last $300 and working in his parents basement to his current eight figure business and what is upcoming for UNRL.

Oh, and Michael is also a golf addict!  We will talk about his game and what his vision is for UNRL in the golf industry.

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