Brian Harman scorched the field at Royal Liverpool to win his first major championship at the age of 36. Harman displayed relentless accuracy and an unbelievable putter to win by 6 strokes.

Discussion will center around our thoughts on the Royal Liverpool and links golf, some issues that arose and who played well and who did not this week at the Open Championship.

It is 3M Open week here in the twin cities and we will discuss what we are doing at TPC Twin Cities and talk about the players in the field for an event that now has some Ryder Cup implications.

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The Open Championship returns to Royal Liverpool for the first time since 2014 when Rory McIlroy hoisted the Claret Jug. Can he do it again this year? Rory is heading into the Open coming off a win at the Scottish Open. We will discuss if this is a good thing for Rory or will add to the pressure.

Besides talking all things Scottish Open and Open Championship, Mike and Tim took a trip to Las Vegas and went over to Mesquite and St. George, Utah to play some golf. We will give you our thoughts on Wolf Creek, Sand Hollow, Black Desert and Cascata.

Jeff read a book this week on the mental side of the game and will give his thoughts on that and some tips the average golfer can take from it.

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Women's golf took center stage this week as the USGA brought the U.S. Open to Pebble Beach for the first time. We will discuss the event and the state of women's golf and how the LPGA needs to find a superstar.

Mike and Tim headed to the Quad cities this week for the John Deere Classic. They will give their takeaways from hanging around the tournament and media area this week. While on the trip, they also had the opportunity to play the Davenport and Cedar Rapids Country Clubs and will give their take on these golden age courses.

Jeff gave tournament golf a go this week up in Cloquet. He will talk about the tournament and give his insight into how tournament golf went for him while playing in the 92nd annual Cloquet Invitational.

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The podcast had official PGA Tour media credentials this week as Tim headed to Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage and got to witness Rickie Fowler come full circle and get back into the winners circle. He will have a full report from his trip to Detroit.

With Rickie climbing into the top 12 in the Ryder Cup standings, it is time to analyze what players are contenders to make both squads for this year's Ryder Cup in Italy.

Mike and Tim are heading to the John Deere Classic this weekend with media credentials again and we will be previewing the JDC.

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Well it has happened, the Break80 Podcast has secured PGA Media credentials!! Tim is headed to Detroit this weekend for the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the Break80 podcast's first run with PGA Tour media privileges.

Speaking of media, we attended the 3M Open media day which included a zoom call with defending champion Tony Finau.

It was qualifying week here in Minnesota and Mike has a horror story to tell about how qualifying went and we discuss tournament golf and how it is different from hacking it around with your buddies.

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Jeff sits down with Will Frazier and Ben Warian to discuss high level college golf and playing in the "Longest Day in Golf" earlier this summer when they competed in U.S. Open sectional qualifying. They will be talking college and amateur golf, as well as their dreams in golf going forward.

**Disclaimer** There are some audio issues for a short time with Ben.

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Wyndham Clark held strong and Rory couldn't get anything going at Los Angeles Country Club during the final round of the 123rd U.S. Open. With this victory, Wyndham Clark gets his second big time win in a little over a month and vaults to number 13 in the OWGR. The podcast crew is especially excited for our guy John Ellis, who caddies for Wyndham and did a great job in helping him to victory.

We will talk about big moments for Wyndham, the saga of Rory trying to get his fifth major win, Scottie Scheffler again being in contention and the inevitable fall of Rickie Fowler. All of this and our thoughts on the venue for the U.S. Open.

We will have a unique take on pics for the Traveller's Championship and talk about the state of our games as we gear up for the Minnesota State Am qualifier.

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After a thrilling Canadian Open that saw Nick Taylor make a 72 foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to win over Tommy Fleetwood, it is off to Los Angeles for the U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club.

We have boots on the ground at LACC on this episode as we are joined by John Ellis. John is Wyndham Clark's caddy and will give us some great insight into both the Los Angeles Country Club and how he and Wyndham are prepping for a major championship on a golf course that isn't very well known to many people.

The crew will try to make picks on a course that is relatively unseen by the public and try to pinpoint which amateurs may be on a tough quest to break 80 at the U.S. Open.

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**Emergency Podcast**

The golf world was turned upside down today with the news of the a merger between the PGA Tour and LIV. Mike & Tim are joined by friends of the pod and fellow golf addicts Zach and Javi, who just so happen to also be lawyers. We will dig into the possible ramifications from a golf perspective and a legal perspective after this big news.

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June 5, 2023 - dreams will be come true and hopes will be dashed on golf's longest day, sectional qualifying for the United States Open next week at Los Angeles Country Club. We had our eye on multiple former podcast guests and friends who were looking to punch their ticket to the U.S. Open. Friend of the pod, Frankie Capan III completed the dream and will be playing next week in LA.

Jack's course gave the best players in the world a real challenge as Viktor Hovland got his first "non-resort" PGA Tour win as he bested Denny McCarthy in a playoff. We will make a few observations about the tournament and the upcoming RBC Canadian Open.

Rose Zhang made her professional debut and was firing on all cylinders to win! Will she become the dominant force in the women's game? Does the LPGA need a dominant superstar? We will discuss these things as well as our own games on the podcast this week.

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