Break80 Podcast

With golf season in a little bit of a lull, we have a potpourri of topics on the podcast this week. These include crazy golf sayings off reddit, the wildest golf courses in the world, worst golf swings in movies and the best halfway house foods in America.

There is some golf to talk about this week as the Solheim Cup will take place in Virginia at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and LIV Golf has their individual championship in Chicago with some players facing relegation at years end.

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Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship at East Lake, well sort of, as he actually got 3rd in the event with Collin Morikawa winning the actual tournament and getting OWGR points for the win.

We will talk about the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship as changes need to be made by the PGA Tour to make this event more fan friendly. The creator classic also took place at East Lake and was heavily viewed, we give our thoughts on that event as well from East Lake.

The podcast was in Brainerd this past weekend watching the CRMC Classic on PGA Tour Americas. We talked to some players, saw Neil Shipley's math equations and played some golf at Craguns the day after the tournament ended.

Captain's picks are in for the Presidents Cup and we have some thoughts. American captain Jim Furyk went with the 7-12 ranked players in the standings and did nothing controversial with his picks, but don't worry, we will savage a few anyway.

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Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley slipped into the field in the 50th place after Tom Kim melted down at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis a week ago and took full advantage at Castle Pines by winning the BMW Championship and vaulting himself into 4th place in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup standings with one week to play.

The Break80 Podcast was in Colorado at Castle Pines and we will give you some insights to what we saw and heard on the ground this week, including our time inside the ropes with Peyton Manning and Wyndham Clark.

The President's Cup automatic qualifiers are set for the United States and International teams for next month's event in Montreal. We will talk about who we think would be great captain's picks and who we don't like.

Lydia Ko stayed on a heater by winning the AIG Women's Open in miserable conditions at the Old Course this week. Ko emerged from a packed leaderboard that included multiple former number 1 players to win her first Open Championship and add to her hall of fame resume.

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It is FedEx Cup playoff time on the PGA Tour and the Break80 Podcast is on the road this week as we head to Castle Pines in Colorado for the BMW Championship. We are playing our way to Castle Pines with rounds at the Wakonda Club, Omaha Country Club, Wild Horse and Raindance National, where we recorded this episode.

Besides playing golf on our way to Denver, we are also talking professional and amateur golf on the podcast this week. Hideki Matsuyama won the FedEx event in Memphis this week. This caps of a crazy few weeks for Matsuyama who won the bronze medal in Paris and was robbed on his way to Memphis.

Jose Luis Ballester won the U.S. Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National. The Spaniard from Arizona State used great ball striking to beat Noah Kent from the University of Iowa on a difficult Hazeltine National Golf Course. By making the finals, both players punched their tickets to next years Masters.

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After being closed for roughly a year to do a renovation of the course, Interlachen Country Club is open again and better than ever. Interlachen CC had us out for media day and we were lucky enough to both play the course and do some interviews. Interlachen is the most historic course in Minnesota and has countless memorable moments since opening in 1909, most notably Bobby Jones victory in 1930 as part of the "grand slam."

We have a variety of interviews from Interlachen on this episode starting with architect Andrew Green. Andrew has become sort of a "Donald Ross whisperer," as he has renovated classic Ross clubs like East Lake, Oak Hill and now Interlachen. He sat down with us and gave us some insight into how renovating classic golf courses works.

Next up we had Brian Boll, Director of Golf Course and Grounds on to talk agronomy at Interlachen. You won't believe the amount of drain tile and things like drip irrigation by bunker faces and all kinds of other things that Brian goes into that it takes to keep a top notch golf course looking and playing great.

Lastly, Head Golf Professional T.J. Boulanger sat down with us to talk about what he does on a day-to-day basis at Interlachen and what he did to keep busy over the last year when the course was closed.

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It is everything Olympic golf this week as we review the mens portion of the 2024 Olympics at Le Golf National outside of Paris, France.

Scottie Scheffler lit up the golf course firing a final round 62 and after a Jon Rahm collapse on the back 9, stormed his way to the gold medal. Tommy Fleetwood and Hideki Matsuyama took home the silver and bronze as a star studded field put on a show at the top of the leaderboard, both good and bad.

We will also be diving into our under par challenge, as we are one week in and still no one has fired an under par round. We will talk about what it takes to do that compared to what it would take to break 80.

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Former PGA Tour and current Champions Tour player Billy Mayfair joined the podcast and talked with Tim in this episode of PGA Tour Profiles. Billy talked about his career on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, being the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods in a playoff, autism awareness and the golf scene in general.

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Jhonattan Vegas birdied the 72nd hole at TPC Twin Cities to secure his 4th PGA Tour victory and first in seven years this week at the 3M Open. We were out there all week and will bring you stories from inside the ropes on this week's episode of the Break80 Podcast, including our time spent with PGA Tour veteran and Netflix star Joel Dahmen.

It is Olympics week and some of the best players in the world descend on France and Le Golf National to try to win gold for their countries. We talk Olympic golf and some of the players and countries that could surprise or win a medal. We also dive in to some other Olympic sports and discuss which, if any, we could possibly compete in.

The Break80 boys have decided we need some extra motivation to break par for the rest of the golf season, so we are all giving up some of our favorite things until it happens. Tune in to see what we are going without until we shoot under par. This could be a long and arduous journey for us.

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PGA Tour veteran and Netflix "Full Swing" star Joel Dahmen sat down with the Break80 Podcast at the PXG store for an episode we call "Playing Through." In this episode we asked Joel a series of short answer questions and he gave some great answers and shared some stories.

Joel was in town for the 3M Open this week and we had a chance to do a few different things with him and PXG. There can't be any player on tour that is easier to root for than Joel and we are grateful for the opportunity to sit down and chat with him. Enjoy!

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Xander Schauffele kept his great season going and ran away from the pack on the back nine at Royal Troon on Sunday to win the 152nd Open Championship title and his second major of the year.

Royal Troon and mother nature gave a stern test to the best players in the world this week as players battled the course and the elements. Some lesser known players such as Daniel Brown and Thriston Lawrence had their moments and veterans Justin Rose and Billy Horschel were in the mix, but Schauffele's consistent play could not be stopped on Sunday.

We are going to take a deep dive into the course, the up and down rounds, surprises, disappointments and much more as we put a bow on 2024 major season with this Open Championship.

For the Minnesota locals, it is 3M Open week and we will be doing a quick dive into some of the players you should be following this week at TPC Twin Cities.

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