Mike & Tim took a road trip to Chicago for the weekend to see how much louder LIV Golf actually was in person.  It has been determined that the LIV event falls somewhere between competitive golf and a carnival.

The boys got in some golf of their own in the Windy City, including another top 100 track off Tim's list as they played Cog Hill.  The golf ended up being better than Tim's hotel selection yet again!

We will also talk PGA Tour and the wild finish between Max Homa and Danny Willet, Presidents Cup and what is in store for fall golf in Minnesota. 

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Chaska native Clayton Kucera was on the bag for a buddy in a Korn Ferry pre-qualifying event in Nebraska that took the golf world by storm last week over one of the most bizarre cheating scandals you will ever hear about.  Clayton will walk us through what unfolded as he was caddying in the group that ended up in the eventual disqualification of one of the competitors.

LIV golf was back this week in Boston.  With an improved field and a solid golf course, LIV golf turned out its best event yet.  Dustin Johnson hammered in an eagle putt on the first playoff hole to secure the win as the Aces won the team competition for the third straight event.  We will give our thoughts on LIV golfs improvements and some things they need to work on still.

Jeff and Tim travelled to Brainerd to play the newly redesigned Cragun's championship golf course and the Gravel Pit, a new par 3 course in the Brainerd lakes area.  They will give their thoughts and insight on these two central Minnesota golf courses.

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The Break80 podcast boys headed to Nebraska to play the newest creation from King Collins Golf - Landmand!  Epic is a great word to describe what you will find in Homer, Nebraska at Landmand.  The course is absolutely amazing and has to be seen to be believed.  The property is massive and the greens complexes push the boundaries of what would seem impossible to imagine.

Rory's talent showed out at East Lake as he came roaring from behind to catch Scottie Scheffler(as he faltered) at East Lake.  Huge win for the PGA Tour as they combat some more defections to LIV Golf.

We have an interview with Derek Hitchner, who is a native Minnesotan and senior at Pepperdine University.  Derek is coming off a run to the semi-finals at the USGA Amateur Championship at Ridgewood Country Club.

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Mike & Tim made a trip to Arizona to play in mid-August and lived to tell about it.  Mike gives a recap of the courses played, matches with Tim and even the most bizarre restaurant you will see.

The U.S. Am and the BMW Championship both concluded this Sunday with Sam Bennett winning the Am on the 36th hole and Patrick Cantlay taking the BMW crown for the second year in a row.  We will talk about what can be done to make the FedEx Cup more interesting, especially in light of the U.S. Am showing the greatness of match play.

The podcast is heading to Landmand!  We are taking off on a short trip to play Landmand, the new course opening in Homer, Nebraska designed by King Collins Golf (Sweetens Cove designers).  We interview Rob Collins to get some insight on the architecture and creation of Landmand before we head there to play it.

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Mike & Jeff had their annual fourball match at White Bear Yacht Club, and it went about as well as expected.  The boys talk the state of their games, douchebag moves in golf and the upcoming Arizona trip for Mike & Tim.

Will Zalatoris got his breakthrough win in crazy fashion at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis to vault him into #1 in the points standing and getting the season win for Mike in the picks segment.  The field now narrows to 70 players for the BMW Championship.  We will discuss the field & venue and makes some picks for the upcoming week.

This week's guest is the multi-talented Emma Carpenter.  Not only is Emma a golfer for the University of Minnesota and coming off a T2 finish at the Minnesota State Open, but also is up and coming in the media and social media world with multiple ventures.  Oh, and she can also sing!  We may have gotten her to sing a tune to improve our golf games.

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After a few different match play rounds this week, the podcast takes a look at the pros/cons of match play and specifically if there is a home course advantage when playing someone who is on their home track.  We will also be talking expectations about improvement and how it happens with less effort for some people.

Tom Kim became the youngest PGA Tour winner since Jordan Spieth this week at the Wyndham Championship as the tour players faced elation and sorrow while trying to get into the elusive top 125 to retain their cards.  The FedEx Cup kicks off this week in Memphis and we will discuss the event and make our picks in this full field event.

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Tony Finau continues his hot streak in Detroit by dusting the field Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage.  Where does he go from here?  Mike's guy Cameron Young with another top 5 finish as he marches toward a top 10 OWGR as Mike predicted at the beginning of the season.  We are into the last week of the PGA Tour regular season and tour cards will be on the line this week in Greensboro, NC for the Wyndham Championship.

Henrik Stenson wins the LIV event at Bedminster that showcased their best leaderboard in 3 events, yet the LIV tour was struggling again to attract fans and viewers to their platform.  Where does LIV go next?  What happens after the FedEx and President's Cups?  We will discuss LIV Golf this week in a little more detail.

The podcast boys games are all over the board as we prepare to go down to Landmand at the end of August.  We will be talking about the state of our games and a possible match with another Minnesota golf podcast on this episode!

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What a week for the Break80 podcast at the 3M Open.  

We started the week with a preview podcast at the 3M Open on Wednesday and then ended up caddying for the Foreplay Podcast fellas from Barstool, with Brock Nelson of NHL fame and professionals Sam Ryder and Callum Terran.  We will go into how that round went as the Foreplay squad caught fire on the back 9 for a high finish.

Tony Finau surged and Scott Piercy had an epic collapse at the 3M, which was full of twists and turns on the back 9.  Eventually, with a little luck on 17, Tony Finau emerged victorious.  Our friend of the podcast from the pro-am, Callum Terran fired a 63 on Friday and a back 9 31 on Sunday to vault into the top 10 as he looks to lock up his tour card for next year.

We make our picks for the Rocket Mortgage and the LIV event this week as Tim closed the gap a bit last week when both Jeff & Mike's picks missed the cut at the TPC Twin Cities.

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The podcast is live from the 3M Open with our preview episode.  We will be talking about the event, some specifics about the TPC Twin Cities and some of the players that fans should be looking to watch at this years 3M Open.

We will of course be making our picks for the week and will see if Jeff or Tim can gain some ground on Mike in the standings.

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With the world watching the 150th Open Championship and basically the entire crowd at the Old Course rooting for Rory, Cam Smith rides excellent ball striking, a hot blade and balls of steel to fire a back-nine thirty en route to a final round 64 to steel the Open Championship from the grasp of Rory McIlroy, who eventually came in third after Cameron Young's epic eagle on 18.

LIV is in the golf news again this week with rumors of Cam Smith, Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Stenson and other defecting away from the PGA & DP World. Tours to sign lucrative contracts with LIV Golf.

It is 3M Open week here in Minnesota!  The podcast will be on site throughout the week doing an episode Wednesday, social media content and talking PGA Tour and TPC Twin Cities.  This episode on the podcast we interview the Tournament Director Mike Welch who gives us all kinds of insight into what it takes to pull of a PGA Tour event.

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