Break80 Podcast

Jimmy Abdo joined the podcast to talk about his wild ride to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur this year at the Olympic Club.

Jimmy entered the tournament ranked 4,292nd in the world amateur golf rankings and made an impressive run to the round of 16, beating some highly ranked players in the process.

The D3 player from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota will recap how the matches went, what he learned from the process and what comes next for him.

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After multiple heartbreaks, Tommy Fleetwood finally finished off a tournament at East Lake and got his first victory on the PGA Tour at East Lake. Fleetwood remained steady as other players including Patrick Cantlay and Scottie Scheffler faded down the stretch.

Fleetwood's victory gets the monkey off his back after years of near misses and collapses while leading PGA Tour tournaments.

Now the attention of the golf world shifts to the Ryder Cup and American captain Keegan Bradley. Will he pick himself this week as a playing captain? Will Cameron Young, Ben Griffin and/or Chris Gotterup make their Ryder Cup debuts at Bethpage Black? We will know for certain in a few days, but we are here to speculate on who he may pick this week.

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It was another win for Scottie Scheffler as he took the BMW Championship for his 5th win of the year and he keeps his incredible 3 year run on the PGA Tour going. Even though he didn't have his "A" game, Scheffler was able to chase down a shakey Robert MacIntyre early on Sunday and shut the door with a dramatic chip-in birdie on the 17th hole at Caves Valley on Sunday.

We will talk about the ramifications of the BMW Championship on the Ryder Cup and Tour Championship this week at East Lake as well as other topics surrounding the PGA Tour.

LIV Golf finished their regular season as Jon Rahm won the regular season title, without actually winning an event. We will discuss how it could possibly happen that Rahm wins, eventhough Joaquin Niemann won 5 events.

The United States Amateur Championship headed west the last couple of weeks as the men played at the Olympic Club and the women at Bandon Dunes. We will discuss both, including an insane run by Jimmy Abdo, who is one of us from here in Minnesota.

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Cameron Young was finally able to get his first win after steamrolling the field at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Young has dealt with heartbreak and struggles closing out tournaments, but with a commanding lead he could cruise to victory in the last PGA Tour regular season event of the year. Will this open the floodgates for the talented Young? We will discuss the possibilities of a late season charge.

With the regular season over and the Ryder Cup talk heating up, Jeff and Tim will debate a list of possible players and if we think they will eventually make this team as a captain's pick by Keegan Bradley.

Jeff will discuss his Ireland trip briefly and Mike and Tim will preview their upcoming trip to Ireland and Scotland.

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Happy Gilmore 2 was finally released with dozens of cameos from various stars and much of the cast back from the original, it broke records for Netflix viewership in its first week. We will dive into our thoughts on the movie and the cameos in it.

Kurt Kitayama went on an epic heater over the weekend to win the 3M Open Championship. Kitayama made 20 birdies or better on the weekend in route to his first title since Bay Hill in 2023 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. We will discuss the week at the 3M and where players stand heading into the final regular season event before the playoffs.

Lottie Woad won in her professional debut at the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. With this win, her win at the Irish Open and strong finish at the Evian, we pose the question: Is Lottie Woad the best womens player in the world?

All this plus a Korn Ferry executive playing scandal and Joaquin Niemann wins on LIV for the 5th time this season.

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Scottie Scheffler again proved why he is the best player in the world with a dominating performance at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Scheffler won his 4th major and took another step forward towards the Grand Slam.

We will talk all about what makes Scheffler so dominant and give reactions both good and bad from Royal Portrush.

Ryder Cup talk is starting to heat up after the last major of the season. Will Chris Gotterup make the team after his hot stretch in the U.K. We will discuss the difficult decisions Keegan Bradley will have to make as the European team looks loaded.

It is 3M Open week here in Minnesota and we will do a short preview for that and talk more Minnesota golf as Jeff and Mike made a trip to Cragun's for media day.

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Chris Gotterup staired down world number 2 Rory McIlroy on his way to the Scottish Open title at the Renaissance Club. The stunning win gets Gotterup into the Open Championship at Royal Portrush and into the Ryder Cup conversation for Bethpage Black.

The top players in the world all played well this week including Rory, Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland in Scotland and Jon Rahm in Spain. Will we see an epic Open Champinship at Royal Portrush?

Women's professional golf may have given us one of the wildest finishes in the history of golf at the Evian Masters this week. Grace Kim played the final 6 holes(including the playoff) to steal a major title from Jeeno Thitikul.

This leads us into the discussion about if a mens scratch golfer could beat an LPGA professional. Anyone with commons sense knows this answer, but we will discuss it on this week's episode.

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Detroit Golf Club has become a power hitters paradise in recent years and the 2025 Rocket Classic was no different as the longest hitter on tour, 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter took home the title in a playoff over Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk.

Potgieter became one of the youngest winners in PGA Tour history and we may be seeing a star in the making. Tim was on the scene in Detroit a few years ago and gives some insight into the course and the tournament.

Patrick Reed won LIV Dallas for his first LIV title and has stoked some talk about a possible Ryder Cup pick for Bethpage this year. Although it seems like a longshot, we will discuss the possibility on this episode.

The Broadmoor offered a confusing challenge on the Champions Tour for the U.S. Senior Open as many in the field were befuddled by its greens. Padraig Harrington held off Stewart Cink for the victory, even after some controversy days earlier after a round with Roger Maltby.

On the YouTube front, Riggs took on another hater and this guy may have been the most miserable person he has played yet as Riggs pounded him into submission at We-Ko-Pa.

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Tommy Fleetwood had a three shot advantage heading into the final signature event of the year at TPC River Highlands, but that wasn't enough for him to get his first win on the PGA Tour.

Keegan Bradley made a clutch birdie on the 18th hole and Fleetwood bogeyed to allow Bradley to win the Traveler's Championship for the second time in three years. This will sure stir the debate as to whether Bradley will be the first playing-captain in the modern era of the U.S.A. vs. Europe Ryder Cup.

The KPMG Championship on the LPGA was played in brutal wind in Frisco, Texas and Min Jee Lee played some brilliant golf to win the title. The tournament was plagued by wind and tough pin placements that led to 6+ hour rounds and a lot of complaints from the best womens players in the world.

The Senior U.S. Open heads to the Broadmoor this week in Colorado Springs. We had a chance to play the Broadmoor last summer and give our thoughts about this event.

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The U.S. Open at Oakmont gave everyone what they wanted - an epic ending. We are live from Sand Valley this week to talk all about it.

JJ Spaun used a weather delay to gather himself after a brutal start and made a back-nine charge for the ages, includes a bomb from 64 feet to seal the victory and his first major title.

We will give our reactions to to the golf course, Spaun's victory, players who had a good showing and ones who disappointed. There was much to discuss, including an interesting ruling that may have cost Same Burns and how the golf course defeated most players in its path.

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