Break80 Podcast

What started to look like a runaway victory for Rory McIlroy on Friday night turned into a dramatic Sunday at Augusta National for the 90th playing of the Masters. After shooting 74 on Saturday, Cam Young caught him to tie the lead heading into the final round. In the final round, multiple players were within a shot of the lead for much of the day, before McIlroy pulled out the victory. We will give our reactions to the Masters, touch on how we felt some players did and even give a big shot out to Frankie Fleetwood, who won the hearts of people all over the world during the par 3 contest. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rory McIlroy will take the largest 36 hole lead in Masters history into the weekend as he fired a spectacular 2nd round 65 to open up a 6-shot lead over Patrick Reed and Sam Burns. We will discuss what it would take for someone not named Rory McIlroy to win this tournament, and just how it could happen. Bryson DeChambeau made a triple-bogey on 18 to miss the cut. We dive into some Masters disappointments, as well as some other storylines to look for on the weekend at Augusta National. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the best weeks of the year is here, the official kick-off to spring, it's Masters time. We will be doing a preview for this years event with things to look for in a potential winner, course insight on Augusta National and other storylines from the 2026 Masters. We kick off the episode with a recap from the Valero Texas Open, won by JJ Spaun. The event featured some bad weather, cell phone use by caddies and even relief from fire ants in the last event before the Masters. Asterisk Talley was cruising to victory at the ANWA before a meltdown on the 12th hole ended her hopes and Maria Jose Marin was able to cruise to the title. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President and Founder of Tite Eyewear, Scott MacGuffie joins Break80 to discuss the innovative new glasses. Tite has gained notoriety in recent weeks having been worn by Justin Thomas at The Players and used by Gary Woodland's caddy Brennan Little on the way to their victory at The Texas Children's Houston Open. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a week of highs and lows in professional golf as we end the month of March. Tiger Woods got arrested and charged with another DUI for driving under the influence of a cocktail of pills and in the same week, Gary Woodland completed his comeback from brain surgery by winning the Houston Open. We will discuss both of these events in detail, as well as the DP World Tour in India playing one of the toughest golf courses in the world at DLF Golf and Country Club and a quick talk on the average cost of golf in a variety of different ways. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amateur Long Drive World Champion Tanner Pipes joins Break80 to discuss the speed, science and clubs behind his success including his Newton Golf Shafts. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau both stayed hot this week on their respective tours as Fitzpatrick won the Valspar Championship with a birdie on the final hole. Meanwhile, DeChambeau won in South Africa on the LIV tour with a playoff victory over Jon Rahm. Oh, a a certain player named Tiger Woods returned to TGL. We will take some deep dives into what the current form on Fitzpatrick and DeChambeau means for the Masters, if Tiger Woods will play at Augusta and Scottie Scheffler withdraws from the Houston Open on this episode. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twin Cities Golf founder Kevin Unterreiner joined us on stage at the Minnesota Golf Show this winter to talk about new things happening with his company and the golf industry in general. One main topic was the Creator Classic that is going to be happening in Minnesota this summer at a variety of courses. Kevin went into how this tournament will be pulled off and who may be playing. Besides the Creator Classic, Kevin discussed things dealing with the Public Country Club that he runs and the cost of golf in general. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Young got it done on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass for his 2nd career win on the PGA Tour and biggest of his career yet to date. The current number 4 player in the world used a birdie on 17 and a huge drive on 18 to catapult him to a one shot victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick, who missed an 8 footer for par and the tie on 18. Ludvig Aberg held a three shot lead midway through the round but collapsed, opening the door for Young and Fitzpatrick to duke it out down the stretch. We will discuss this and all the happenings from the Players Championship. On LIV, Bryson DeChambeau won in SIngapore after Richard T. Lee missed a very short putt that would have forced a playoff. PGA Tour CEO, Brian Rolapp, laid out 6 possible changes that could be coming to the PGA Tour, including the return of match play! We will discuss them all and give our reactions at the end of the episode. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Richardson, the founder and CEO of Bad Birdie golf apparel joined Mike and Tim to talk about his story and company. Bad Birdie makes a variety of apparel and Jason talk about how he started the company, to being on Shark Tank and now growing enough to sponsor PGA Tour players. He will give insight into what it takes to start an apparel business, the story of Bad Birdie and even gets into where he sees the industry going in the future. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Akshay Bhatia caught fire on the back nine Sunday at Bay Hill to catch Daniel Berger and eventually beat him on the first playoff hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. We will dive into the tournament, players complaining about the conditions and we will pose the question, what is wrong with Scottie Scheffler's iron play? It is Players Championship week and the best players in the world will be in Ponte Vedra for the PGA Tour's flagship event. We will break down the Players Championship and give our picks for this week. Jon Rahm won his first LIV event in a year and a half in Hong Kong. We will talk about that and his comments this week about the DP World Tour. All this and some other golf news and events. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Davis, President of Cole Haan Golf Apparel joins the podcast to discuss the brands new apparel lines, the future of golf fashion, footwear and some great golf stories. As a PGA Professional for many years as well, Scott brings a wealth of knowledge to the podcast in this episode. Besides what Cole Haan is doing with footwear and apparel, you will get a glimpse into what it is like trying to get tour players to sign with your brand, what goes into making great golf clothing and apparel and much more. It is an episode you won't want to miss. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golf is a crazy and brutal game, even for the best in the world. Shane Lowry found that out this week at PGA National for the Cognizant Classic. With a three-shot lead on the 16th tee, he flared an iron into the water, which resulted in a double bogey. On the 17th tee shot he did it again, which allowed Nico Echavarria to take home the title. We will do a deep dive into the tournament and what exactly happened to Shane Lowry on this week's episode. It is Arnold Palmer Invitational week and we will be talking one of the best tournaments of the year on the PGA Tour at storied Bay Hill. Scottie Scheffler will once again be a major favorite for this event, which usually plays pretty difficult for tour players. McLaren racing is dipping their toes into the golf world with an announcement Monday that they will start making golf clubs. The luxury car manufacturer and dominant Formula 1 team, will supposedly be launching clubs in late April. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Comstock, the Minnesota Golf Association's Strategic Partnerships and Community Relations Director, joined the Break80 Podcast on stage at the Minnesota Golf Show. Joel goes through many things that are happening with the Minnesota Golf Association, including discussion on some the amateur championships in Minnesota, Youth on Course, the 125th anniversary of the MGA and other trends happening in golf at a state and national level. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golf fans everywhere got to see one of the greatest examples of "Golden Age" architecture at Riviera Country Club this week. Jacob Bridgeman used exceptional ball-striking and putting to get his first PGA Tour victory after knocking on the door several times in the last year. We will talk about what to make of Scottie Scheffler's issues on Thursdays this year and is there hope for Jordan Spieth after a good finish, or is it just a mirage. All that and Tim talks Tiger Woods future career in politics, on this week's edition of the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Spotify, Apple and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter Hoaglund, owner of Go Low Golf joined us live on stage at the Minnesota Golf Show to talk about equipment, instruction and everything golf. Hunter does it all in the golf space, from club fittings to lessons, not many people fill a wide range of roles in golf like Hunter. He also is a high school boys coach of one of the top programs in Minnesota high school golf. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Kim completed a stunning career comeback this weekend as he bested Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau by firing a final round 63 to win going away at LIV Adelaide. For Kim it was his first win since 2010 on the PGA Tour and was a heartwarming story of overcoming injury, addiction and other things he has been battling. He showed the swagger we all remembered as he poured in put after put to win. On the PGA Tour, Collin Morikawa made a final hole birdie to hold off Min Woo Lee to win the AT&T Pebble Beach by a shot. World number one, Scottie Scheffler, made a Sunday charge but came up a few shots short. We will give our reactions to both events this week on the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was professional golf's party week and we sent Tim down to Arizona for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He took in all the festivities and is gonna fill us in all the wild stuff he saw in Scottsdale. Chris Gotterup got his 2nd win of the season in a playoff over Hideki Matsuyama and a bogey on the last by Matsuyama sent it into a playoff, which Gotterup birdied the first playoff hole for the win. Scottie Scheffler made a run the last three rounds after an opening round 73, but he came up a shot short. We will give our reactions to the event and focus on some young players that stood out again and should get serious consideration for the Presidents Cup team. Patrick Read won again on the DP World Tour, his second victory in three weeks. This all but locks up a 2027 PGA Tour card for the former Masters champion. It also vaulted Reed to number 17 in the world as he looks to get back on golf biggest stage. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices