Xander Schauffele quieted the critics this week by taking home his first career major at the PGA Championship at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky. He held off a charging Bryson DeChambeau with a clutch birdie putt on the 72nd hole to hoist the Wanamaker trophy. The crazy thing about the week was that Xander's victory wasn't the top story. Scottie Scheffler got arrested on Friday morning outside of the golf club in one of the most bizarre stories in recent memory from professional golf. ...

Bob Parsons, the founder and CEO of Parsons Xtreme Golf, better known as PXG, was in the twin cities and we were lucky enough to get to sit down with him for an interview. Bob talked about his childhood growing up in Baltimore and how his combat time in Vietnam as part of the Marine Corps molded him into the person he is today. Bob is one of the most successful businessmen in America, founding multiple companies, including GoDaddy and now PXG Golf. He gets into his time in Vietnam and...

Rory McIlroy is on a roll as he wins his second event in a row at Quail Hollow. Rory's power blew away Xander Schauffele on Sunday to win again and head to this week's PGA Championship at Valhalla as one of the heavy favorites. We will talk about Rory's win and the second major of the year at Valhalla, as Rory joins Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka as the favorites to win. Tim headed to Myrtle Beach this week to play some golf and do some media work at the Myrtle Beach Classic at the...

Jeff headed to Brainerd and Cragun's for a 24 man tournament and pulled off the comeback victory as the leaders melted down the stretch. He took home the used car salesman jacket and some cash. He will discuss his buddies tournament at Cragun's Legacy this week. Tim is on the move again as he is about to head to Myrtle Beach to play some golf and do some media work at the first annual Myrtle Beach Classic. Tim will give you his itinerary, the courses he is playing and what he should ask...

It was LIV Golf's superbowl this week as they were in Adelaide, Australia and the Aussies showed out and provided the rowdy kind of fanbase that LIV has been looking for. The hometown team, Ripper GC took home the team title and Brendan Steele won the individual title. The PGA Tour did team golf this week in the Big Easy at TPC Louisiana. Rory McIroy and Shane Lowry took home the victory and added some star power to the event. Is this format entertaining and is this how team golf should...

Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda win again to keep their dominant spring's going this week on their prospective tours. Scottie Scheffler wins the RBC Heritage in a Monday finish as the PGA Tour gets panned for not moving up the tee times on Sunday with impending weather issues. What can stop Scottie at this point? Could this be the year we see the Grand Slam happen? We will discuss Scottie's dominance and if there is anything that can slow him down. Speaking of dominant, Nelly Korda won...

We sat down this week with Korn Ferry player Cooper Dossey. Cooper was a two-time All-American at Baylor University and alternate on the 2021 Walker Cup team that played at Seminole Golf Club. He will give some insight into college golf at Baylor and the Walker Cup experience. Battling a stutter since a young age, Cooper is very open and honest about growing up with that challenge and hopes to inspire others in the process. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly...

As the best players in the world battled windy conditions at Augusta National, the best of them all, Scottie Scheffler prevailed in dominating fashion yet again. Scottie put on a brilliant ball-striking display on the back nine as other contenders folded. We will be talking about the players who impressed us, the best and worst dressed of the week and of course, tip our cap to those pros who did not break 80, including Brian Harman with a stunning 47 on the back nine and Tiger Woods, who...

Frequent podcast guest and U.S. Open winning caddie, John Ellis joins the podcast from Augusta, Georgia to talk Augusta National, the Masters and his guy Wyndham Clark's rise to number four in the world golf rankings. John played Augusta National last week and he will give some inside information about the hallowed grounds and his thoughts on some of the most difficult and key holes for this week's Masters Tournament. We will also dive into a few things from the last year that John was...

DECADE golf is a course management system that has revolutionized the game of golf. Scott Fawcett combined shot distribution patterns and PGA Tour scoring statistics to optimize targets to help players shoot lower scores. Used by the majority of professionals and high level college golfers everywhere, DECADE golf has revolutionized the game and put data at the forefront of decision making and shot selection to improve scores. Scott will talk all about how his experiences as a professional...

The boys are back together again this week to talk about all things golf, both with our own games and what is happening in professional golf. Scottie Scheffler's bid for a three-peat fell a stroke short as he missed a very makeable put that would have forced a playoff, but instead it was Stephan Jagar that held on for his first career PGA Tour victory. Speaking of three-peats, Nelly Korda accomplished that feat this week on the LPGA Tour as she put on a ball striking display to win...

Ryan French, the founder of Monday Q Info joins the podcast to talk all things mini tour golf. Ryan has become the foremost expert on mini tour golf. So much so that he even got a personal short game lesson from Phil Mickelson, at his short game facility at his home. He will dive into his story and how he came to be so fascinated with mini tours, the crazy life on the mini tours and what he thinks about the state of professional golf today. You can follow Monday Q Info on Instagram and...

In a win for the little guys, journeyman Peter Malnati blistered the back nine at Innisbrook and tamed the "snake pit" coming in to win his first PGA Tour title since 2015. Cameron Young had a chance to notch his first tour victory, but a 3 putt bogey on 18 sealed his fate and helped Malnati earn the victory. We will dive into a few things about the tournament including the difficulty of the course and how Justin Thomas had maybe the worst putting round in PGA Tour history. Tim was on the...

Scottie again amazed us with his play this week, becoming the first player ever to go back-to-back at TPC Sawgrass and the Player's Championship. He also went back-to-back on tour following up his win last week at Bay Hill. We will discuss just how ridiculous his current run ranks and where he goes from here. After the podcast boys got out and played last week, it is time for a proper discussion about who the best putter on the podcast is. Mike has taken a lot of flack over the years about...

Mike and Tim both fire 70's on the weekend in an epic podcast battle, could they be the hottest players on the planet not named Scottie Scheffler? We are kidding of course, but will go into the round a bit as Tim shot his first ever under par round on a championship golf course. Scottie Scheffler made a few putting changes, including both a new Taylormade mallet putter and not marking his golf ball with a line and as he displayed at Bay Hill, when he is making putts, he is really hard to...

LIV Golf took center stage this week in Jeddah as Anthony Kim made his return to professional golf after a dozen years. If you tuned in to watch in the middle of the night here in the the U.S., you saw what was to be expected, a very rusty AK. We will see in upcoming events what the future holds for Anthony Kim. Joaquin Niemann may be the hottest player on the planet currently as he got the win again. It was a big week for Niemann has also got invites to the Masters and PGA Championship this...

Tim and Jeff headed two separate directions this week to play top Pete Dye golf courses. Jeff headed west to Palm Springs and played the PGA West Stadium Course. Tim headed to the Caribbean and played Teeth of the Dog in the Dominican Republic. Both will talk about their experiences. Meanwhile, Mike went nowhere, but poses a important Pete Dye question... what is his fascination with 17th hole par 3's and "Cape" holes. For instance, the finish at TPC Sawgrass and PGA West are basically...

On Sunday of the Minnesota golf show, two more guests joined the Break80 Podcast. Our first guest was Ryan Livingood from PXG. Ryan is a fitting team leader and talked about all things PXG, from Bob Parsons stories to PXG clubs themselves and the fitting process at their store in Edina. Emma Carpenter returns to the Break80 Podcast to talk about hosting the Minnesota golf show, her final season as a Minnesota Gopher golfer and what lies ahead for her after college. Subscribe to the Break80...

Hideki Matsuyama shot a Sunday 62 at Riviera Country Club to take the Genesis Open title against a star studded field in Los Angeles. Matsuyama had struggled for much of the last year, but found something on Sunday when he blitzed a field that averaged around 70 for the day. Tiger Woods fell ill and had to WD and Jordan Spieth was DQ'd for signing for the wrong score. Couple that with Patrick Cantlay struggling after having a commanding lead and Scottie Scheffler showing some frustration...

The Break80 Podcast is back on stage at the Minnesota convention center for another year live from the Minnesota Golf Show. On this day we had former Minnesota Gopher national championship winning coach John Means as a guest to talk about building a college golf program from scratch, competing at the highest college level and even, tips to break 80. Matt Stang, one of the co-founders of Swannies Golf also joined us live to talk about the Swannies story and what is going on in the world of...

On episode 85 of the Break80 Podcast we are all about having a good time on the golf course, but did things go to far at the Waste Management Phoenix Open this year? The boys will give you our thoughts on what went down and where does the tournament go from here? LIV was in Las Vegas this week trying to piggy-tail off the NFL and Superbowl Sunday. Dustin Johnson came away with the victory and the $4 million dollar purse. The PGA Tour heads to one of the favorite tour stops this week at...

54 holes was the theme of golf this week as Wyndham Clark blistered Pebble Beach with a new competitive course record of 60, which ended up being enough as the event was shortened due to weather conditions. Clark rode an insanely hot putter to a one-shot victory over the phenom from Sweden Ludvig Aberg. A wet Pebble Beach was reduced to a pitch-n-putt for the best players in the world as they relentlessly fired at flagsticks and fired many low scores, including a 63 from Jason Day. LIV Golf...

We sat down this week with Tom Hoge, PGA Tour veteran and 2022 Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion to talk about life on tour, playing with Tiger Woods, gambling, and growing up in Fargo, North Dakota. The interview was taped the night before the 2024 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Tom will give us some insight into how the tournament works, playing Pebble in crazy weather and winning the event in the past. For the local Minnesota/North Dakota fans we will talk Pine-to-Palm in Detroit Lakes, Fargo...

Frenchmen Matthieu Pavon captured the title with a cluth shot from the rough into the 18th green at Torrey Pines. The leaderboard had a heavy international contingent as the rookie Pavon birdied the 18th to win the by a stroke over fellow tour rookie Nicolai Hojgaard. LIV Golf gets another top player this week as it is being reported that Tyrrell Hatton will be the next to defect. Will Anthony Kim be next? Talks are ramping up about the PGA Tour and PIF merger and an announcement on a deal...