Break80 Podcast
Break80 Podcast
Break 80 Podcast
Follow along with Stouds, Mike, and Tim as they bring weekly golf content to the listeners. The Break80 boys look to uncover stories in golf, share their experiences, and highlight the people and places that make golf the best sport in the world! Join the Break80 faithful by giving us a follow on all social media platforms and subscribing to the pod on spotify or itunes. The difference between a 79 and 80 is everything. [email protected]
Episode 200: Tour Championship Recap, President's Cup Picks & Realizing We Are Old
Scottie Scheffler did what Scottie Scheffler does and won the FedEx Cup Championship at East Lake. This capped off another remarkable season for the world's number one player. We will dive into the stats and numbers from Scottie's 2026 season. We will talk some 2026 PGA Tour season, who played well but didn't win, possible Rookie of the Year picks and who disappointed this season. President's Cup picks are days away and we will make our selections for both the International and United States squads as they get ready to head to Chicago at the end of the month. Mike and Tim headed south this weekend to play Somerby Country Club and La Crosse Country Club. Two exceptional clubs, but we found out we are getting old along the way! Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 1
1 hr 6 min
PGA Tour Profiles: Christiaan Bezuidenhout
In this episode, Break80 sits down with South African golf star Christiaan Bezuidenhout for a wide-ranging conversation about the path that took him from a small golf course in Delmas, Mpumalanga, to the biggest stages in professional golf. Christiaan opens up about picking up the game at age four, his rise through South Africa's amateur and Sunshine Tour ranks, and the pivotal years he spent as part of the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation, where a young Ernie Els played mentor, coach, and financial backer to the future PGA Tour pro. We talk about what it meant to learn the game under "The Big Easy," how that relationship shaped his career, and what it was like to later stand alongside Els on the International Team at the Presidents Cup. From there, we dig into his current life on the PGA Tour — his approach to competing week to week against the world's best, standout performances at the majors, and what's next on his goals list. Christiaan also shares the deeply personal side of his story: his lifelong experience with stuttering, and his partnership as an ambassador for the Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education & Research, where he's used his platform to raise awareness and support others navigating the same challenge he once faced. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 29
46 min
Episode 199: LIV Comes To An End, BMW Championship Recap and Good Good/Callaway Catastrophe
It was a busy week in golf this week. LIV Golf may have played their final event in Indianapolis, Wyndham Clark won the BMW Championship in St. Louis and possibly locked up the Player of the Year award and Good Good had an all-time catastrophe with their new Callaway ad. We dive into it all, plus Jeff makes a hole-in-one that didn't count and Mike finds vintage golf cards from 1991, and it was seemingly the era of the tour visor. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25
1 hr 12 min
PGA Tour Profiles: Austin Eckroat
PGA Tour profiles is back and this week we have two-time PGA Tour champion Austin Eckroat on the Break80 Podcast. Austin will go into winning on the PGA Tour, which he did twice in 2024 and what comes with that and the pressure coming down the stretch while winning on the PGA Tour. He will also get into some of the things he practices and even his home setup in Oklahoma that other professional golfers also hang out at. Austin was part of the fabled 2018 Oklahoma State national championship team that was full of current PGA Tour players like Viktor Hovland and others. He will talk college golf and what makes Oklahoma State such a special place in the college golf world. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 20
57 min
Episode 198: Scottie Scheffler Smokes the Field in Memphis
World number one, Scottie Scheffler, lapped the field Sunday in Memphis at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Scheffler left no doubt in the final round as he won the championship by 8 shots at -17. We will dive into the the FedEx Cup playoffs and discuss if Scottie locked up the player of the year award with this win. The U.S. Amateur Championship gave people a look at Merion Golf Club this week and the course and quality of play did not disappoint. We talk the golf course and our thoughts on the championship. We also go into the week in YouTube golf, Mike makes an albatross and a new segment, where Mike finds golf stuff on ebay in the middle of the night! Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 17
59 min
Episode 197: Blockie WD's, Wyndham Championship Recap & More LIV Craziness
Michael Block is in the golf news again, withdrawing from a European senior tour event he was playing in under a sponsors exemption. Block, who withdrew on the 12th hole at Trump International in Aberdeen, Scotland, may have worn out his welcome with sponsors after this. We will discuss on this episode. Michael Brennan won the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina this week for his 2nd PGA Tour win. We will discuss his win and the ramifications on the PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup playoffs starting next week. Bryson DeChambeau made some interesting comments this week about the future of LIV and his playing future in golf. We will discuss yet again LIV golf and what could happen in the future. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 12
58 min
Travel Talk: Portugal Episode 1 - Obidos
After playing golf at the best courses Portugal has to offer, we are breaking our trip down by regions to give listeners a good idea about the great and differing types of golf that Portugal has to offer. In episode 1, we will be talking about Obidos. Situated North of Lisbon, Obidos offers great golf, relaxing lifestyle, seaside views and great history. While there, we played Praia D'El Rey, West Cliffs and Royal Obidos. In this episode, we break down the three golf courses, lodging and things to do in the region besides golf. Enjoy! Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 7
53 min
Episode 196: Rocket Mortgage & Women's AIG Open Championship Recaps
Michael Thorbjornsen finally delivered on his immense talent, closing with a final round 63 to win the final ever Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. We will give all of our thoughts on his play and the win, the renovated Detroit Golf Club, and YouTube's Brad Dalke's play at this event. The women's AIG Open Championship came down to a playoff between Ester Henseleit and Shiho Kuwaki. After making a 40-foot birdie putt on 18 to force a playoff, on the second playoff hole, Henseleit found a gorse bush, which helped Kuwaki win her first major at Royal Lytham and St. Anne's. All of this and some more LIV talk, Mike's wedge problem and the President cheating at golf again? Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 4
1 hr 18 min
Episode 195: 3M Open Recap with Dan Rapaport
Dan Rapaport, currently of Skratch Golf, joins the podcast to talk about all that happened at the 3M Open. Jackson Koivun won in his 3rd start as a professional, with Scottie Scheffler charging on Sunday. Dan and Jeff discuss the event, possible President's Cup ramifications from Koivun's win. They will also touch on the latest LIV news and what is going on with the breakaway tour. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 29
40 min
Episode 194: Open Championship Recap
Ryan Fox blistered Royal Birkdale on the weekend to finish at -10 and a shot ahead of Cameron Young who bogeyed the 18th hole to finish at -9. Fox made a spectacular birdie on 18 to win, sinking a clutch 11-foot putt. We will go into our thoughts on Royal Birkdale, the stellar play by Fox, Young, Burns and company, as well as some disappointments from the week, including the putting of Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick missing the cut. We will of course discuss Bryson DeChambeau's 2-stroke penalty and the drop that Scheffler got without actually finding his golf ball on Sunday. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21
1 hr 17 min
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