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Ah, the visions of launching colossal, accurate drives. We all dream of hitting bombs. Then reality sets in, and we’re generally relieved just to finally hit a fairway. So often,…
I’ll be honest. When I first heard about the Pinned Prism+, my expectations weren’t exactly sky-high. That’s not a knock on Pinned the brand. Actually, when I look at their…
The Garmin Approach R10 made a massive splash when it hit the market in 2021. It was the first-ever golf launch monitor in the under-$1,000 category that included accurate ball…
Trying to find the best golf bag for you can often be just as difficult as buying a new set of clubs. It’s not just about picking the “pretty one.” There’s more…
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Hi, my name is Sean Ogle and I'm the Founder of Breaking Eighty. The goal of this site is to provide honest, unbiased golf reviews to help you find the exact product for YOUR needs. I've personally tested everything we review on the site.
You'll also find articles about some of the best golf courses and resorts in the world.
I started this site in 2012 with the goal of creating the golf website I'd personally want to read. Over a decade later, this holds true more than ever.
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Golf Courses and Travel
For all the golf travel I’ve done, you’d think I’d be intimately familiar with golf in Florida. Considering there are more golf courses here than any other state in the…
There are hotel brands, and then there’s the Peninsula. I’ve been enamored with Peninsula hotels ever since 2010. I was living in Bangkok in a $200/month apartment. To celebrate my birthday…
Four years ago I’d barely heard of Reynolds Lake Oconee. Since then, I’ve visited 3 times and I count it as one of my favorite golf destinations in the country.…
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Buying Guides
Reviewed: GPS Golf Devices
Well, I didn’t see this coming. Of all the products I’ve received to review in the past several months, the Garmin Approach G20 Solar just might be the one that…
Golf Rangefinder Reviews
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Ah, the visions of launching colossal, accurate drives. We all dream of hitting bombs. Then…
I’ll be honest. When I first heard about the Pinned Prism+, my expectations weren’t exactly…
The Garmin Approach R10 made a massive splash when it hit the market in 2021.…
Trying to find the best golf bag for you can often be just as difficult as buying…
Even more than price, I think confusion is the biggest barrier to entry for a…
When it comes to the world of golf technology, I’m not sure there’s a single…
Hotels and Golf Resorts
For all the golf travel I’ve done, you’d think I’d be intimately familiar with golf in Florida. Considering there are more golf courses here than any other state in the…
There are hotel brands, and then there’s the Peninsula. I’ve been enamored with Peninsula hotels ever since 2010. I was living in Bangkok in a $200/month apartment. To celebrate my birthday…
Four years ago I’d barely heard of Reynolds Lake Oconee. Since then, I’ve visited 3 times and I count it as one of my favorite golf destinations in the country.…
Dude ranches offer all-inclusive vacations where guests immerse themselves in cowboy culture while partaking in a wide sweep of Western activities from horseback rides and hands-on livestock wrangling to learning…
Private Golf Clubs
Over the last year of playing more and more golf courses I’ve learned that there are two different types of golf outings: there are rounds of golf, and then there…
This post was originally published in August 2013 and was updated for accuracy in April 2022. More so than perhaps any other course in Oregon, there’s a mystery around the…
Words can’t really describe what I was thinking before I arrived at Medinah Country Club. Lucky was an obvious one. Nervous another. But I think my pre-round feelings could mostly…
This post was originally published in January 2014. Quite a few things have changed since then, this has been updated in April 2022 to reflect those changes. A few months…
Golf Bag Reviews
Trying to find the best golf bag for you can often be just as difficult as buying…
For the past few years, the Sun Mountain Mid-Stripe has gotten my pick as the…
When I first started doing products reviews on this site, Stitch was a golf bag company. Ok, I…
Over the last 4 years I’ve played over 150 rounds with Vessel golf bags. The…
Golf Shoe Reviews
Over the last 3 years, Payntr has been (not so) quietly making a name for…
I’ve reviewed dozens of pairs of golf shoes over the years at Breaking Eighty -…
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At this point, it’s fair to say that G/FORE has won me over with their…