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I love mechanical watches. I’ve built up a small collection over the years and genuinely enjoy wearing them. I’ve also worn a Garmin fitness watch almost every day for the…
When SkyTrak released the ST MAX in late 2025, they created a genuinely weird situation for themselves. Their new flagship costs more than their previous model. And if you placed…
Right now, as I write this, I’m sitting in the Chase Sapphire Lounge in San Diego. I’m on the tail end of a six-day family trip to Disneyland and the…
These days, my wife and I have a new routine when we get in bed. We fight over who gets the Normatec Elite Hips. One of us will strap in for…
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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.
I hope you enjoy!
Golf Courses and Travel
Sign up and get the full details on the “Fall into Reynolds Lake Oconee” sweepstakes here. I first visited Reynolds Lake Oconee about 5 years ago. I didn’t know much…
There are exclusive golf courses, and then there’s Canyata. For most of its existence, this course hidden in the cornfields outside Marshall, Illinois, had no members. It wasn’t part of…
Second to Merion, Aronimink Golf Club is probably the club I was most familiar with before heading to Philadelphia. It’s often on the back end of some of America’s top…
Two years ago, I spent three days at Sensei Porcupine Creek, and it ended up being one of the most memorable travel experiences I’ve ever had. Not just because of…
Buying Guides
Reviewed: GPS Golf Devices
Here’s a matchup I didn’t expect to be this close. On one side, the Blue Tees Captain Pro: the rangefinder that came out of the 2026 PGA Show with nearly…
Golf Rangefinder Reviews
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I love mechanical watches. I’ve built up a small collection over the years and genuinely…
When SkyTrak released the ST MAX in late 2025, they created a genuinely weird situation…
Right now, as I write this, I’m sitting in the Chase Sapphire Lounge in San…
These days, my wife and I have a new routine when we get in bed.…
Sign up and get the full details on the “Fall into Reynolds Lake Oconee” sweepstakes…
For years when it came to buying a rangefinder, there was really only one main…
Hotels and Golf Resorts
Sign up and get the full details on the “Fall into Reynolds Lake Oconee” sweepstakes here. I first visited Reynolds Lake Oconee about 5 years ago. I didn’t know much…
Two years ago, I spent three days at Sensei Porcupine Creek, and it ended up being one of the most memorable travel experiences I’ve ever had. Not just because of…
Manele is a rare golf course. It shows up on all the lists. One of the most beautiful courses in the country. Consistently ranked as one of the two best…
I honestly feel a little guilty writing this post. A few weeks ago, at the end of my trip to Nauka Golf Club in Mexico, I was chatting with one…
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
Right now, as I write this, I’m sitting in the Chase Sapphire Lounge in San…
I’ll just say it. The Sun Mountain Matchplay Ballistic might be the best-looking bag in…
I’ll admit that when the Big Max Dri Lite Silencio 3 showed up, I was…
I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on this bag since the PGA Show…
Golf Shoe Reviews
I said something in a recent Payntr video that I’ll stand by here: a lot…
I’ll be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of TRUE’s OG line. That wide…
Considering buying a pair of Payntr golf shoes? No surprise, they are one of the…
I’ll admit it, I slept on the original G.112 for way too long. While I…