Latest Product Reviews
For the past two years, when someone asked me “what rangefinder should I get?” the answer was easy: the Voice Caddie TL1. Premium laser, beautiful display, and at the special…
Two rangefinders. Same $499 price tag. Both are chasing the exact same idea: put a laser and GPS into a single device so you’re not juggling a watch, a phone…
I’d never heard of the Hyperice Venom 2 Back before a trip to Pine Valley this Spring. One of the other golfers in my group was wearing it before and…
I don’t know that I’ve ever reviewed a golf product that arrived at my door looking so completely different than what I was expecting as this new Sunday Carry bag…
What is Breaking Eighty?
Honest Product Reviews and World Class Golf Courses.
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
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…
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…
Buying Guides
Reviewed: GPS Golf Devices
For the past two years, when someone asked me “what rangefinder should I get?” the answer was easy: the Voice Caddie TL1. Premium laser, beautiful display, and at the special…
Golf Rangefinder Reviews
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For the past two years, when someone asked me “what rangefinder should I get?” the…
Two rangefinders. Same $499 price tag. Both are chasing the exact same idea: put a…
I’d never heard of the Hyperice Venom 2 Back before a trip to Pine Valley…
I don’t know that I’ve ever reviewed a golf product that arrived at my door…
If you’re like me, you’re very familiar with going out to practice after a lesson,…
I bought an MGI. With my own money. After reviewing it, I liked it enough…
Hotels and Golf Resorts
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’ve been to a lot of places where someone tells me “It’s the Bandon Dunes of [insert region here].” And I’ll be honest, almost none of them actually earn that…
My earliest golf memory doesn’t come from a course, a range, or even a set of clubs. It came from a PC. When my dad brought home our first computer,…
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
I don’t know that I’ve ever reviewed a golf product that arrived at my door…
For a long time, if you traveled with golf clubs and wanted to do it…
I knew this review was going to be different the moment my wife picked up…
Club Glove has long been the most recognized name when it comes to golf travel…
Golf Shoe Reviews
I’ll admit it, I slept on the original G.112 for way too long. While I…
I’ve been wearing Ecco golf shoes for a long time. The Biom Hybrid 2s. The…
I gotta be real. When this assignment landed in my lap, my first thought was:…
At some point in the last few years, I started building my golf wardrobe differently.…