Last year I reviewed the Uneekor Eye Mini, and generally came away really impressed. It was accurate, had a great feature set, and frankly, I personally preferred using it more than the more popular Bushnell Launch Pro. So when they announced at the 2024 PGA Show that they were releasing the Eye Mini Lite, I got really excited. The concept? Take the same tracking system as the Eye Mini, but remove the built-in screen and a few of the extra features – and then sell it for a much more affordable price. I’ve finally got my hands on a device,…
Author: Sean Ogle
Sean Ogle
As the Founder of Breaking Eighty Sean has spent the last 10+ years reviewing the best golf products and golf courses in the world. He prides himself on only writing about products and courses he's experienced first hand, and helping others find exactly what they need to enhance their enjoyment of the game we all love so much.
Yesterday I blinked, and I realized that it had been nearly 13 years since I started Breaking Eighty. Holy crap. Cue the cliche “it feels like just yesterday I….” But no, really. It doesn’t feel like 12 years ago that I took my first proper golf trip to Whistling Straits, Arcadia Bluffs, and a dozen other courses. It doesn’t feel like it’s been a decade since the first time I played Pebble Beach. And there’s no way it’s been 8 years since I started the Eighty Club. But here we are. To be able to continue doing this full time…
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 I decided to go to the Mandarin Oriental on the Chao Praya river to visit Bamboo Bar – one of the best jazz bars in the city. I got an Aviation cocktail for $10 and couldn’t believe I was spending so much money on one drink. I nursed it for 2 hours. It was on that night I first learned about the Peninsula Hotel. It was across the river from the Mandarin…
When it comes to electric golf caddies, Stewart Golf makes some of the best in the business. But they’re not exactly cheap. Fortunately, the team over there was willing to hook up Breaking Eighty readers with a Stewart Golf coupon code to make buying one of their push carts a little bit easier on your wallet. Use the code “BREAKING-EIGHTY” to save 5% on any electric caddies they sell. Check out their full line up here. In my experience, they’ve also seemed to keep this code active during any sales they’re doing – which at times can result in a…
It took a grand total of 7 days into 2025 to see our first major shakeup in the golf launch monitor world, and it’s a big one. Foresight (and subsequently Bushnell, who is owned by Foresight) has just completely changed their lineup of launch monitors. And, I’m not so sure everyone is going to be happy. What is the Foresight GC3s? What about the Bushnell LPi? And why do you get a rangefinder when you buy the GC3 or GC3s? I’m going to answer all of these questions and more, and help you figure out if one of these devices is the…
Choosing the right set of irons is one of the most critical decisions a golfer can make. Drivers, putters and wedges are the most celebrated, cursed, and discussed. They tend to get a lot of the attention – not to mention marketing dollars. But your irons are to your golf game what your engine is to your car. They may not be the first thing you see, but good luck getting where you’re going on the golf course without the right ones. Your irons are the most versatile clubs in your bag. And like popping the hood on an…
Hybrids, utility clubs, rescue clubs — by whatever name you want to use, for many golfers, these clubs could be called life savers. Of all the innovations in golf over the past few decades — and there have been a lot of them when you think in terms of equipment, balls, push carts, electric push carts, affordable golf launch monitors, rangefinders, golf watches, and on and on — the hybrid golf club may have had the biggest impact on the most golfers. These tools have become indispensable in pretty much every golf bag nowadays. Some players carry just one. Others…
When it comes to the world of golf technology, I’m not sure there’s a single product segment that has evolved further in the last five years than launch monitors. It wasn’t long ago that the only options for a launch monitor were Trackman and competing products that held price tags well into the five figures. But now in 2025? There are golf launch monitors available at just about every price point, all the way down to a couple hundred dollars. And you know what’s even more surprising than that? Many of them are good. Very good. So before, when the only times…
I’ve tested over 40 golf rangefinders here at Breaking Eighty. And if there’s one golf product category that you’d expect to be a bit of a commodity, this is it. I mean, all you really want is to get a distance to the pin as quickly as possible, right? How many different features can you add? Why is one rangefinder $100 and another is $600? Well, it’s pretty amazing how many different nuances there are. And the good news is that depending on what you’re looking for, you may not need to spend a ton of money to get a…
Trying to find the best golf balls for your game can be a nightmare. There are hundreds of golf ball reviews out there that all say different things, and let’s face it, for most golfers you can barely tell the difference between a ProV1 and a Top Flite. Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s true that choosing a golf ball can be a bit of a shot in the dark for most people. The goal of this post is to help take some of the mystery out of finding the right golf ball, and to help you…