Author: 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.

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 last four years. Those two things don’t get along. I want all the health, sleep, and recovery data Garmin collects, but I can’t bring myself to be the guy wearing two watches at once. Some people can pull off a Rolex on one wrist and a Garmin on the other. I’m not one of them. In fact, I often keep my Garmin in my pocket when I’m wearing a mechanical…

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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 the two devices side by side and couldn’t see the color? You honestly wouldn’t be able to tell them apart. Same dimensions. Same box design. Same tracking technology. Same software ecosystem. I’ve spent time with both the SkyTrak+ and the SkyTrak ST MAX, and the question I keep coming back to isn’t whether either one is good. They’re both excellent. The question is whether the price gap between them makes…

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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 Hotel del Coronado. There were no golf clubs on this trip. But there was one golf-adjacent product that came along with me: the Club Glove Tour Check-In. This was my sixth trip using it. And apparently I like this suitcase enough that I’m now sitting in an airport lounge writing an entire dedicated review about it. Which I definitely didn’t expect to happen. You see, I typically try to review…

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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 a 15 or 30 minute session while we read or watch something, then hand it off. This was the last product I expected to become part of our nightly routine. Yet here we are. So the question is simple: is it actually doing anything, or are we just two people who like being squeezed by an expensive robot before bed? I’ve now put over 20 sessions into this thing, so…

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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 about it going in, and honestly, my expectations weren’t all that high. By the end of day one, I was already trying to figure out how soon I could come back. I’ve now been back to Reynolds 4 times since then, almost once a year. And it’s hands down one of my favorite golf resorts, and easily in my personal top 3 of most underrated resorts in the United States.…

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For years when it came to buying a rangefinder, there was really only one main brand people turned to: Bushnell. They’ve been called the “King of Rangefinders” for years, for a reason. At one point, something like 98% of PGA Tour players used the brand. But “just buy a Bushnell” isn’t really useful advice anymore, because Bushnell doesn’t make one rangefinder. They make four, and they’re genuinely different devices built for different golfers and different budgets. Not to mention the fact that there are dozens of other brands that have come up in the past decade, who are creating some…

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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 every spec on my “perfect rangefinder” wish list, at a price under $300. It’s currently my pick for best value rangefinder on the market. On the other hand, the Bushnell Tour V7 Shift is my favorite Bushnell rangefinder to date, and the first device that genuinely feels like a baby Pro X3 for $200 less than their flagship device. I’ve played multiple rounds with both of them. I’ve literally compared…

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So you’ve narrowed your launch monitor search down to the Bushnell Launch Pro and the Foresight GC3. You’ve probably also noticed something a little strange: they look exactly the same. And guess what? They are. After Bushnell acquired Foresight Sports in the summer of 2021, the first big product to come out of that deal was the Launch Pro. From a hardware standpoint, it’s a GC3. Straight up. Exact same thing. Same three precision cameras, same built-in screen, same everything. https://youtu.be/bsKKB9CRm20 I’ve tested both units side by side, and the numbers were nearly identical on every shot. So if they’re…

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“GPS” gets thrown around on the golf course like it means one thing. It doesn’t. It can mean a watch on your wrist. A laser rangefinder that also happens to talk to satellites. A handheld the size of an old iPod that lives on your cart. A shot tracking system that’s quietly building a stats profile of your entire game. Or just an app sitting on the phone that’s already in your pocket. I’ve tested pretty much all of it at this point. And the honest answer to “what’s the best golf GPS device” is: it depends entirely on how…

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I’ll start with the part that nobody, at least nobody I’ve talked to, argues about. The Stack works. Commit to it for a few weeks, and you will swing faster. The company has a database full of golfers who’ve done exactly that. This isn’t one of those reviews where I keep you in suspense about whether the thing does what it says. It does the thing. So this is less a review about whether the Stack delivers and more one about how it does it, how well it’s built and designed, and whether it’s the right buy for you. And…

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