Look, I’m going to be honest with you right up front: when Zero Restriction sent me their Z2000 rain gear to test, I was skeptical. Not because I doubted the quality. Everyone in golf knows Zero Restriction makes legitimate stuff, but because $610 for a rain jacket feels absolutely bonkers when you think about how infrequently most of us actually need rain gear. But here’s the thing about expensive golf gear: sometimes the price tag actually makes sense. Sometimes you’re not just paying for marketing hype or a cool logo. Sometimes you’re paying for legitimately superior engineering, materials that actually…
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.
The Bushnell Launch Pro has had a weird couple of years. If you were paying attention to the launch monitor market, you probably noticed some confusing signals coming from Bushnell and Foresight Sports. The two companies ended up under the same corporate umbrella, and suddenly the future of the Launch Pro, one of the most popular prosumer launch monitors on the market, felt a bit uncertain. First it was being discontinued. Then it wasn’t. Then maybe it was again. The messaging kept shifting. A lot of people, me included, were left wondering what was actually happening. Finally, the confusion is…
Well, it’s official, the holidays are upon us. And you know what that means: we’re going to see the best sales and lowest prices of the year on all of the products you’ve been holding off on buying! And for Black Friday and Cyber Monday of 2025, I’m seeing some of the lowest prices I’ve ever seen for some of the best products in the golf world. So let’s not waste any time. Here are the best Black Friday golf deals I’ve seen around the internet, so far. A lot of brands are starting early this year, and some others…
Forresters has been on an absolute tear lately. Their Range Hoodie exceeded expectations. Their raingear? Same story. So when they announced a partnership with Payntr – a brand that’s consistently impressed me with their footwear – I had high hopes. And let me be clear: they delivered. The Rainshedder RS1 isn’t just another winter golf shoe. It’s the winter golf shoe. The Spiritual Successor to the Nike Air Bandon A few weeks ago, I talked about how the TRUE Linkswear Ascent had taken the torch from the old Nike Air Bandon as the ultimate Pacific Northwest golf shoe. And while…
Substantially updated in October 2025 to reflect our first-hand thoughts on the best golf gifts for the 2025 Holiday Season. I get it, trying to find the best golf gift idea for any golfer in your life can be really difficult. There are thousands of different golf products out there, and if you listen to the marketing, they’re all touting themselves as the “latest and greatest”. But most of them? They aren’t very good. Luckily, I’ve used and reviewed dozens of the best golf products on the market. So whether you’re looking for a gift for Christmas, Father’s Day or…
I’ve been chasing the perfect putter for years now. You know the feeling—one week you’re draining everything, the next you can’t buy a putt. It’s maddening. Over the past year or so, I’ve put serious time into LAB putters. Three months with the DF3, six months with the Mezz.1, and about four months with the new OZ.1 HS. And while I loved certain aspects of each one, there was always something that didn’t quite click. So I had a question: Would getting properly fit at LAB headquarters actually make a difference? Or is it just expensive marketing hype? I took…
G/FORE has taken over a pretty significant portion of my golf wardrobe. Their shoes, especially, but I’ve also been getting a lot of use out of their layering pieces. It wasn’t always that way. For a long time, I thought G/FORE’s style was a little too fashion-forward for me. I’m a pretty straightforward, casual kind of guy, and I always thought that maybe their stuff was a little too bold for me. But once I started actually wearing more G/FORE, the quality won me over. The materials are exceptional. And they’ve got a bunch of small attention-to-detail things that I…
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, the only game we had was Links 386 Pro. And the only course that came with it? Harbour Town. That was my introduction to Pete Dye. To the lighthouse. To those tight corridors and tiny greens. From the time I was a kid, I knew: One day, I’m going to play that place. This week, that dream finally happened, and I got to experience the newly renovated Harbour Town Golf…
When most golfers think of Volvik, they still picture bright matte finishes or novelty collaborations. That reputation is well-earned. It was basically Volvik’s model for decades. But in recent years, the brand has been working hard to expand beyond colors and collectibles. Their Condor and Condor X golf balls are the clear example of that shift. Both are urethane-covered, tour-caliber models designed to compete directly with the most popular premium balls in the game. The kicker? They retail for $42.99 per dozen. And with the BREAKINGEIGHTY code, you can tap into the “buy 3, get 1” promotion that knocks the…
Over the last five years, I’ve tested more than 50 pairs of golf shoes. Fifty! That may sound a bit excessive, and I get it. When I look back on it, it’s kind of nuts. But it also means that I’ve got some real-use opinions to share. And today I’m giving you my picks for what I think are the best spiked shoes currently available. I’ve worn all of these. I’ve played golf in all of these. And I’ve sorted through the good-but-not-quite-great options to pare it down to just my favorites. So if you’re looking for the absolute best…