For the average person, Georgia is one of the most famous states in golf for one very obvious reason: The Masters. The Masters is played at Augusta National Golf Club every April, and so for one week a year, the entire country focuses on the tournament. And while ANGC is one of the very best (and most exclusive) courses in the world, there’s a lot more to golf in Georgia than that. We’ve now taken 3 golf trips to Georgia, and played close to a dozen courses there – and it’s easily among the best golf states we’ve seen. The…
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.
There’s no shortage of high-end golf bags on the market these days. Whether it’s Vessel, Stitch, Mackenzie, or a Titleist Linksmaster – there are a number of brands with bags well over $300, if not more. I’ve never thought of Sun Mountain as a “luxury” golf brand, but they’ve always made very high-quality products. From their push carts, rain gear, to their excellent golf bags – you can expect quality. However, with their latest release, the Mid Stripe bag, they’re taking cues from the brand’s heritage and aiming squarely at other high-end bag manufacturers. The second I saw this bag,…
It’s only natural that the more you fall in love with golf, the more you begin to begin to get curious about what it would be like to play at some of the sport’s most iconic venues. Pebble Beach, Winged Foot, TPC Sawgrass – just to name a few of the most visible courses out there. But tucked away in a beautiful little corner of the Pacific Northwest resides a course not known for its PGA Tour pedigree, or for its impenetrability to the average golfer, but rather for one unique trait: the floating green. Even those who aren’t diehard…
November 2022 Update: If you’re interested in the iON 2 watch, check out the Bushnell iON Edge, which is the newest version of this watch. You might also consider the Bushnell iON Elite which is Bushnell’s best GPS watch. These days there are no shortage of ways to measure distance on a golf course. You’ve got traditional rangefinders, smartphone apps, standalone GPS units, course markers – and of course, you’ve got GPS golf watches. It’s tough to say any one is better than any other, because frankly, it all comes down to personal preference and what you want for your…
I thought my golf season was over for the year – or at least the quest for top 100 courses. That is until I got an email inviting me to a business conference in Charlotte, North Carolina in October. It’d prove to be easy to tack onto the end of my trip to New York City, so I figured why not. Of course, that easy two days quickly devolved into a full week after I realized that Pinehurst was a short 2 hour drive from where I’d be staying. Simply put Pinehurst #2 is one of the most famous and…
We all have our list of bucket list courses. For most if not all of us, that includes some very obvious places like Pine Valley, Augusta National, Cypress Point and so on. But once you get out of the top 10 or 20 courses in the world, everyone’s personal golf bucket list tends to diverge a bit. All of a sudden the courses you want to play tend to have less to do with prestige, and more to do with your personal preferences, geographic history, and the style of golf you enjoy most. For instance, I’ve always loved mountain golf…
A few years ago the thought of going to Las Vegas and staying in a hotel without a casino, would seem ridiculous to me. In my 20s and early 30s, the whole reason to go to Vegas is to drink, gamble, and go to clubs that never quite lived up to expectations. So the idea of staying at a place that didn’t have a casino? Honestly, the thought never even crossed my mind. Now, at the ripe old age of 37, I have a greater appreciation for peace and quiet. And, luxury. Gone are the days of finding the $39 dollar-a-night room at Circus,…
This review was originally published in February 2021, and has been updated in October 2022 to give a long term update on my experience using the bag. There are golf bags, and then there are golf bags. And from the second I laid eyes on the Vessel Player III, I could tell this was the latter. I’ve been fortunate through Breaking Eighty to get hands on with dozens of golf bags over the years, and the more you see and the more you golf, you begin to realize just how personal a golf bag is. Everyone golfs differently. Some people only…
Updated in October 2022 to make sure information and pricing is up to date. Quick question for you: how much of your practice time do you actually feel like you know what you’re doing? For me when I’m on the range, I usually have one swing thought I’m working on, but it’s highly debatable as to whether or not that thought is actually the proper way to be doing something. But the reality is, most of us are clueless when we practice. And that is one of the problems that Blast Motion’s Golf Sensor sets out to solve, and it…
Part of the fun of having a quest like visiting the top golf courses in the world, or the top 100 bars in the world, are the cool and unique hotels you get to stay at on the journey. Trust me, it’s a lot easier to work off that hangover or recover from 36 hole days in a nice hotel than it is in a Motel 6. If you were making a list of the most iconic hotels around the world, you couldn’t have a proper list without the Park Hyatt Tokyo. Located on the top floors of the Shinjuku…