Author: Sean Ogle

I remember how excited I was when I got my first Galvin Green golf jacket. It was extremely waterproof, cost hundreds of dollars and…looked like a golf jacket. Meaning, if you were to wear it anywhere other than a golf course – you’d probably get laughed at. I did this exactly one time, and just as expected, my wife laughed at me and said “never wear that out to dinner again.” And I haven’t. Why do I tell you this? Because you’d think it wouldn’t be that hard to design a jacket that not only keeps you dry and gives…

For years I’ve used a Gore-Tex Galvin Green rain jacket for my wet rounds on the course, and overall it’s been great. The problem with Galvin Green however is that not only is it very expensive, but the European fit, may not be the best fit for your body. This is especially true if you don’t consider yourself a very athletic person. My rain jacket has been going on 6 years now, so the time has come to try something else. The more research I did, the more intrigued I became with Sun Mountain rain gear. I’ve been familiar with Sun…

The Garmin Fenix 8 is the latest flagship smart watch from Garmin. But it’s not just a smart watch with industry leading fitness and activity tracking: it’s also one of the best golf watches ever made. In fact, it’s just as good as the Garmin Approach S70 in nearly every way. But what are the differences? And can you justify the big price difference? I go through everything in this video. I’ll have a full review of the Fenix 8 for golfers soon. Here’s are my reviews of the Approach S70 and the Epix Gen 2.

Traditionally, if you wanted to get a distance on the golf course, your best bet is to have a laser rangefinder. But there is, of course, another option for getting your distances – and we’re not talking sprinkler heads. Golf watches are the stealthy, practical alternative to rangefinders, and many golfers find them to be preferable. Why? The best golf watches include comfort, performance, simplicity, and even style – and some of them can even cost less than your typical rangefinder. For some golfers, GPS golf watches beat the cumbersome and time-consuming routine of pulling out a rangefinder each time you want…

Whenever a new product category is invented, it will inevitably take a few iterations before things get truly dialed in. When Bushnell released the Wingman in 2020 an entirely new product niche was invented: the golf speaker. Essentially a golf speaker is similar to any other Bluetooth speaker, except there are some specific features it has to cater to golfers: A magnet to easily attach it to a golf cart (or hook to attach smaller models to a golf bag) App compatibility for GPS yardages Audio or visual distances to easily get these yardages. The idea of a golf GPS…

Oregon is home to some of the most diverse golf in the entire country. You have the closest thing to golfing in Scotland when you visit the world-class resort, Bandon Dunes. Travel a few hours to Bend, and you have high desert golf and a collection of some wonderfully unique golf courses and resorts. Then up and down the Willamette Valley, you have a bunch of great parkland layouts. You could make the argument that Oregon is one of the best states for public golf considering it has 5 of the top 100 golf courses in the world – all publicly accessible…

Over the last few years, I’ve reviewed a number of bags from Sunday Golf. Each one of them is solid for what they are, and a good fit for the right person. But if I’m honest, that right person hasn’t necessarily been me. The El Camino is a solid Sunday bag I’ve occasionally used to go to the range with. But the Loma just never quite looked right to me, and the Ryder is a little too small for my tastes, personally. But The Ranger bag is a different story, and is the first Sunday Golf bag that I’d consider…

I’ve reviewed dozens of pairs of golf shoes over the years at Breaking Eighty – many great, and some not so much. Unfortunately, there very literally is no such thing as “one size fits all” when it comes to picking a golf shoe. We’re all looking for something a little bit different when it comes to stability, looks, traction, and price. But hopefully by the end of this post, you’ll have a solid idea of what the best shoe is for you. I’ve personally worn and tested every single one of these shoes over at least 2 18 18-hole rounds…

I have over 100 products come my way each year to review for this site. The ones that get reviewed are generally ones that I’ve found are good enough to recommend. It’s just not worth taking the time to write incredibly critical reviews. But amongst all of those products, there are ones that I like so much, they make it into my regular rotation. Each season I do a “5 products I’m loving” series that represents the stuff I’m actually using myself – regardless of any reviews or this site. The video above shares my 5 favorites for Summer of…

I originally played Trump Turnberry in September 2014. This was before more recent routing and design changes – specifically on holes 9-11. It was about 2pm when we first arrived at Turnberry. I was exhausted, having been traveling for close to 24 hours and not sleeping a wink on either of my plane rides. However none of that mattered as we pulled up to the Links Lodge Bed and Breakfast, which was literally right off the first green of the Ailsa Course at Turnberry. Note: I can’t recommend this place highly enough. The owner Chris was fantastic, and the location…