Author: Sean Ogle

Grab Adidas Ultimate Golf Shorts on Amazon You’ve gotta hand it to Adidas lately, they’ve really been stepping up their golf game. Watching the Masters earlier this month, I couldn’t help but cringe every time they showed Jordan Spieth in his super basic, and at times ugly (did you see those shoes?) Under Armor gear. Nike is stepping it up, Rory looked a heck of a lot better than he played – but I’ve always been a huge fan of their stuff. However, the biggest surprise over the last year for me has been Adidas. Jason Day looks awesome, and their boost golf…

Even though the name of this site is “breaking eighty” this is the one post I never thought I’d write. Why? Because during the rare occasions I have broken 80 since starting back in 2013 (it’s happened 4 times now), I never felt like I was a good enough golfer to actually give advice on how to do it. I just chalked it up to a fluke. However last week, that changed a bit when I played the best round of my life. Note: I’m just using iphone/Instagram photos for this post. At some point I’ll do a proper review…

Grab the Taylormade M2 fairway wood on Amazon here. I was sitting in the 11th fairway of the Witch Hollow golf course in Portland, Oregon when I found myself wondering “is this Taylormade M2 3 wood really all it’s cracked up to be?” I was about 245 out, and with my old Nike VR 3 wood, I’d usually hit it about 220 under good conditions, sometimes farther if I really connect. I’d played a few rounds with the Taylormade M2 and spent some time with it on the range, and so far had been really impressed. But this would be the…

Over the last couple years my good friend Dan Jarvis has traveled all over the world to play golf with me. He’s the one guy I can call up on a moments notice and say “hey, wanna go to Scotland in 10 days?” And his response will be “just tell me when and where and I’ll book the car and hotels.” So needless to say throughout our time traveling all over the place, we’ve developed our fair share of inside jokes. One of the most common recurring ones is the story of the world’s best pair of golf pants. It…

For the last three or so years I’ve been rocking a Nike SQ golf bag. It was a mediocre bag when I got it, and it’s even more mediocre compared to what’s out there today. It also may be the most universally hated bag by caddies around the globe due to hits extremely heavy weight. I know this, because I’ve had no less than three of them tell me that. So, as a self-respecting (well usually), golf blogger, I knew the time had come to make some changes. While there are a ton of different bag companies out there, my…

For the last year or so, I’ve been playing without a rangefinder in my bag. On numerous occasions people in my group have asked me to shoot a distance, only to hear me say, “sorry, I can’t!” “But you’re a golf blogger! How on earth can you not have a rangefinder?” To be honest, I’m not entirely sure why this is the case, but recently I set out to make a change. My selection? The Golf Buddy LR5s. I knew Golf Buddy as more of a GPS and wearable’s company, but I was intrigued by the LR5S for it’s slope capabilities, compact…

This was one of my first takes on my favorite courses that I’ve played. It was published as our 2015 list, and it should be stated that this was a list of my personal favorite courses I’d played at the time – and is not a list of what I think the best courses are. See our latest top 100 list for a full breakdown of how I rank courses. The Breaking Eighty Top 50 Courses in the World 2015 #50: Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek) – Portland, Oregon The public side of the 36 hole property, Ghost Creek is one of those courses I…

Earlier this year I was playing at the Cal Club in San Francisco. Within a few holes, I began to notice the swing of the guy I was playing with. It’s tough to describe, but every single shot he hit had that perfect look and sound. It was like the difference between watching an amateur and a pro or plus handicap. But here’s the thing, just a few months prior, he was a 15 handicap – hardly a pro golfer, yet he had a swing that would have made me assume he was scratch. When I played with him he had…

Been awhile since you’ve seen a course review from me, hasn’t it? Well, I had this minor detail of getting married to attend to – so I apologize for the delay – especially considering I have some great stories to tell. You may have seen a post last month about my first of two golf trips this past June. What I haven’t talked much about was the second trip. It all started in May when I received an email from the PR person for General Motors. It read something like: “Hi Sean, We have a bunch of fleet vehicles we…

I first heard of Nice Shot golf gloves when I was at the PGA show this past January. There was a bit of a buzz around the company due to their somewhat edgy concept of having their “nice shot” logo emblazoned on the middle finger of their gloves. I didn’t get a chance to talk to them, and frankly found the concept kind of gimmicky, so I didn’t think much of it. Then a few months ago they reached out and asked if they could send over a glove. I figured I’d give it a shot and went out to…