Author: Sean Ogle

Wow, it’s been a few months since I’ve done a proper course review. Unfortunately with summer obligations, a conference for 3,000 people, a wedding to plan, and a business to run – my time has been (and will continue to be) relatively limited to put together the full course reviews. That said June has probably been the best month of golf I’ve ever had. I realized I hadn’t made much progress in my Top 100 goals over the past 6 months – so I went all out and planned two trips nearly back to back. I was going to write about…

I’m not going to lie, up until my trip to Scotland last fall, I’d only heard of Galvin Green in passing – and I thought it was some stodgy golf brand geared towards guys more than twice my age. However, on my trip I was visiting some of the most historic golf courses in the world, and they all seemed to have one thing in common: They all carried excessive amounts of Galvin Green in their pro shops. So here I am in the most storied places in golf, which also happen to be some of the wettest and windiest places…

At this year’s PGA show in January I had the pleasure of meeting Alex Holderness and John Bourne for the first time in person. We met through mutual friend, Al Vikmanis (founder of the fantastic Round 4 Putters), and I could tell immediately that I liked the guys. One of my goals here at Breaking Eighty is not just to highlight cool tech products or review top courses – but it’s also to help you find the best new golf products on the market. And the latest golf polos from Holderness and Bourne completely fit that bill. I’ve been talking about these guys…

Well it’s been a minute since I’ve done a proper Top 100 review of any kind. Honestly, things have picked up on the business front, and it’s kept me from spending the 4+ hours it takes to edit photos and get one of these up. However, I really enjoy doing them, so this marks my effort to get back into doing it. Last October I was at a conference in Charlotte, so naturally being this close to Pinehurst I had to take a few extra days and take a little golf trip, right?! Over the course of 4 days I…

Check out Optishot 2 on Amazon In this Optishot 2 review, I give my hands on opinion of whether or not Optishot really is the best golf simulator on the market at this price point. I don’t know about you, but for me, I feel like one of the coolest things for any golfer to have is an at home simulator in their living room or man cave. You watch Michael Breed on Morning Drive, and you’re just like, “man that looks cool! I want one of those!” Especially those of you on the east coast right now. An indoor simulator is…

This is my hands on review of the Adidas Adipower Boost Golf Shoe… — Last week I was in Vail, Colorado on a ski trip and got a phone call from my girlfriend. “A package arrived for you.” I had a feeling I knew what it was, but I told her to open it and sure enough it was my brand new Adipower Adidas Boost golf shoes. “It’s a pair of Adidas golf shoes. I hate to say it, but they look really cool!” She works for Nike.. Adidas Boost Golf Looks After returning from my trip, I opened up…

Man, it’s been awhile since I’ve done a proper course write up – but after playing Waverley Country Club for the second time, I realized it was time to change that. For the past few months I’ve been all over the place doing work for my main business, and aside from a week at Bandon – haven’t done a whole lot of golf travel. Gonna need to make up for that later this year. So with nearly a dozen Top 100 Courses that I’ve played and still need to do a write up on, why on Earth would I be…

At this year’s PGA show I was kind of surprised, it wasn’t the new tech or gadgets that totally blew me away this year. Rather, it was a couple boutique, American made, lines of mens clothing: Holderness & Bourne and Mizzen + Main. I wrote about Holderness & Bourne’s beautiful Byers duffel bag a couple months ago, but their new shirts may even top that. However, that’s not the point of this article. As I was walking the floor I stumbled across a company I’d never heard of before called Mizzen + Main.  As I was perusing their collection of…

Before I go too far into this story, there’s one thing you have to understand. The last time I went down to Bandon Dunes was in February of 2014. This is what ensued: So my friends thought I was a little crazy when I scheduled another winter trip to Bandon. This time it was for 5 days in early January. What many people who aren’t from Oregon don’t understand is it can be 65 degrees and sunny at Bandon in January just as easily as it can be 40 or rainy in July. It’s just the way the Oregon coast works. I…

Up until recently I’ve never been a good enough golfer to take my gear that seriously. I was an 18ish handicap, who played once a month, and really believed my clubs didn’t make that much of a difference. That has changed this year, as I’m sitting on 100 rounds year to date, and my handicap has dropped to around a 10. Slowly but surely I’ve come to the realization that an upgrade in my clubs was going to be necessary across the board if I wanted to continue to make strides in my game. One of the most crucial things I needed was…