Travel Talk: Playing Shadow Creek

Travel Talk: Playing Shadow Creek

Author: Break 80 Podcast December 13, 2024 Duration: 51:40
This week, The Match returns and it is heading to Las Vegas with a star studded lineup. Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka from LIV will be playing against Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler from the PGA at Shadow Creek. If you haven't heard, Shadow Creek is the most expensive green fee in America and is kind of geared towards high rollers and celebrities when they are in town, but a couple of the Break80 Podcast guys have played it and are here to tell the story. Mike and Tim are joined by Chris Eikenberg, who setup the trip and we will be talking all about our day trip to Las Vegas and playing Shadow Creek. From the limo ride to the course, the service at the course and of course the golf course itself, which is a marvel of engineering, we cover it all for you on this episode of Travel Talk. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and/or YouTube for weekly golf content. To dive even deeper into golf, check out the Break80 Newsletter on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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