Fore Play takes on Bayonne Golf Club with Francis

Before anybody hits a shot, the course is the star. Bayonne sits right on the harbor, and the drone work makes sure you know it.

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This is a special one… 18 holes at NYC’s most exclusive golf course, the iconic Bayonne Golf Club. Francis takes Frankie & Trent out for the first-ever YouTube Golf video at his home course. Can the boys break a combined score of 265? @drinksuncruiser

The boys had been hyping this one for a while. On Fore Play Episode 905 on Monday, Frankie Borrelli called it one of their favorite videos they've ever filmed and said it took them right back to the Ireland trip series. He also explained why it's a big deal: Francis has been a member there for a couple of years, and that's the only reason the club let cameras in at all.

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“Bayonne, we're the first people to ever film a YouTube video of Bayonne.” – Frankie Borrelli

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The Ireland comparison makes sense once you know where the place came from. Developer Eric Bergstol designed Bayonne himself and built it on roughly 150 acres of old industrial landfill, shaping it into his take on an Irish links course. It opened in June 2006. So yes, technically it's New Jersey. Fore Play's own promo still calls it "NYC's most exclusive golf course," and the whole time you're looking at the Manhattan skyline across the harbor. You can see why they're rounding up.

Then the actual golf. The format was simple: Francis, Frankie and Trent all count, and the target was a combined 265. Frankie got them going early by rolling in a birdie putt, and the whole group lost it on the green.

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FRANKIE. EARLY BIRD AT BAYONNE! Presented by @Chevrolet

Golf being golf, the good feeling didn't last. Later that afternoon Fore Play posted the other side of it: a birdie followed right away by a quintuple bogey. Their account called it "an absolute CATASTROPHE" and added a skull emoji, so you can guess how much sympathy the guilty party is getting from the group chat.

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An absolute CATASTROPHE… the post-birdie Quint 💀

So did they break 265? Not telling you. That's the whole point of the video, and a birdie followed by a quint is exactly the kind of swing that decides a combined-score chase. What we do know is that Fore Play just got cameras into a club that had never let anyone film a YouTube round there. It's on their YouTube channel now, and it's a strong opener for what's apparently a busy stretch of course videos.