Big John sinks another clutch putt at Internet Invitational

On day 1 he was the guy who ended Team Finch. On day 2, he went and did it again.

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Big John is BUILT DIFFERENT. Clutch putts to advance his team in BACK TO BACK days

Quick refresher on how we got here. The first one came on day 1 at Ozarks National: a sudden-death playoff against Team Finch, Grant Horvat picking it clean out of a greenside bunker, and Big John cleaning up with the birdie putt that sent Ryan Ruffels' Team White through. One putt took him from guy in the field to the breakout story of the whole event. Now the replay angles are calling this one his second tournament-advancing make in 2 days. The clip cuts to the celebration before you see the ball drop, so take the exact stakes from the tweet, but the reaction on that green tells you it mattered.

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“It's just Big John, he just hits bombs down the middle and makes putts.” – Kevin Kisner

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That's pretty much his whole scouting report, and the Fore Play guys have been on the Big John train since the first putt. The Nov. 5 episode was basically a Big John appreciation hour: everybody calling him the sweetest kid alive, and one host admitting he got sent home by Big John for the second year running and still can't get enough of him. Day 2 at Buffalo Ridge just gave them more to talk about. Per the event recaps, he also won a point in the morning scramble with Fat Perez and another in afternoon singles.

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“Big John's probably not getting invited to the Internet Invitational.”

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That line from the Episode 1 cold open has aged like milk. The 2026 field was 64 golfers split into 4 teams of 16, all chasing a $4 million purse, and filmed back in August at Big Cedar Lodge. The guy who supposedly wasn't getting invited has now holed the big putt on back-to-back days.

Next up is the series finale, set for Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube, with Team White still alive. Whatever happens, Big John has already turned a creator golf event into his own little highlight package. If it comes down to a putt again, everybody already knows who they want standing over it.