Riggs squares Cheddy on lost ball at Internet Invitational
TLDR: Internet Invitational episode 4 brought singles match play, and Riggs vs. Cheddy turned on a lost ball on the final hole that let Riggs square the match while Dave Portnoy cheered for Cheddy within earshot.
Episode 4 dropped Thursday at 1PM Eastern. That same morning on Fore Play, Riggs was already talking about how every ruling in this event gets second-guessed by a few million people at home.
“There's always going to be somebody who's like, they should have done this different. And that's just the nature of the beast.” – Riggs
He was about to be the somebody. This is the singles day at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri, where 64 players are chasing a $4 million purse, and the editors put Riggs vs. Cheddy front and center. The trash talk started on the first greens.
The match came down to the last hole. Cheddy sprayed his drive and couldn't find it. He also couldn't say what ball he was playing. He'd reportedly thrown a Titleist into a pond on 8 and put a TaylorMade in play without marking it or checking the number. Nobody could identify the ball, so Cheddy took a penalty, Riggs won the hole and the match finished square.
That would have been plenty, but the best part happened in the cart. Dave was openly pulling for Cheddy and running his mouth through the whole thing, with no idea Riggs was close enough to hear every word. Golf rules nerds were also quick to point out that the rule for a lost ball calls for stroke-and-distance, which makes this the second ruling of the episode the internet has argued about.
By Friday Dave had moved on to his favorite activity, which is making fun of Riggs. He took aim at Riggs's approach on 18. The hole graphic still had Cheddy 1 up, and the shot went toward a greenside bunker while Riggs chased after it.
If you don’t laugh watching old Riggsy storming after this shot he hit directly into a bunker like he’s Tiger walking down 18 I got nothing for you
Barstool's own guys weren't exactly in Riggs's corner either. On The Yak, Big Cat gave him a compliment that's also a knock: Riggs is a heel, the villain you love to boo, and the show is better with him in it.
Riggs answered like a heel. He didn't argue with the bunker clip at all. He just pointed out the result.
And technically he's right. He won 18, his opponent took the penalty, and he walked off having halved a match he trailed going to the last. Over the weekend the Invitational account kept posting his best moments from the episode, including the putt below.
The rest of the episode had plenty of its own drama. Team White ran away with singles day and led 10-4 at one point, and the Kyle-Salim match had a big finish on 18. It also kicked off the usual weekend argument over what the Invitational is supposed to be. Late Saturday, one fan account doubled down on why it watches.
Yall are idiots. How did you spin my words that direction? I was asking the question to the general internet invitational audience I would rather watch HARDOS than the funny guys. I would rather see all serious golf than comedy. I literally chose the Internet Invitational for that reason.
Episode 4 made that argument for both sides. The golf was real enough that one unmarked TaylorMade swung a match, and the comedy was good enough that the best scene was Dave getting caught talking about Riggs within earshot. Episode 5 drops Monday, and the finale lands Thursday, November 12, which means Riggs gets 2 more episodes to play the bad guy.
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