Internet Invitational 2026 Episode 5: It All Comes Down To This

Episode 4 ended with white's 16 drafted into four teams of four and one team going home that night. It came down to two players for the last place: “Whitney against Jake Adams.”

Jake Adams's tee shot went badly (“I've never seen Jake Adams hit a shot like that”), and Whitney's went the other way and bounced back in off the out-of-bounds side. Adams answered with a wedge his side called the best shot he'd ever hit, and Whitney stood over a par putt: “This putt is to advance.” He made it, and Grant Horvat's team went home.

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“Told you I was making that.” – Ryan Whitney

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There was no draft for Day 3. The committee set the last 12 into four teams of three by ability and took feedback before locking them in: Ryan Ruffels with Marissa Wenzler and The Duke (white); Micah Morris with Bubbie Broders and Justin Gaethje (green); Big John with Ryan Whitney and Salim (red); and Fat Perez with Riggs and Bobby Ray (blue).

The format: nine holes of alternate-shot stroke play at Payne's Valley, the top two teams through, then an 18-hole alternate-shot final for $1.3 million a player.

Before the tee time, Big John found his 58-degree wedge was gone and sent someone running to the other clubhouse to buy one.

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“Lost my 58 degree. I have no idea where it is.” – Big John

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The first hole went three bogeys and a par. Blue got in front and stayed there: one over after six with red, then one over alone with three to play, red at three over and green and white at four.

Salim was the story for red. His side called him “the Dream”, and by the middle of the round: “Seem the dream is the MVP so far today.” White never found it: The Duke topped a chip with a chipper early on, and white were six over going to the last, needing a miracle.

Blue finished two over: “Rigs is through.” That left red and green a shot apart for the other place. Bubbie Broders's putt for green slid by (“Oh, I thought he had it”), which left Salim a putt to go through, a miss meaning a playoff.

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“You were born for this, Dream.”

1:04

He made it. “1.3 million. All right. Red verse blue.” The final is Big John, Ryan Whitney and Salim against Fat Perez, Riggs and Bobby Ray, 18 holes of alternate-shot match play.