The Internet Invitational 2025
Besides the duke, who are the trash golfers you want to remove?
so I will likely be an outlier among those who watched it. I loved the videos Wes Bryan was in. He is both good at golf and entertaining as a personality.
I also watched the second one because George Bryan and Chazzy were an incredibly entertaining team.
The third video I had on and paid less attention to because they did not pair George and Chazzy who play off each other well and I felt both were less entertaining for it...George can be a bit whiny without Chaz and Chazzy, while correct on the water ball moving ruling,. came across petty...
the fourth one, there was not a single golfer left whose personality I cared about. Dalke seems like a good dude but a bit bland. Malosi...never need to see that club-throwing, corner cutting cheesehead again.
All this to say...I actually kind of liked their mix of talent but I would love if they added like...Divot Dudes, maybe Not a Random Golfer, couple like that... and featured a mix of the chirps and golf. If they go pure entertainment a la good good, they lose a portion of their audience, they go pure golf they lose another...having something for everyone feels smart and sadly, the old phrase "controversy creates cash" is true so even some of the absolute tools like DOD king and Micah have a place...
I might take Micah up a notch, he actually came off pretty well in this one in my opinion. Usually can't stand him.
Still not watching.
it'd be interesting to see the impact for Big Cedar too. i know while we watched, my son kept saying how much he wants to play there now. (in between ear-muffing him through the frequent f-bombs) great exposure for those courses, especially the debut of the Cliffhangers par 3 course. i'm sure there's plenty of people today saying "we gotta go play there." i wonder what that will translate to in reservations.
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I've wanted to play Big Cedar for as long as I can remember. That video (and a few others) have only increased that want
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i'm kinda surprised how many people are praising paige's play. no doubt she hit some good shots, but it seemed to me when the pressure was the highest, she completely folded. frankie is going to kick himself for the putt on 17 and the chip on 18, but she put him in both those spots with poor play.
I thought the same thing. I'm not saying she's not good but I wouldn't say great like I would about Brad.
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I think Portnoy would invite him back BECAUSE of the cheating accusations.... just to stir the pot. That's what he does.
I think Marissa and Alexis would wipe the floor with Paige. They didn't have the best female golfers but they had the best female content creators.
Didn't paige play D1 and pro?
Paige was a good D1 player. Played mini tours. Very accomplished golfer. Same resume as Marissa and Alexis. I said what I said.
I watched the last shot over and Frankie never had a chance to make a good stroke. His practicing swings had him breaking his wrists and not a good motion for the pitch shot he needed . That was always going to be bladed across the green
Just in case. 
If Dalke had anyone other than beef as a 3rd they boat race them.
That said, smart on him to go after Beef knowing they’d need his skills to save a hole or keep the ship steady
If ever there was a time to putt with a wood or hybrid
He was so tense, completely in his head and anxious to hit that shot.. Paige asked him to walk up to the green to check out the slope and get a good read and he refused. He needed that to slow down, relax and loosen things up mentally. That tension and anxiety basically manifested in his swing and the blade across the green. Obviously much easier to analyze in hindsight.. haha
Thinking to the next tournament, I think that the proper way to make teams is to have the players seeded based on ability, at least for the final round or two. Otherwise, the entirety of the tournament is basically up to the ability to agree on what constitutes "fair" teams.
Marissa hits the ball a good bit longer than Paige from some of the golf I’ve watched.
She completely set this thing up for her to win. She took over the pairings and started talking about what was fair and all of that you could see where she was angling. When it was all said and done, I thought she got the short end of the stick, but Malosi carried them away further than I thought he would
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Paige was a pretty solid golfer and it's no secret, she said herself has said that she struggled with the mental aspect of the game and the pressures of Pro golf. I'm sure playing in an event, for a share of 1 Million bucks, tended to bring some of those old pressures and feels back when getting down to the wire, especially being the only woman playing with and against a bunch of guys.
I did notice, earlier on in the competition(s), when the larger groups of teams were being selected and pairings were being made, she seemed to have a lot of input and there was a fair amount of deferring to her choices. So... i guess there must be a decent level of respect for her out there among the YouTuber's
They had a committee on site of people that were not in the tournament that was there for this exact task. The participants in real time vetoed that idea and wanted to decide amongst themselves instead
Frankie has a well documented history of blading wedges. While Portnoy is always a dick I did think it was extra douchey of him to put that in Frankie’s head on the final tee box.
They're more interested in creating drama and controversy with the picks than creating fairness. The more they can make it like Jerry Springer, the more views and engagement they get.