Internet Invitational 2026 Episode 3: Winners and Losers

Updated on: November 2, 2026 • ~13 min read

Author: Graeme

Team Ruffels won the morning of day two at the Internet Invitational 6 to 2.

On the scoreboard, Episode 3 was a rout.

However, the best story of the episode came from the team that got rolled over.

Two down with four to play, against the pair the Vegas lines had as favourites, Bob Does Sports and Wesley Bryan came back to win, and Bob called it the time of his life.

In this article, I'll cover how day two was set up, including the Kevin Kisner shot and the $50,000 ninth hole, then every match, and then the real winners and losers, judged on what the morning did for each player's channel and standing in YouTube golf rather than on the scoreboard.

About the author: Graeme Whiles is the founder of Three Putt Golf Clothing and plays off 12.4 in West Yorkshire. He has tested and reviewed more than 100 golf clothing brands on this journal, including several you'll see at the Internet Invitational.

Short on time? Here are the key takeaways:

• The score: Team Ruffels (White) won the morning scramble 6 to 2 against Team Bryan (Green), so they need 6½ of the 16 singles points in Episode 4.
• Biggest winners: Bob Does Sports and Wesley Bryan, who came from two down to beat Ryan Ruffels and Riggs.
• The money: the $50,000 ninth hole rolled over three times, so Paige Spiranac's putt was worth $200,000, or $25,000 each for eight White players.
• Smartest move: Jon Gruden let Green use its Kevin Kisner shot first, then called Kisner himself once he knew the right club.
• Biggest loser: PFT Commenter, who has now lost all three of his matches.

In this article:

• How day two was set up
• The Kisner shot and the $50,000 ninth
• Episode 3, match by match
• Episode 3 winners
• Episode 3 losers
• Internet Invitational FAQs

How Day Two Was Set Up

The Internet Invitational is the Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports knockout series, filmed at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri, with 64 players playing for a $4 million prize.

Two teams of 16 survived day one: Team Ruffels in white and Team Bryan in green.

Both were offered a redraft before day two, and both turned it down. "I want to keep my team," came the answer from one side.

Day two is two sessions:

• Morning (Episode 3): nine holes of two-person scramble, eight matches.
• Afternoon (Episode 4): 16 singles matches.
• Scoring: a point per match and a half each for a tie, so 24 points in all, and the first team to 12½ goes through.

This time, each team picked its own pairs and handed them to the committee, who matched them up. "You're not picking who you're playing," the players were told.

After the shouting match over pairings in Episode 2, this one took minutes. "No appeals," someone noted, and the committee reckoned it was "the least amount of arguing of all time".

Several groups also started their round with two claps and a "woo" for Cody "Beef" Franke, one of last year's champions, who died in October 2025. His family now runs the Cody "Beef" Franke Foundation for Golf in his name.

If you missed day one, start with our Episode 1 winners and losers, which explains the draft, the format and who wears what.

Episode 3 runs to three hours and 49 minutes on the Fore Play Golf channel.

The Kisner Shot and the $50,000 Ninth

Day two came with two new twists.

The Kisner shot: each team could call on Kevin Kisner, the former PGA Tour winner on the committee, to play one shot of its choice in the session, from a drive to a putt. The only hole he couldn't play was the 9th.

The $50,000 ninth: every group played the 9th, even if its match was already over.

Win the hole and you and your partner took $25,000 each.

Tie it, and the money rolled over to the next group, who were then playing for you as well. If they won it, everyone from their team in the tied groups got $25,000.

Hence the episode's title: "The Prize Gets Even Bigger".

Episode 3, Match by Match

The matches went out in this order, with White's pair first:

• Bobby Ray and The Duke v Cheddy and Kyle Forgeard: White won 3 and 2, and then the Duke holed the putt to win the 9th.
• Jon Gruden and Salim v PFT Commenter and Callux: White won 3 and 1, after the Kisner shot on the par-3 7th put them dormie.
• Ryan Whitney and Micah Morris v Claire Hogle and Sam Heung Min: halved, and neither side led at any point. "We never went up or down," one of them said.
• Grant Horvat and Justin Gaethje v Seb Carmichael-Brown and Cole Lantz: halved. Cole hit it to two feet for eagle on the 8th to square it, and both pairs birdied the 9th.
• Paige Spiranac and Jake Adams v Sabrina Andolpho and Mac Boucher: White won 1 up, with Paige's putt on the 9th.
• Bubbie Broders and Marissa Wenzler v Tisha Alyn and Evan Thompson: White won on the 9th, after going into it 1 up.
• Big John and Fat Perez v George Bryan and Chaz Bowker: White won, closing it out on the 8th.
• Ryan Ruffels and Riggs v Robby "Bob" Berger and Wesley Bryan: Green won 1 up, from two down.

That's 6 to 2 to Team Ruffels.

Green's only full point came from the last group out, and its two halves came from the third and fourth.

Episode 3 Winners

Bob Does Sports and Wesley Bryan

Before they teed off, Bob had seen the Vegas lines.

Ryan Ruffels and Riggs were the favourites, and Bob admitted Riggs was "probably a better player than me".

For five holes, the bookies looked right.

One of Bob's chips hit their own cart and couldn't be used, and the next one pinballed around "like Plinko". Wesley reckoned they were about three over par in a scramble, and told Bob it wasn't his fault.

Then Kevin Kisner turned up to give them grief: a bogey in a scramble, "with a PGA Tour winner on your team".

He called the pair "the worst and the best".

Two down with four to play, they won the next three holes.

Bob holed the putts that mattered, and one of his tee shots was called "the shot of your golf career".

Green won the match 1 up, its only full point of the morning.

"That was the time of my life," Bob told Wesley afterwards. "It was the most stressful time of my life, but the time of my life."

Bob Does Sports co-hosts this whole event, and nothing sells a channel like its founder winning as the underdog.

Who dresses them: Bob wears Breezy, the brand the Bob Does Sports crew built themselves (here's our Breezy review), and Wesley Bryan is sponsored by Rhoback (our Rhoback review).

Jon Gruden

The best bit of strategy all morning came from the only Super Bowl-winning coach in the field.

On the par-3 7th, 158 yards into the wind, Green used its Kisner shot first. Kisner took a 9-iron and came up short.

So Gruden called Kisner too.

"Well, now that you know the club, we want you to hit for us, too," as Kisner told it afterwards. He switched to an 8-iron, hit it to 12 feet, and White won the hole to go dormie.

Just before that, Gruden had tried for a "gentleman's agreement" to leave Kisner out of it altogether. "That's a smart thing to say when you're one up," came the reply.

White won 3 and 1, and his 24-year-old partner Salim hit what Gruden called "the biggest shot of your golfing career".

When Green then tried to talk them into throwing the 8th so the 9th would be played for $50,000, the answer was "I'm picking team". It wasn't a real offer anyway: everyone played the 9th.

He also met Callux, who had to check which football Gruden meant ("I thought we were talking about real football"), and asked Salim what a vape was, before telling him to quit it.

After the wrong-ball penalty in Episode 2, that's a good morning's work for the man the Gruden rule was named after.

Who dresses them: Gruden has his own "Coach Gruden" merch with Barstool, including a Peter Millar polo (here's our Peter Millar review). I couldn't confirm a clothing deal for Salim.

Kevin Kisner

The most valuable player of the morning didn't even have a match.

His one shot for Green came up short. His one shot for White set up the hole that put Gruden's pair dormie. "I feel kind of bad for PFT," he said.

Then he spent the closing holes roasting Bob and Wesley, and they spent the cart ride home talking about going to find him.

The Duke had been calling him Kenny since day one, and he never corrected him.

On a course full of players, the most talked-about golfer of the morning was on the committee.

Who dresses him: I couldn't confirm a current clothing deal for Kisner, although he wore Peter Millar on tour (here's our Peter Millar review).

Paige Spiranac and Jake Adams

The ninth-hole money rolled over three groups in a row.

Gruden's group tied it, Whitney's group tied it, and Horvat's group both birdied it.

So when Paige and Jake reached the 9th all square with Sabrina and Mac, the hole was worth $200,000.

Jake hit an 8-iron that nearly went in ("Shot of his life right there"), and Paige holed the putt.

That was a full point for White and $25,000 each for eight White players, from Gruden and Salim to Horvat and Gaethje. "Everybody in white has 25 G so far," as one of them put it.

Paige has been part of the Internet Invitational since year one, when she reached the final. Holing the putt that paid seven other players is the kind of clip that follows her for a long time.

Who dresses them: I couldn't confirm a current clothing deal for Paige. Jake Adams wears his own brand: Country Club Adjacent, the golf comedy channel he started, sells its own golf clothing.

The Duke and Bobby Ray

Bobby Ray had a rough day one: the row with Short Game King in Episode 1, then the wrong-ball penalty with Gruden in Episode 2.

Day two went much better.

He hit it straight all morning, so straight that one team-mate joked he was taking on Cheddy and Kyle on his own.

The Duke, a cigarette never far away and still calling Kisner "Kenny", kept him company, and they closed the match out on the 7th.

Then Bobby Ray hit it close on the 9th and the Duke holed the putt. "Dookie, for 25 grand for yourself," someone said as he stood over it.

It went in, and they took $25,000 each.

Who dresses them: The Duke wears his own Planet Duketown merch, which even includes a "Duke Costume" of his on-course look: a khaki visor, khaki shorts, a white tee and a durag. Bobby Ray lists himself as a Druids partner (here's our Druids review).

Big John and Fat Perez

When the pairings came out, one of their own team called George Bryan and Chaz Bowker "basically unbeatable".

Big John and FP beat them on the 8th.

The night before, Big John rang Doug at Reaper Golf, the putter brand he uses, and handed the phone to Ruffels to pitch for a share of the company after Big John's putt in Episode 2. "Big John needs equity today," Ruffels told him, and the ask, apparently, was 51%. Someone called it "the worst sales pitch of all time".

FP had his own moment off the course. When an eliminated Garrett Clark ordered Taco Bell for himself and nobody else, FP "came over the top" with 10 hard tacos, 10 soft tacos, five Crunchwraps and four Chalupas for the group.

On the course, his putting got the review every golfer wants: "There's no one that rolls it quite like FP."

Who dresses them: Big John still has no clothing deal that I can find, just a putter partnership with Reaper Golf. Fat Perez wears Breezy, the Bob Does Sports crew's own brand (here's our Breezy review).

Episode 3 Losers

PFT Commenter

Year one made PFT a star.

Year two has gone the other way: he and Callux have now lost all three of their matches.

On the 7th, his side used the Kisner shot first, watched it come up short, and then watched Kisner find the green for the other team with the club they'd just found out was right.

On the 8th, the Green pair tried to talk Gruden and Salim into throwing the hole for the money. "I almost had him," was the verdict when it didn't work.

Callux played well, for what it's worth. Someone in the group reckoned he'd hit some of the greatest shots in the history of the British Empire. A bit far in my opinion, but the guy gave it a good go.

However, three losses from three is a hard run for one of Barstool's biggest names, on Barstool's own show.

Who dresses them: PFT wears his own Pardon My Take merch from Barstool rather than a golf brand (here's our Barstool review). Callux's YouTube channel, Big Wedge, has its own clothing brand (our Big Wedge review).

Ryan Ruffels and Riggs

As a captain, Ruffels had a great morning. His team won 6 to 2.

As a player, he didn't.

He and Riggs were the favourites, two up with four to play, and they lost the next three holes and the match. "That went south pretty quickly," as someone in the group put it.

By the time the news reached the group ahead, the verdict was blunt: "Riggs and Ruffels are choking."

To be fair to them, the Green pair were generous about their opponents. Ruffels offered to let Bob hit first at one point, and Bob assumed it was mind games, until he realised Ruffels was just being nice. "Riggs and Ruffels were great playing partners," one of them said afterwards.

Who dresses them: Ruffels is sponsored by Malbon (here's our Malbon review). Riggs wears Barstool's own Fore Play golf range, which has included adidas co-branded pieces since January 2026 (our Barstool review and adidas review).

Kyle Forgeard and Cheddy

Cheddy and Kyle won their first match together, in Episode 1. They've lost both since.

In Episode 2, they lost 3 and 2 and Cheddy bent his putter.

In Episode 3, they were beaten by Bobby Ray and the Duke, and then had to watch the Duke hole a $25,000 putt over them on the 9th.

"Can't get worse for me and Cheddy today," Kyle said.

Still not as bad as that time you interviewed Netenyahu, Kyle.

Who dresses them: Kyle wears Full Send, the clothing brand of the NELK channel he co-founded, which has its own Full Send Golf range of polos, hats and quarter-zips. I couldn't find a clothing deal for Cheddy.

George Bryan and Chaz Bowker

Being called unbeatable by the other team is a compliment until you lose.

George Bryan and Chaz Bowker went out seventh, against Big John and FP, and were beaten on the 8th, with Chazzy's last putt for the match coming up short.

They took it well. "I like seeing some good golf," one of them told George. "You respect good golf."

That's a good look, even in defeat.

However, in a session where Green needed its strongest pairs to win, its supposedly unbeatable one didn't.

Who dresses them: George Bryan is sponsored by Rhoback, and Chaz Bowker tags Rhoback in his YouTube bio as well, alongside his Callaway equipment deal (here's our Rhoback review).

Final Thoughts

Episode 3 had less shouting than the first two episodes, and a more lopsided score.

The people who came out of it best are the ones who made something happen: Bob and Wesley's comeback, Gruden's Kisner play and Paige's $200,000 putt.

The worst mornings belonged to the people who had their moment taken away from them, from PFT's Kisner shot to Ruffels and Riggs' two-hole lead.

Team Ruffels needs 6½ points from the 16 singles matches in Episode 4, out on Thursday, November 5, at 1pm ET (6pm UK). Team Bryan needs 10½.

If Bob and Wesley are anything to go by, it won't be as one-sided as 6 to 2 sounds.

And if you're watching the singles in a hoodie, make it a heavyweight one.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Internet Invitational Episode 3

Who won Internet Invitational Episode 3?

Team Ruffels (White) won the morning scramble of day two 6 to 2 against Team Bryan (Green). White won five matches and halved two. Green's only win came from Bob Does Sports and Wesley Bryan, who came from two down to beat Ryan Ruffels and Riggs 1 up. Nobody was eliminated, because the 16 singles matches in Episode 4 decide which team goes through.

What is the Kisner shot at the Internet Invitational?

On day two, each team could call on former PGA Tour winner Kevin Kisner, who sits on the committee, to play one shot of its choice per session, on any hole except the 9th. In Episode 3, Green used him on the par-3 7th and he came up short with a 9-iron. White then used him on the same hole, and his 8-iron finished 12 feet away.

What was the $50,000 ninth hole at the Internet Invitational?

Every group played the 9th hole for $50,000, or $25,000 per player, even if its match was already over. A tie rolled the money over to the next group. After three tied holes in a row, Paige Spiranac's winning putt was worth $200,000, shared at $25,000 each between eight White players, including Jon Gruden, Grant Horvat and Justin Gaethje.

What is the score in the Internet Invitational after Episode 3?

Team Ruffels lead Team Bryan 6 to 2 after the morning of day two. There are 24 points on the day, so the first team to 12½ goes through. That means Team Ruffels need 6½ of the 16 singles points in Episode 4, while Wesley Bryan's team needs 10½ of them, which would take the biggest comeback of the series so far.

When is Internet Invitational Episode 4?

Episode 4 of the 2026 Internet Invitational is out on Thursday, November 5, at 1pm ET (6pm UK), with the 16 singles matches that finish day two. Episodes 5 and 6 follow on November 9 and November 12, also at 1pm ET. The episodes go out on the Fore Play Golf and Bob Does Sports YouTube channels.

Who is still in the Internet Invitational?

All 32 players from Team Ruffels and Team Bryan are still in after Episode 3, because the morning scramble didn't eliminate anyone. That includes the two captains, Ryan Ruffels and Wesley Bryan, plus Grant Horvat, Paige Spiranac, Big John, Bob Does Sports, George Bryan, Jon Gruden and PFT Commenter. One of the two teams goes home after Episode 4.