I’d recommend checking out the Internet Invitational, a 48-player golf tournament that’s now down to the final six after the most recent episode. The event is run by Barstool Sports and promoted by Bob Does Sports, along with several other golf influencers and personalities.
For context, my familiarity with this scene was limited – I’d seen a few Fore Play events, knew of Spittin’ Chiclets, but had never really watched Bob Does Sports or Good Good. I recognized names like the Bryan Brothers and Rick Shiels, but hadn’t followed their content before. This was actually the first time I’ve watched full-length golf content on YouTube, and I have to say – I’m impressed.
I’ve been watching the series at 1.25x speed – it runs a bit long – but I’ve got to give huge credit to the Barstool video editors. These guys are absolute pros and deserve major recognition after this event. Six episodes feels like the perfect length, and aside from losing a few of the stronger influencers early on, I’ve enjoyed nearly every aspect of the production.
Here are a few of my takeaways from what I’ve seen so far:
- A couple of the female personalities have been posting tweets that felt unnecessary. Paige apologized for coming across like a bitch and Lacey was said that she sucked. Just own your presence and stop making excuses for how you come across. Confidence always plays better. Honestly, I thought both of them were perfectly fine throughout the series.
- Riggs seems like a fine dude, but he’s not a good golfer. It’s unfortunate that he’s the main face of Foreplay because he won’t get much better. He chicken wings his driver. A guy like Francis is a waaaay better golfer and entertainer. Not sure how to attack that from Foreplay’s side.
- Frankie getting excited is the opposite of Grant. He knows he needs to put on a bit of a show but he comes across as unauthentic. The added benefit of Dave constantly getting on him choking is fun all the time.
- Watching Beef is sad because you know it was the last time he experienced life.
- DOD is hilarious for this type of format. You need people like this who are fun to hate. Calling the girl sweetheart and flipping the bird is a breath of fresh air for these golf nerds. They need more guys like him and less like Grant Horvath who is like watching paint.
- The Spitting Chiclet guys are undeniably my favorite. Their chirps are hilarious and they feel closest to how I act with my friends. Yandle compliments Whit in an awesome fashion and Biz brings this light hearted nature to their show. Big fan.
- The Gruden speech was fun to hear what a real leader sounds like.
- The Luke Kwon drama was weak for a controversy. He came off as a total asshole and I wouldn’t bring him back. Whit calling him out was amazing. I liked how he said he knew he’d come across like an A-hole after the Gruden speech. That’s what makes it great.
- Chaz was electric. He stole that entire episode 4 (and earlier) and created a little person highlight reel throughout. Awesome player and great personality.
- I thought the BobDoes guys were ok. Fun people, but I wouldn’t watch their content outside.
- The bad golfers like Duke and the Mr. Beast’s Chandler brought an element of unfairness to some teams. Not sure how you handicap that. They can be bad, but not that bad.
- The Fasoli incident was pretty funny. Big Cat’s reaction of “Fasoli, what happened?” was perfect.
- The par 3 course was perfect for the semifinal. I liked how the action was lining up at the end and it felt meaningful. I thought the entire format was well run for a Barstool event. They could have totally ruined the series by missing this. Now they have some experience doing it and it will only get better. I imagine they can drop some deadweight and lose Trent, Sketch, Nadeshot, Daltoosh, and bring in more athletes or guys like Minihane and J.R Smith.
- Major props to Pres who makes it all feel important. With all of these guys, it’s his tournament, and that’s cool. I don’t consume that much Barstool content, but I will 100% watch this again next year. It also is getting millions of views so I think it has more appeal than the PGA.
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