• 2 days ago
In the third episode of Challenge Accepted, Joel attempts to hole a 100-foot putt with a couple of twists! The first being he only has 25 attempts to do it and the second being the green he's chosen to do it on is far from flat. This is going to be his toughest challenge yet and to make matters worse, there's an embarrassing forfeit should he not manage to complete it, so be sure to watch the video right to the end!
Transcript
00:00Right, for my next challenge, I'm really ramping things up.
00:03This time, it's the 100 foot crazy putt challenge.
00:06From here, all the way out there,
00:08I've got 25 balls to do it.
00:10Challenge accepted.
00:16Okay, so for episode three of Challenge Accepted,
00:18I really wanted to increase the level of difficulty.
00:20We're actually at my home club here,
00:22Burley Park Golf Club in Stamford, Lincolnshire,
00:24and it's a bitterly cold day in December.
00:27My hands are absolutely freezing.
00:28But, I think it's gonna be a really exciting video.
00:31So, as I said, I've got a 100 foot putt here.
00:33I'm just gonna measure that with my Bushnell rangefinder
00:35just to confirm.
00:37So, we are 34 yards away from the flag.
00:41So, just over 100 feet.
00:43And looking at some ARCOS data that I got
00:46would suggest that make percentage
00:49from this sort of distance,
00:50a tour pro is around about 4%.
00:52So, one in 25.
00:53So, I'm completely up against it with this challenge.
00:56It's gonna be incredibly difficult.
00:57Not only when you factor in the temperature,
01:00but also the fact the 16th green here at Burley Park
01:03is a little bit quirky.
01:04Let's go and take a look and explain why.
01:12Right, so before we start this challenge,
01:13I just wanna show you the quirkiness
01:15of this 16th green here at Burley Park.
01:17As you can see, it's a very long green from front to back.
01:19But as we get kind of two thirds of the way up
01:21towards the hole, you see you've got this big slope
01:23goes up the hill.
01:24And it's not a traditional two-tier green
01:25and that would continue all the way along.
01:27It then drops down.
01:28So, you've got this kind of big,
01:29sleeping policeman style hump.
01:31Goes up all the way down,
01:32makes judging the pace incredibly difficult.
01:35But also the line of the putt after it comes down the hill
01:38can get a bit wobbly and it's quite difficult to read.
01:40So, I'm definitely up against it with this challenge.
01:42Not only with the distance,
01:43but the quirkiness of the green,
01:45the temperature of the wind,
01:46everything's working against me
01:47and I've only got 25 balls to do it.
01:48So, it's gonna be really difficult.
01:50But let's get it underway and see how we do.
01:57Come on.
02:03I'll tell you what, it's not,
02:07not the worst opener,
02:10but I hit it very hard.
02:12Looked like it moved a little bit right to left.
02:15So, a bit harder, a little bit more to the right.
02:17Come on.
02:25Oh, it's a bit jumpy.
02:28Right next to the first one, consistent.
02:35That's got a chance.
02:36It's got a chance.
02:40Oh!
02:44Oh, it's happening.
02:46It's happening, 25, that's too many.
02:48I don't need that many.
02:49Probably in an actual round,
02:52I'd probably chip this with a seven.
02:54Oh, it's looking tasty.
02:56That's a bit left.
02:59Oh!
03:01Can't feel my fingers, which I don't think is helping.
03:09Do it, do it!
03:11Oh!
03:13No!
03:17No, that was so close.
03:21Oh!
03:25That's unbelievably close.
03:26Right.
03:29Go.
03:31Go, go.
03:34Go.
03:36Oh!
03:38Give it a nudge out of the way.
03:42Oh!
03:43It's gonna happen, it's gonna happen.
03:48Pulled it.
03:49No.
03:51Oh!
03:53What I haven't explained yet is that there is a forfeit
03:57if I don't do this challenge, which is embarrassing.
04:00Watch to the end, because it could get quite entertaining.
04:08No.
04:13It's getting worse.
04:14No, no, no.
04:18Oh!
04:21Go!
04:2311 balls in.
04:26Not really.
04:27Only got three past the hole, so.
04:32Not hard enough.
04:44So I'm over halfway through.
04:51Definitely hard enough.
04:54All right.
04:57Go, go, go, go.
05:04Most of them on the left as well,
05:05so you need to aim more right, hit it harder.
05:17Got it there, got it there.
05:21Get it there.
05:30Go, go.
05:32Go.
05:34Go, go.
05:37What?
05:41No, no.
05:42No.
05:47I can't believe that.
05:49How's that missed?
05:52Oh, I don't believe it.
05:56Ooh, I must have like, lipped out or nearly.
06:04That was it.
06:06Oh dear.
06:08Okay, eight balls left.
06:10Obviously the likelihood of me making this
06:13is going down all the time,
06:15but I'm getting that feedback loop.
06:18I know exactly what the putt's going to do.
06:20So I know how hard I need to hit it.
06:23I know what line I need to hit it on,
06:25but from a hundred feet,
06:27yes, there's a lot of stuff that can go wrong.
06:33Well, that's awful.
06:35I'm not sure about that.
06:42It's starting to rain as well.
06:45Oh!
06:47Back and through, bosh.
06:50Barely.
06:54What are you doing?
07:01That is absolutely toilet.
07:08Oh, it's gone, it's gone.
07:11Oh!
07:14No!
07:17Oh, that was it.
07:18Ah!
07:19Three balls left.
07:23Oh, that's it, that's it.
07:25No, it's not.
07:29Oh, did I hit the balls?
07:41Okay, this is it.
07:47One ball left.
07:49Moat the truth.
07:52Imagine the scenes if this goes in.
07:55Oh, so cold.
07:56All right, come on.
07:59Come on.
08:17Oh!
08:25That's it.
08:28Challenge failed.
08:29First time I've failed a challenge.
08:31Gave it a good go.
08:33How this ball didn't go in,
08:35I'll never know,
08:36but didn't really hit it.
08:39There's only like two or three
08:40that really scared the hole.
08:43Absolutely gutted to have failed my first ever challenge.
08:47But gave it a good go.
08:49We'll see now, as I said,
08:51there is an embarrassing forfeit.
08:53So I need to find out what that is.
08:55But right now, I just need to go and take a moment
08:57and reflect on the miserable failure
09:00that has been this challenge.
09:01But hopefully you enjoyed it.
09:03And let's go and see what I've got to do.
09:07Right, so I finished the challenge.
09:08I was hoping I could go into the clubhouse,
09:10have a nice warm cup of tea
09:11and warm myself up a bit.
09:12But I've just got a text to say
09:14that my forfeit for not completing this challenge
09:16is to clean people's clubs
09:18as they come in and finish their round.
09:19So I'm going to have to stick around for a little bit,
09:22wait for people to come in,
09:23give their clubs a polish
09:24before I can get nice and warmed up.
09:26So that's my punishment.
09:28Morning.
09:29How are you?
09:30I'm good, you?
09:31I'm good.
09:32Can I clean your clubs for you?
09:36I'm ready.
09:38Oh, you've got, these are quite new, aren't they?
09:40Yeah, they should be.
09:41G430s, yeah.
09:45Give them a good scrub.
09:50These wedges need some attention.
09:53Can I give your clubs a quick clean?
09:56Sorry?
09:57Can I give your clubs a clean?
09:59Yeah?
10:00Let me have a, let me give them a go.
10:02Ping Zing 2s, you don't see those every day.
10:06Bit of a scrub.
10:09Oh, look at that, Ping Zing.
10:11Three iron.
10:13Beautiful.
10:14Beautiful.
10:17No worries.
10:20So that's it, we're all finished here.
10:21Clubs cleaned.
10:22I hope you enjoyed this challenge.
10:23Unfortunately, didn't complete it this time,
10:25but I will do my best on the next one.
10:27If you haven't seen our previous challenges,
10:29do go on the Golf Monthly YouTube channel
10:31to have a look at those
10:31and all our other content on the channel,
10:33whether it's rules, equipment, instruction,
10:35it's all there for you to enjoy.
10:37That's it from me, from Burley Park Golf Club.
10:39I'll see you next time.

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