The Internet Invitational 2026

Every episode premieres at 1pm ET (10am PT) on YouTube. That is 5pm in the UK for Episodes 1 and 2, and 6pm UK from Episode 3 once US clocks change on November 1.

Six episodes, Mondays and Thursdays: Episode 1 on October 26, Episode 2 on October 29, Episode 3 on November 2, Episode 4 on November 5, Episode 5 on November 9 and the finale, Episode 6, on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

Episode 4, the 16 Day 2 singles between Team Ruffels and Team Wesley Bryan, premieres Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 1pm ET (10am PT, 6pm UK). Episode 5 follows on Monday, November 9 and the finale, Episode 6, on Thursday, November 12.

From August 10 to 17, 2026, at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri, about ten weeks before Episode 1 premiered on October 26. Day 1 was played at Ozarks National and Day 2 at Buffalo Ridge.

Four teams of 16, drafted by captains Peter Finch, Ryan Ruffels, Brad Dalke and Wesley Bryan. On Day 1 the teams met in two head-to-head matches of eight 9-hole scrambles and eight alternate-shot matches, one point each, and the two losing teams were eliminated. On Day 2 the two survivors play eight scrambles in the morning and 16 singles in the afternoon, 24 points in all, so 12.5 wins. No handicaps are used.

Team Ruffels (White) and Team Wesley Bryan (Green), 32 players in all. Team Finch (Blue) and Team Dalke (Red) were eliminated on Day 1. After the Day 2 morning in Episode 3, Team Ruffels lead 6–2 going into the 16 singles in Episode 4.

It has not aired yet: the finale is Episode 6 on Thursday, November 12, 2026. After three episodes Team Ruffels lead Team Wesley Bryan 6–2 on Day 2, with Team Finch and Team Dalke already out. The 2025 edition was won by Brad Dalke, Francis Ellis and Cody "Beef" Franke.

Yes. Tyler Toney of Dude Perfect made his debut on Team Dalke (Red), which lost 10.5–5.5 to Team Wesley Bryan on Day 1 and was eliminated.

No. Gabby Golf Girl, Matt Scharff, Kyle Berkshire, Lacey Snell, Chandler Hallow, Nadeshot, Sketch and Andrew Austen all played the 2025 Internet Invitational but are not on the 2026 roster, and no reason has been given for any of them. 2025 champion Cody "Beef" Franke died after the first edition was filmed. The "Who isn’t playing" section of this page has a line on each.

Chance Taylor, the Callaway-backed creator who plays for Team Grant on the Your Golf Tour, has not been on either roster, and the organizers have not said why. He is the name fans most often say is missing from the 2026 field.

Full episodes are free on YouTube and rotate between the Fore Play Golf, Bob Does Sports and Internet Invitational channels: Episode 1 premiered on Fore Play Golf, Episode 2 on Bob Does Sports and Episode 3 on Fore Play Golf. The latest episode is embedded on this page, with a link to each one that is out. The 2025 edition later also aired on FS1.

The official roster has 64 players: 39 back from the 2025 edition and 25 debutants, including Johnny Manziel, Justin Gaethje, Tyler Toney of Dude Perfect, Jason Williams, Kyle Forgeard and long drive champion Martin Borgmeier.

Four teams of 16, drafted by captains Peter Finch (Blue), Ryan Ruffels (White), Brad Dalke (Red) and Wesley Bryan (Green), who won a player vote. Dalke’s first pick was Tooms, Wesley Bryan took his brother George, Finch took Luke Kwon and Ruffels took Micah Morris. On Day 1 at Ozarks National, Ruffels played Finch and Dalke played Wesley Bryan over a 9-hole scramble and an alternate-shot session. Team Ruffels and Team Wesley Bryan advanced; Team Finch and Team Dalke were eliminated.

After Day 1 (Episodes 1 and 2): Team Finch and Team Ruffels tied 8–8 across the morning scramble and the afternoon alternate shot, and Ruffels’ team won the sudden-death playoff on the second extra hole. Team Wesley Bryan led Team Dalke 6–2 at lunch and won the day 10.5–5.5. On Day 2 at Buffalo Ridge (Episode 3), Team Ruffels won five of the eight morning scrambles and halved two to lead Team Wesley Bryan 6–2 at lunch; the 16 afternoon singles come in Episode 4 on November 5, and a team needs 12.5 of 24 points. The full match-by-match scoreboard is on this page.

A snake draft by the four captains, Brad Dalke picking first, then Wesley Bryan, Peter Finch and Ryan Ruffels. Round one went Tooms (Dalke), George Bryan (Wesley Bryan), Luke Kwon (Finch) and Micah Morris (Ruffels). Each team panel on this page lists its picks in the order they were taken, captain first, and The Duke was the final pick, for Team Ruffels.

Team Finch (Blue) and Team Dalke (Red). Finch’s team tied Ruffels’ team 8–8 across the 16 Day 1 matches and lost a sudden-death alternate-shot playoff on the second extra hole, when Big John holed the winning putt against Roger Steele and Rick Shiels. Wesley Bryan’s team led Dalke’s 6–2 at lunch and won 10.5–5.5. 32 players go to Day 2.

A rule the committee added at the afternoon draft in Episode 2: a team cannot throw a match by sending out a pairing with no intent to win, and the committee can veto a pairing and demand a competitive one. Dave Portnoy named it the Gruden rule. The first dispute under it came from Team Ruffels, which argued its own Bobby Ray and Jon Gruden pairing was outmatched by Frankie Borrelli and Francis Ellis; the pairing stood and the match was halved.

Dave Portnoy has put up at least $4,000,000, four times the $1,000,000 that the 2025 winners split. Each member of the winning team takes $1.3 million, and the first hole-in-one on the day’s Reese’s par 3 pays $500,000.

Brad Dalke, Francis Ellis and Cody "Beef" Franke beat Paige Spiranac, Frankie Borrelli and Malosi Togisala 1UP in the alternate-shot final at Payne’s Valley to split $1,000,000.

At Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri. The 2026 edition was filmed there from August 10 to 17, 2026. The 2025 edition used Payne’s Valley, Buffalo Ridge and Cliffhangers.

Yes. Bobby Fairways is one of the nicknames of Robby Berger, better known as Bob from Bob Does Sports, who co-hosts the event.