In the second episode of challenge accepted, Joel Tadman heads to Gog Magog in Cambridgeshire to try and break 80. Sounds relatively simple for a 3 handicap index golfer, but the white envelope has a HUGE surprise in store that makes the task an awful lot harder...
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00:00Oh ****, that's not ideal. It's all going wrong. Oh my God. It's gone. That's not good.
00:15Hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of Challenge Accepted with me, Joel Tadman.
00:20And hopefully you saw the first episode that we've put out recently. If you haven't, do go and check that out.
00:25But today we're at the beautiful Gogglemore Gold Golf Club here in Cambridgeshire.
00:28I think up there is one of the best, if not the best golf course in Cambridgeshire.
00:33I'm really excited to see what the white envelope has in store for me today.
00:36So let's head over to the clubhouse and see what's inside.
00:40Not there. Oh, hello.
00:45We're in business of poem again.
00:49Breaking 80 today in this challenge match will make you a winner, but beware of the catch.
00:55Make a bogey or worse, lose a club or two. With a birdie, you gain one and should see you through.
01:02OK, I think it's pretty self-explanatory. Got to break 80.
01:07But it sounds like if I make a bogey, I lose a club. If I make a double bogey, I lose two clubs.
01:12But if I make a birdie, I get one back.
01:15Wow. Thinking about my round on Sunday, if I'd have done this challenge on Sunday with my score,
01:21I would have finished the round with three clubs. I'm not confident.
01:29No idea where it went, but it felt like it went straight.
01:32So because it's going straight into the sun, I didn't see it at all.
01:35But let's have a look, see if we can find it.
01:38Fairway found. Great start.
01:40Great start.
01:43Absolutely no idea where that's gone.
01:48Hit it way too hard. Stop.
01:51Stop, stop, stop.
01:52Uphill, right to left for the par.
02:02All right.
02:04Bogey at first. It's a bit expected. Let's go and see what club I'm losing.
02:08Right, so here it is. This is the hat of doom that's been kindly prepared for me by the master of ceremonies.
02:14As you can see, every club, apart from putter, is written on a bit of paper.
02:2254 degree wedge. That's the wedge I chip with all the time.
02:27I don't chip with just them. That's not good.
02:31Right, so 54 degree, going out. Any club that I lose, I'll put to the side here.
02:37Just to avoid any confusion or temptation.
02:40Right, second tee. Got hit over this little canyon.
02:44Little fade off those trees down the left is the plan.
02:52128, up the hill. Perfect pitching wedge.
03:00Go, go.
03:04On the green.
03:07Just want to lag it close and hope it drops in. Don't give myself any stress.
03:13Oh!
03:15I thought I was getting my wedge back then.
03:20Solid.
03:22A par. They're the order of the day, I think.
03:25Hole three. Beautiful view.
03:27Around the countryside here in Cambridgeshire.
03:29To the left.
03:34Okay, so looking at the stats from real golfers about birdies and bogeys.
03:38We got this from Arcos, who track an awful number of shots.
03:42A five handicapped golfer will make a bogey or worse on 44% of holes.
03:48The stats are definitely against me here.
03:51The stats would suggest I'm going to be losing about seven or eight clubs during this round of golf.
03:56It's not looking good, but I've made a relatively positive start.
04:00I hope I can go against the tide and complete this challenge.
04:05So, 135 left. Just be a smooth 9-iron.
04:11Go.
04:13Kicked violently left. I don't know if it hit the pin, but I think it's alright.
04:17I think it's on the green.
04:19I thought I saw it violently left and it turns out, look, it's pitched six inches short.
04:23Hit the pin and gone over there.
04:25Absolutely gutted. Nearly a slam dunk eagle. I've got two clubs back for that.
04:34No!
04:37I can't believe that's missed.
04:43No harm done.
04:45I really wanted that 54 degree wedge back.
04:48Alright, fourth hole. Beautiful views here. Elevated position on this par 3.
04:53164.
04:57That's a bit leaky.
05:03Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
05:06I really don't want to lose another club here. I mean, this is such an easy putt.
05:18Oh my God.
05:20How is that even physically possible?
05:24Alright, so after that filthy lip out, something's got to go.
05:28Here's the next one here.
05:31Anything but driver, I'll be happy with.
05:34Oh, 3-wood.
05:36I'm okay with that.
05:38Fifth hole. Par 4, just got to keep it up the left.
05:41Because it all kicks in down to that right-hand side.
05:48Lost it completely. Right into the sun.
05:51Okay, 114 yards.
05:54Just try and spin this little gap wedge up there.
05:59Go.
06:01Go.
06:03Well, it must have got a big bounce because I'm putting.
06:07Relatively makeable up the hill.
06:10Quite a lot of swing left to right on this one.
06:13Not enough.
06:19Par.
06:21On to the next.
06:23180.
06:26A little bit of a rest.
06:28Just recompose myself.
06:30Think about what I'm going to do.
06:32I.E.
06:34Don't make bogeys.
06:36Make birdies.
06:39Quite a long way from the green.
06:40Quite a long way from the green.
06:42I would normally chip this with my 54, but I haven't got one.
06:46So I'm going to have to pull it, I think, through the dew.
06:49It's the percentage play.
06:53Travel.
06:58It's way short.
07:04Come off it.
07:05Come off it.
07:09Oh, bogey.
07:11Club gone.
07:13From the hat of doom.
07:17Six iron.
07:19That's the club I just used off that tee.
07:21So, yeah, that's a bit disappointing, but.
07:24Needs must.
07:26Six iron.
07:28Goes there.
07:32Oh, that is money.
07:34Absolute money.
07:36Oh, don't kick right.
07:39That's just got the work.
07:41Did you see that?
07:43I mean, how has that even finished there?
07:46Oh, ****.
07:52160 left.
07:58Miss it.
08:00What is going on?
08:01Absolutely making a total hash of it.
08:17Just didn't come back at the end.
08:21What's it going to be?
08:25Nine iron.
08:26Nine iron.
08:29If I can live with that, or without that, I should say.
08:33Nine iron.
08:34It's gone.
08:35So, I'm four clubs down.
08:36How many holes have I played?
08:37Seven holes.
08:38I've only lost four clubs.
08:39It's not a good ratio.
08:41Eight hole.
08:42It's another par five.
08:44So, just need to not make a complete mess of it like I did the last one.
08:48With a good tee shot.
08:54That is absolute.
08:56Garbage.
09:00Well, I've found it.
09:01That's the main thing.
09:02We're still in the game.
09:04I've got no shot to the green.
09:05So, I'm just going to chip it out.
09:09Crikey.
09:10280 to the pin.
09:11Honestly, no three would.
09:16No idea.
09:18So, we're up on the green here on the eighth.
09:20And I thought I had 280 yards to the pin.
09:24Turns out my laser, I zapped the wrong flag.
09:27I was zapping the next green.
09:30Obviously, this green is here and my ball is actually on the back fringe.
09:39Just swung away at the end.
09:44Well, at least we're not losing clubs.
09:45So, after the tee shot, it was looking not good at all.
09:48So, eight holes in, four clubs down.
09:51Could have been better.
09:53140 yards.
09:55That would be a perfect nine iron.
09:56But, of course, I don't have my nine iron.
09:59So, with it being a bit downwind,
10:00I'm hoping I can get there with a really hard pitching wedge.
10:05Let's see if we can hit this close and make it two.
10:11Oh, it's on a great line.
10:13Be the club.
10:14Be the club.
10:16Oh, we're in business.
10:24Right, back nine.
10:25Starts here.
10:26Start, I mean, to go on aggressive.
10:28There's a driver on this par four.
10:34Perfection.
10:39Oh, that's big as well.
10:40That is big.
10:48Oh, that's a good one.
10:49That's a good one.
10:50That's a good one.
10:52Sit.
10:53Sit.
10:54Sit.
10:55Sit.
10:56Sit.
10:57Sit.
10:58Oh, that's nice.
11:02Absolute pathetic.
11:08Too much?
11:11Right, so, pushed it.
11:13I want to hit a nine iron, but I haven't got one.
11:15So, I'm going to hit an eight.
11:18Oh, it's a good strike.
11:19It's a good strike.
11:20In the trap on the left.
11:22Not good.
11:24Okay, so, big slope to the left of the screen.
11:27Got to splash it in the left fringe and hope it just releases.
11:33Oh, spin.
11:34Spin.
11:35Spin.
11:36Spin.
11:37Oh, do it.
11:38Do it.
11:39Oh.
11:42Oh, my God.
11:44How has that not gone in?
11:46Oh, what a shot.
11:47It's like an inch behind the hole.
11:50For the par.
11:52No harm done.
11:53Got away with one there.
11:54Oh, what a shot.
11:56Right, so, twelfth hole here.
11:58Goggle bogog.
12:00Just got to cut it off those left-hand trees.
12:06Stay there.
12:07Stay there.
12:08It's very close to the out of bounds.
12:10In play, I'm about three yards in bounds.
12:15Wind.
12:16Oh, yes.
12:17Be good.
12:18Could be making my first birdie.
12:23It's just so poor.
12:29Putter is normally my strong club, but it's absolutely let me down today.
12:33More importantly, on track to break 80.
12:37So, what's this?
12:38Thirteenth hole.
12:39So, I'm four over 312.
12:40This is the thirteenth.
12:41Par three.
12:42Beautiful views of the countryside.
12:44190 yards.
12:48Oh, it's right at it.
12:50Go.
12:51Go.
12:53Go.
12:54I really want to get my 54-degree wedge back.
12:57Come on.
13:13Yes!
13:14There it is.
13:15Birdie.
13:16Come on.
13:19It's only taken 13 holes, but there it is.
13:22I get a club back.
13:23The big question is which one I'm going to choose.
13:25I think I want to go with my 54-degree wedge, but I'm going to have to look at the scorecard
13:29to see if there's any par threes that are kind of six iron distance that I might want
13:32to get it back in the bag.
13:37Come on.
13:39I think I'm just going to get my 54-degree wedge back in case I need to do a chip from
13:43the rough around the green.
13:44So out it comes from the doldrums back into the bag.
13:49So I'm now up to 11 clubs.
13:51So I'm doing quite well, I've got to say.
13:53Three over par on a par 70 course with five holes left.
13:58I'm feeling confident I can do this.
13:59Come on.
14:01Right, hole 14.
14:02The last par five here at Gogble Gog.
14:04Again, 500 yards should be a makeable birdie chance.
14:09I don't know who sets these challenges, but I feel like they could have given me something
14:12a bit more difficult.
14:15Come on.
14:17That is a humdinger down the middle.
14:23Oh, ****.
14:2960 yards left.
14:31No 54.
14:32Oh, no, I've got my 54, haven't I?
14:33I forgot.
14:35Oh, well, I'll get that back out there, won't I?
14:38I was just resigned to the fact that I didn't have it, but of course I earned it back.
14:43Oh, that makes it a bit easy, because I was worried about the log wedge going underneath that.
14:49We're putting.
14:50We're putting for a birdie.
14:55It's gone that way.
14:57I had a feeling it might do that.
15:07I've twirled, but it's cutting towards that bunker.
15:09Okay, 136.
15:11Beautiful views again on the 15th hole, which is a perfect pitchy wedge.
15:20I'll be as good as you look.
15:25Oh, it's moved so far to the left.
15:29Right, so that's a par 4 on the 15th.
15:32One under par for this 9th, which is definitely going to get it done.
15:3616th hole, it's a par 4, a long one, 447 yards.
15:41So, to sum up, I am 3 over par gross, with 3 holes left, 11 clubs in the bag.
15:48So, I've got to play the last 3 holes in 6 over to complete the challenge.
15:58It's going.
16:00I don't know, that might be fine, just right at the cross bunkers.
16:06Oh, it's in the bunker.
16:11Spin, spin, spin.
16:14Well, this is absolutely lightning fast.
16:20So, I need to be careful.
16:27I've been a bit too careful.
16:35Double.
16:37Two clubs need to go, so I'm going to pick at random.
16:41First one.
16:4360 degree wedge, the club I just used for that bunker shot.
16:47It's gone.
16:50I can't believe that.
16:52So, I've got no 3-wood and no driver now.
16:54Luckily, there's only par 3 and then the par 4 to finish.
16:59So, I'm only going to be without a long club for one hole, but that is not the club I wanted to pick.
17:05I'm absolutely gutted.
17:06It's on, let me tell you.
17:07It's touch and go now.
17:09Hole 17.
17:11So, I'm feeling a bit nervous now.
17:13I thought it was going to be easy, but that's just double bogey.
17:16It's just completely thrown me.
17:21Oh, please carry that bunker.
17:22Please.
17:24Beg in.
17:25Or just...
17:29That's got to go as well.
17:30Travel.
17:32It's done alright.
17:33It's done very well actually.
17:36Right, here we are.
17:3718th hole.
17:38Beautiful backdrop to this finishing hole.
17:41Without the driver and the 3-wood.
17:43Some people, you might think, oh, iron for safety.
17:45That's a good thing, but for me, driver is probably the straightest club in my bag.
17:49A 5 or a 6 is enough to complete the challenge.
17:52So, I am confident, but you never know.
18:00Oh, please don't go in that bunker.
18:02Oh, please don't go in that bunker.
18:05Please stop.
18:07Oh, my days.
18:08I didn't even see that bunker.
18:14Perfect.
18:15Hard, hard get wedge.
18:20Go.
18:22Go hard.
18:23Go hard.
18:26Oh, I think that's so hard.
18:29Oh, God.
18:30Waiting for glory.
18:32Oh, dear.
18:33Went for glory.
18:37There it is.
18:39A bogey to finish, but that's a 76, which means the challenge was accepted.
18:46Challenge complete.
18:48Guys, thank you for watching.
18:49Big thank you to Godmore Gold Golf Club for hosting us today.
18:52It's been absolutely incredible.
18:54And look, let me know in the comments, what challenge do you want me to take on?
18:59Maybe going to test my skills even more than what we've done today.
19:02I'd love to hear from you.
19:03But that's all for me from Godmore Gold Golf Club.
19:05I'll see you next time.