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!
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00:00Right, for my next challenge,
00:01I'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,
00:50the Tour Pro is around about 4%, so 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,
01:01the 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,
01:32and it's judging the pace.
01:34Incredibly difficult, but also the line of the putt,
01:36after 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 going to be really difficult,
01:50but let's get it under way and see how we do.
02:03I'll tell you what, it's not...
02:07Not the worst opener.
02:10Got to hit it very hard.
02:12Looked like it moved a little bit right to left.
02:15So, a bit harder, a little bit more than that.
02:17Right, come on.
02:25Oh, it's a bit jumpy.
02:29Right next to the first one, consistent.
02:35That's got a chance.
02:36It's got a chance.
02:40Oh!
02:41Oh!
02:44Oh, it's happening.
02:46It's happening.
02:4725, that's too many.
02:48I don't need that many.
02:49Probably, in an actual round,
02:52I'll probably chip this with a seven.
02:57Oh, it's looking tasty.
02:58That's a bit left.
03:01Oh!
03:03Can't feel my fingers,
03:04which I don't think is helping.
03:11Do it.
03:12Do it.
03:12Do it.
03:13Oh!
03:15No!
03:19No!
03:19That was so close.
03:25That's unbelievably close.
03:26Right.
03:29Go.
03:30Go.
03:32Go.
03:34Go.
03:36Oh!
03:38Give it a nudge out of the way.
03:42Oh!
03:43It's gonna happen.
03:44It's gonna happen.
03:48Pulled it.
03:50No.
03:53What I haven't explained yet
03:54is that there is a forfeit
03:57if I don't do this challenge,
03:58which is embarrassing.
04:00Watch to the end,
04:01because it could get quite entertaining.
04:08No.
04:11It's getting worse.
04:12No, no, no.
04:13It's getting worse.
04:14No, no, no.
04:22Go.
04:2411 balls in.
04:26Not really.
04:28Only got three past the hole.
04:30So.
04:33Not hard enough.
04:45So I'm over halfway through.
04:51Definitely hard enough.
04:52Got it.
04:54Come on.
04:57Go.
04:58Go.
04:59Go.
04:59Go.
05:04Most of them are on the left as well,
05:05so you need to aim more right,
05:07hit it harder.
05:08Go.
05:17Got it there.
05:18Got it there.
05:21Bit there.
05:30Go.
05:31Go.
05:32Go.
05:33Go.
05:34Go.
05:37Go.
05:41Go.
05:41Go.
05:42Go.
05:47I can't believe that.
05:49How's that missed?
05:52Oh, my days.
05:53That must have.
05:57That must have, like,
05:57lipped out, nearly.
05:59Well that was it, oh dear, okay, eight balls left, obviously the likelihood of me making
06:13this is going down all the time, but I'm getting that feedback loop, I know exactly what the
06:19putt's going to do, so I know how hard I hit it, how hard I need to hit it, I know what
06:23I need to hit it on, but from a hundred feet, there's a lot of stuff that can go wrong.
06:30Well that's awful, I can't see that back, that's it, it's starting to rain as well, back and
06:47through, bosh, barely.
06:53What are you doing?
07:00That is absolutely a toilet.
07:06Oh, go on, go on, go on, ah, no, well that was it, ah, three balls left.
07:22Ah, that's it, that's it, no it's not.
07:29Ah, did I hit the balls?
07:33Okay, this is it, one ball left, moment of truth, imagine the scenes if this goes in.
07:40Oh, so cold, all right, come on, come on.
07:47Come on.
07:48Come on.
07:49Oh.
07:50Oh.
07:51Oh.
07:52Oh.
07:53Oh.
07:54Oh, so cold, all right, come on.
07:57Come on.
08:01Oh.
08:02Oh.
08:08that's it challenge failed first time I've failed the challenge gave it a good go how this ball
08:34didn't go in I'll never know but didn't really hit it there's only like two or three that really
08:42scared the hole absolutely gutted to have failed my first ever challenge accepted but
08:47gave it a good go obviously now as I said there is an embarrassing forfeit so I need to find out
08:53what that is but right now I just need to go and take a moment and reflect on the miserable failure
09:00that has been this challenge but hopefully you enjoyed it and let's go and see what I've got to
09:05do right so I've finished the challenge I was hoping I could go into the clubhouse have a nice warm cup of
09:11tea and warm myself up a bit but I've just got a text to say that my forfeit for not completing
09:15this challenge is to clean people's clubs as they come in and finish their round so I'm gonna have
09:20to stick around for a little bit wait for people to come in give their clubs a polish before I can
09:25get nice and warmed up so that's my punishment morning how are you I'm good can I can I clean
09:33your clubs for you I'm ready well you've got season these are quite new aren't they yeah the G430s yeah
09:41give them a good scrub
09:46oh these wedges need some attention can I give your clubs a quick clean sorry can I give your clubs a
09:57clean yeah let me have let me give them a go ping zing too you don't see those every day
10:04a bit of a scrub oh look at that ping zing three iron beautiful beautiful no worries
10:17so that's it we're all finished here clubs cleaned I hope you enjoyed this challenge unfortunately
10:24didn't complete it this time but I will do my best on the next one if you haven't seen our previous
10:28challenges do go on the golf monthly YouTube channel to have a look at those and all our other content
10:32on the channel whether it's rules equipment instruction it's all there for you to enjoy
10:36but that's it for me from Burleigh Park Golf Club I'll see you next time