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!
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, 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.
01:24There'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 sleeping 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,
01:36after it comes down the hill,
01:38can get a bit wobbly, 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 to drive, 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, then.
02:57Oh, it's looking tasty.
02:58That's a bit left.
03:01Oh!
03:03I can'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, so.
04:33Hard enough.
04:34Go.
04:45Go.
04:46Go.
04:47Go.
04:47Go.
04:48Go.
04:49Go.
04:49Go.
04:50Go.
04:50Go.
04:51Go.
04:51Go.
04:52Go.
04:52Go.
04:53Go.
04:53Go.
04:54Go.
04:54Go.
04:55Go.
04:55Go.
04:56Go.
04:56Most of them are on the left, as well, so you need to aim more right, hit it harder.
05:10It will work.
05:23Got it there.
05:24Got it there.
05:25A bit there.
05:26Just a bit there.
05:27Go.
05:28Go.
05:29Go.
05:30Go.
05:31Go.
05:32Go.
05:32Go.
05:34Go.
05:35Go.
05:36Go.
05:37Go.
05:38I can't believe that. How's that missed?
05:52That must have lipped out or nearly.
06:04That was it. Oh dear. Okay, eight balls left. Obviously the likelihood of me making this is going down all the time, but I'm getting that feedback loop. I know exactly what the putt's going to do.
06:20So I know how hard I hit it, how hard I need to hit it, I know what line I need to hit it on, but from 100 feet, there's a lot of stuff that can go wrong.
06:30Well, that's awful. It's starting to rain as well.
06:34Back and through. Barely. What are you doing?
06:54What are you doing?
07:01That is absolutely a toilet.
07:07Oh, God.
07:09Oh, God.
07:10Oh, God.
07:11Oh, no.
07:15Oh, that was it.
07:20Oh, three balls left.
07:25Oh, that's it. That's it. No, it's not.
07:30Oh, did I hit the balls?
07:32Okay, this is it. One ball left. Moment of truth. Imagine the scenes if this goes in. Oh, so cold. All right, come on. Come on.
07:59That's it.
08:01That's it challenge failed first time I've failed a
08:31challenge gave it a good go how this ball didn't go in I'll never know but
08:38didn't really hit it there's only like two or three that really scared the
08:42hole absolutely gutted to have failed my first ever challenge accepted but gave
08:48it a good go obviously now as I said there is an embarrassing forfeit so I
08:53need to find out what that is but right now I just need to go and take a moment
08:57and reflect on the miserable failure that has been this challenge but hopefully
09:02you enjoyed it and let's go and see what I've got to do right so I finished the
09:08challenge I was hoping I could go into the clubhouse have a nice warm cup of tea and
09:11warm myself up a bit but I've just got a text to say that my forfeit for not
09:15completing this challenge is to clean people's clubs as they come in and
09:18finish their round so I'm going to have to stick around for a little bit wait for
09:22people to come in give their clubs a polish before I can get nice and warmed up so
09:26that's my punishment morning how are you I'm good can I can I clean your clubs for
09:33you I'm ready oh you got a season these are quite new aren't they yeah the G430s
09:41yeah
09:45give them a good scrub
09:48oh these wedges need some attention can I give your clubs a quick clean sorry
09:56can I give your clubs a clean yeah let me have let me give them a go
10:01ping zing 2s you don't see those every day
10:04a bit of a scrub
10:07oh look at that ping zing three iron
10:12so that's it we're all finished here clubs cleaned I hope you enjoyed this
10:23challenge unfortunately didn't complete it this time but I will do my best on the
10:27next one if you haven't seen our previous challenges do you go on the
10:29Golf Monthly YouTube channel to have a look at those and all our other content on
10:33the channel whether it's rules equipment instruction it's all there for you to
10:36enjoy that's it for me from Burleigh Park Golf Club I'll see you next time
