The 2026 Internet Invitational final is set. Team Big John and Team FP will play for the $4 million prize after Episode 5 cut the field from 16 players to six.
Team Horvat went out first in a sudden-death knockout, and two more teams fell in a nine-hole semifinal at Payne’s Valley. The finale airs Thursday, Nov. 12.
At the end of Episode 4, Dave Portnoy split Team Ruffels’ 16 players into four teams of four. Big John, Grant Horvat, Micah Morris and Ryan Ruffels were named captains, and they snake-drafted the other 12.
The knockout opened with the four captains playing a par 5, with the best scores safe. Big John and Ruffels made birdie to protect their teams, while Horvat and Morris made par.
That sent the No. 2 picks to the next hole, with the worst score going home. Jake Adams made bogey for Team Horvat.
Ryan Whitney holed for par, and Team Horvat was eliminated. Horvat, Adams, Paige Spiranac and Jon Gruden are out.
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Portnoy then redrafted the final 12 into four teams of three for the Day 3 semifinal. The teams played nine holes of alternate-shot stroke play at Payne’s Valley, the Tiger Woods design at Big Cedar Lodge, with the top two advancing.
Semifinal results:
Team FP (Fat Perez, Riggs, Bobby Ray): +2, advanced
Team Big John (Big John, Ryan Whitney, Salim): +4, advanced
Team Micah (Micah Morris, Bubbie, Justin Gaethje): +5, eliminated
Team Ruffels (Ryan Ruffels, Marissa Wenzler, The Duke): +7, eliminated
Team FP won the semifinal at 2 over. Salim holed a bogey putt on the final hole to get Team Big John in at 4 over, one shot ahead of Team Micah.
Ruffels, the lowest handicap left in the field at +6.9, is out along with Wenzler and the Duke. Morris, Bubbie and Gaethje also went home.
Big John keeps delivering in big moments. He holed the birdie putt that beat Team Finch in the Day 1 playoff, then birdied the captains’ hole to keep his team alive in Episode 5.
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The final is Team Big John vs. Team FP in 18 holes of alternate-shot match play at Payne’s Valley. Each winning player will take home roughly $1.33 million.
The finale premieres Thursday, Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube. Brad Dalke, Francis Ellis and Cody “Beef” Franke won the inaugural event last year, and this year’s trophy is named after Franke.
