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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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Right, for my next challenge, I'm really ramping things up
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This time it's the 100 foot crazy putt challenge. From here all the way out there
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I've got 25 balls to do it. Challenge accepted. Okay, so for episode three of Challenge Accepted
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I really wanted to increase the level of difficulty. We're actually at my home club here
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Burleigh Park Golf Club in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and it's a bitterly cold day in December
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My hands are absolutely freezing. But I think it's gonna be a really exciting video
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So as I said, I've got a 100 foot putt here. I'm just gonna measure that with my Bushnell range finder
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just to confirm. So we are 34 yards away from the flag
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So just over 100 feet. And looking at some Arcos data that I got
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would suggest that make percentage from this sort of distance, the Tour Pro is around about 4%
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So one in 25. So I'm completely up against it with this challenge
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It's gonna be incredibly difficult. not only when you factor in the temperature
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but also the fact the 16th green here at Burley Park is a little bit quirky
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Let's go and take a look and explain why. Right, so before we start this challenge
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I just wanna show you the quirkiness of this 16th green here at Burley Park. As you can see, it's a very long green from front to back
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but as we get kind of two thirds of the way up towards the hole, you see you've got this big slope
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goes up the hill, and it's not a traditional two-tier green and that would continue all the way along
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it then drops down. So you've got this kind of big sleeping policeman style hump
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Goes up all the way down, and it's judging the pace incredibly difficult. Also, the line of the putt, after it comes down the hill
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can get a bit wobbly, it's quite difficult to read. So I'm definitely up against it with this challenge
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not only with the distance, but the quirkiness of the green, the temperature of the wind
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everything's working against me, and I've only got 25 balls to do it. So it's gonna be really difficult
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but let's get it underway and see how we do. I'll tell you what, it's not the worst opener, but I hit it very hard
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It looks like it moves a little bit right to left, so a bit harder, a little bit more
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to the right. Come on. Oh, it's a bit jumpy. See. Right next to the first one, consistent
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That's got a chance. It's got a chance. Oh it happening It happening 25 That too many
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I don't need that many! Probably in an actual round, I'll probably chip this with a 7 on it
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Oh, it's looking tasty! That's a bit left! Oh! Can't feel my fingers, which I don't think is helping
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Do it, do it! No
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No, that was so close. That was unbelievably close. Right. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go
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Give it a nudge out of the way. It's gonna happen, it's gonna happen
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Pulled it. What I haven't explained yet is that there is a forfeit if I don't do this challenge, which is
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embarrassing. Watch to the end because it could get quite entertaining. No
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Getting worse. No, no, no. Go
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11 balls in. Not really. Only got three past the hole. Go, go, go, go
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Most of them are on the left as well, so you need to aim more right, hit it harder. Got it there, got it there
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Oh my dear, that must have, that must have like lipped out or nearly
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That 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
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that feedback loop I know exactly what the putt's going to do. So I know how hard I hit
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it, how hard I need to hit it, I know what line I need to hit it on, but from 100 feet
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there's a lot of stuff that can go wrong. Well that's awful. I can't see that bad. It's
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Okay, this is it. One ball left. Moment of truth
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Imagine the scenes if this goes in. Oh, so cold. Alright, come on
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Come on. I gave it a good go. How this ball didn't go in, I'll never know, but didn't really hit
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it. There's only like two or three that really scared the hole. I'm absolutely gutted to
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have failed my first ever challenge accepted, but I gave it a good go. Obviously now, as
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I said, there is an embarrassing forfeit, so I need to find out what that is. But right
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now I just need to go and take a moment and reflect on the miserable failure that has
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been this challenge, but hopefully you enjoyed it. And let's go and see what I've got to do
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Right, so I've finished the challenge, I was hoping I could go into the clubhouse, have a nice warm cup of tea and warm myself up a bit
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but I've just got a text to say that my forfeit for not completing this challenge is to clean
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people's clubs as they come in and finish their rounds. So I'm going to have to stick around for a little bit
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wait for people to come in, give their clubs a polish before I can get nice and warmed up
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So that's my punishment. Morning, how are you? I'm good. Can I clean your clothes for you? I'm ready. These are quite new aren't they
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Yeah, they're here. G430s, yeah. Give me a good scrub. These wedges need some attention. Can I give your clubs a quick clean
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Can I give you clubs to clean? Yeah? Let me give them a go
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Pingzing too, you don't see those every day. Bit of a scrub
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Look at that, pingzing. Three iron. Beautiful. Beautiful. No worries. So that's it, we're all finished here, clubs cleaned
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I hope you enjoyed this challenge. Unfortunately, didn't complete it this time
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but I will do my best on the next one. If you haven't seen our previous challenges
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do go on the Golf Monthly YouTube channel to have a look at those and all our other content
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on the channel, whether it's rules, equipment, instruction, it's all there for you to enjoy
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That's it from me, from Burleigh Park Golf Club. I'll see you next time
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