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Episode 1 Recap — Setting the Stage for Episode 2

Episode 1 opened with the 64-player field selecting four captains before the teams were built through a snake draft. Peter Finch took charge of the Blue Team, Ryan Ruffels captained the White Team, Wesley Bryan led the Green Team, and defending champion Brad Dalke headed the Red Team.

The captains immediately began building four 16-player teams. Dalke selected Tooms with the first pick, Bryan chose his brother George Bryan, Finch took Luke Kwon, and Ruffels selected Micah Morris. Ruffels then won the 100-yard closest-to-the-pin contest and chose to face Finch, setting the opening matchups as Blue vs. White and Green vs. Red.

Day 1 began at Ozarks National with two-player teams competing in nine-hole scramble matches. Each match was worth one point, tied matches were split, and no handicaps were used. Episode 1 ended with Finch's Blue Team holding a narrow one-point advantage over Ruffels' White Team, while Bryan's Green Team built the strongest lead of the opening session against Dalke's Red Team.

Episode 1 Match Highlights

• Peter Finch and The Jet closed out Grant Horvat and Riggs 4&3 to put an important Blue point on the board.
• Roger Steele and Short Game King defeated Paige Spiranac and Bobby Ray 4&2.
• Malosi Togisala and Cassandra Marie won 4&3 over Jon Gruden and The Duke, helped by Togisala's chip-in on the sixth hole.
• Evan Thompson and Tisha Alyn closed out Johnny Manziel and Karol Priscilla on the seventh hole as Green applied early pressure to Red.
• Wesley Bryan and Robby Berger secured another Green point when Berger made the winning putt on the final hole against Andrew Santino and DOD King.

Episode 1 Results

Score shown at the end of Episode 1: