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The Big Break - Episode 9 (44:30)

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The remaining three contestants test their command of a wedge in the show's skills challenge. The most accurate will win the Mulligan and get a second chance in the elimination round. The field will be cut to just two contestants after the elimination challenge, which calls for putting prowess.

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-Previously on The Big Break. The final four faced brutal condi...

-Previously on The Big Break. The final four faced brutal conditions. -Here we go again. This is gonna be another one of all those absolute mental challenges. -You wanna play in the British Open? -You'll be prepared. -This is what you're gonna deal with. -The "Skills Challenge" paired the guys up for a team competition. -Good news is that the winning team is exempt from elimination. -Justin's birdie on the 2nd hole turned the tide for he and Anthony. -Oh yeah. -It's [unk] there and that landscape. -Craig and Randy were forced to battle it out in the elimination challenge. -Craig is saying, "Hey, anything solid, I'm gonna win this contest and Randy is going home." -Randy was eliminated. Craig, Anthony and Justin have moved one step closer to the Fourth Canadian Tour Exemptions and the chance of a lifetime, The Big Break. -[unk] game here. -Yeah. -Golf Channel's Golf Tribute Challenge. -We were all pretty pleased and very much congratulating each other and ourselves and we got this far, we got pretty far in the show. -Is there any type of golf question you could possibly think of? And I [unk]. -We're all kinda proud of each other and I told the guys, I said, "Listen." I said, "There's no loser at this point." -What PGA Tour player's nickname Volcano where he's sometimes volatile. -Volcano. -I think we're all pretty stuffed but it is, you know, no one's a loser. That's entertainment of the week. I mean, if you made it, on the show, you did good and you made it deep in the challenge. You're you know, you're doing great. -Woke up in [unk] the weather and it's similar to the other day. Just nasty, wet, cold-- I'd rather sit around and waiting for things to go right and we're anxious to get things going but it's kind of been driving out. So it's tough on everybody. -Came here to do the best that you can but you know, you're thinking about winning. I mean, I think everyone that showed up in the back of their head is thinking, looks around there and then says, "Alright, I can do this." East to get you know, Anthony and Craig kinda [unk]. And it was gone. It's just one of us is gonna win this competition. -We were all kind of-- just trying to bear down the bruise, get through the day to survive. -Just getting crunch time and the pressure is building. Stakes are rising and that's all we to see. -Guys, you know, these tasks remind me a little of the British. It reminds me a little bit about-- at this point you really don't care what the weather is like. Would you agree with that Justin? I mean, for this opportunity. If it was snowing, are you playing on pavement? I mean, we're playing on some great golf courses and you're gonna hit some shots. What do you think? -We're on the same boat. -It's the only way to look at it. -We're on the same-- -Same condition. What's your attitude at this point? Now, you know, it's gotten real quiet around here. There were-- -Very quiet. -We had 10 guys here and now we have 3. And we know that the one that's going home is [unk] and I know you wanna get in that situation where you're in the finals. And if you're the finals, I don't care if you're hitting a barrel. I don't care if you're hitting it through a window glass. I don't care if you're hitting it in a rotating funnel to try to get it. You-- it's your opportunity, isn't it? -Yes. -Yes it is. -What does it mean to you Craig to get to the point where you're in the finals and you have an opportunity to get the Big Break? -To me, it's been my dream. It's been my dream to be a professional athlete since I was little. I wish that I had a good enough swing. Whether it'd be baseball or golf and I'm chasing the golf right now and tried to drop everything and moved down to Florida to chase that golf. So for me-- -You've dropped; you've sacrificed a lot of things in your life obviously. You're working to try to just get through things and to make payments and -Exactly. -to play golf. -Eating [unk] and frozen pizzas. -Are you? Yes. -How about you Anthony. I mean, I know you play a lot of golf but obviously playing at a higher level has always been a dream of yours as well. -I played so many tours down south. Canadian Tour would be a step in the right direction. -Yeah. -I mean, getting out there, making cuts. I mean that's what you're really looking to do. But yeah, I mean this is awesome. -That's great. -How about you Justin? -There's obviously a lot of stake. -Absolutely. -You know, I've been working my butt off trying to break through and get to the next level and I think this experience, it's just gonna help me break through that barrier. It's been, you know, last 3 years have been a little rough. Been on many tours and I don't enjoy it there and I'm waiting to break through and I think this is really gonna help. -You guys have all handled the pressure really well. You've gone through. We've gone through quite a few really good players. We also have gone through some-- with some players that it may not mean as much as it means to you guys. 'Cause they have a job. They've got another place to go when it's all said and done. It's been a blast but I know, you know what? You got one thing on your mind and I'll stop talking. -That's winning. -And it's, let's go-- -Thanks for having us here. -Yeah I really appreciate it. -This place is awesome. Amazing. -Thank you guys. And well, let's go to town. -Okay. Come on. -Are you ready? Let's go. -Alright. -Guys, I've been on the PGA Tour for quite a long time. I've seen some really good ball strikers. But the ones that are the best and make the most money and have the best lives are those that are great from hundred yards end. We have 4 different locations, your yard is one. 40 yards, 55, 70, 85 yards. We're gonna start at 85 yards and it's going to be the lowest score from an aggregate distance twice. It's gonna win them all here. -In the wedge challenge, each competitor will hit one wedge from 4 separate distances to a pin on the green. The player with the lowest accumulated distance from the pin after 4 shots will win the Mulligan. In addition, he will receive a 46-inch TV from Sony. -Now, let me tell you something. There's a bunker in front of the screen that I built that is going to be a little bit more pain than it has been in some of the other shows. If you fly in the bunker, anywhere in the bunker, and you take the edge of the bunker, from flag coming at your ball, and we're gonna deem the bunker going vertically upwards from the edge and we're gonna measure it to the edge that way. We're not gonna curl it down to face the bunker. And they were gonna add plus 30 feet to that environment. It's a hazard you know, and I don't want you just to start to fly through balls in the bunker, thinking that's where you're gonna be. Anthony, your first stop, looks like you've selected second. You're going third just so you get to see what they do or start at 85. -Good luck. -All right. Let's do it. -Good luck -Thanks. -Good luck. -Good luck guys. -Now, here's what's interesting about this shot. He's got a downhill lie. The balls below his feet which that makes the ball flirts in arrival of that and the pin is 12 yards behind the bunker. They wanna keep that left to the hole, feed to the hole. -And [unk] then to and I just-- I mean, it's just one. I think it's wet. Didn't really take the-- take a bite bur that's a bad hit. It's like 50 feet and that was like, great shot. And great shot [unk]. -I had a 56-degree sand wedge. Wind was kinda into us. So, the only shot I was really worried about was the first one and the whole pounding with the bunker hitting in the bunker's lane left to the bunker. -Now, the wind just absolutely got that much. It's on the front edge of the green. He's got a very long shot. -I could describe it one word. I don't think it would just be nasty. If you're gonna imagine your worst weather date play golf and this would be it. -I'm just wasn't sure if I swung hard or more hardy swing or more spin cut. More spin cut and more wind effects and I was afraid it was just kinda blowing up, hit that left of the bunker, spin back in the bunker and that would be it. -Justin [unk]. And he said to me earlier, he said, "I don't know [unk]." I said, "Well, you got about a minute to decide. So, you better hurry and make those decision." And look at the wind eat that thing. -So wind's going left or right? Well that sound crazy. -You know, one thing that's really planning to affect to these guys is the bunker. They don't wanna lay side on this thing because if they do and they hit the bunker, it's a plus 30 feet. It's a huge pallet. -It's like well, [unk] I can't think [unk]. -Yeah. -Thanks Craig. -No problem. -Shoot them. -Okay. Let's move up. -Let's move up. -I have to tell you. For a left-handed golfer, I think this got an advantage especially that the ball of all those feet, he can draw into that cross swing that's more on 30 miles an hour I thought and hole is on line. That's a good, good look in golf shot right there. Just making some swing rehearsals. Notices swing in about halfway back, little [unk] turns through the ball. The lob wedge with wax orange in [unk] body. It's a good club selection for him. -That's a little uphill and that one was [unk] and they turned a twist in there that the goes in the bunker shore during at 30 feet. And that's a kill and the end of the bunker that's pretty much done. -That ball could spin to the right. He's got some spin on it. The ball kicked that bad to the right which was a really smart play. A very good golf shot. Okay Anthony. Bob [unk] playing in a crosswind, which had neutralized the flight of the ball going to the right. Cut a little bit [unk] but you know what, the ball, tell you what, the ball should spin down in the hole. Antony is really trying to make a come back from being 50 feet away and it's for Shawn. And he needed to trust me first or kill me. I just [unk] in to way too hard. Anthony just negated part of that 51-foot, 50 range by hitting that 7 feet too. -So now, [unk] to shot. -Great golf shot. That was big time for her. And we got 2 more and bulls down a couple of wedge shots from Mulligan that we know this helps so much in the elimination. -Okay. -Let's go for it. -I think it's good to [unk] and see how open the Bodies get in the setup. And we're longing at and hit it too far. -All 3 players have hit their first 2 shots in the wedge challenge. Craig leads the way with a lowest accumulative distance of 46 feet and 4 inches. The guys will now hit a wedge from 55 yards and 40 yards to determine who will claim the Mulligan. Just bear down, do your job, just everything you've-- ever positive image that you can master up. Just draw strength from that and just let it go and whatever happens, happens. Stepped up to the 3rd one and I'm not exactly sure what I did. -Right. -Just you know, thin shot, bag you know, hit this slope in the back. -That's gonna hurt. -Never had any spin on it. It just released all the way to the back of the green. -Craig just had a shot. They wish she can have back. And that [unk], he's 741 and it's just really hurting. It's just hurting. Now the door is open for Justin and Anthony to create a gap that Craig came yeah. -So Craig came. -I think we have a chance through the [unk]. -It's interesting. He sets up the Open place at [unk]. Oh nice little trap. That was a really [unk] golf shot right there. Oh that's a good one. -Tell you, how did the Mulligan go into this last deal? It's gigantic because these guys don't know what they're about to do in the elimination. -8 feet. -8 feet and 8 inches. -Tremendous. -Beautiful golf shots [unk]. -I think my second and third shots were pretty good which that mean no good position going to last one. -Where did you get? -8 feet. Something you know just, shot. -You know with 39, 4 and then like a 12 finally and 88, he's totally taking the lead. And he seems to be in the driver's seat. Anthony wants to stop us. And I have one more I think it's alright. -Well, I think it's good to [unk] and see how open their bodies get in the setup. Belonging at, he hit it too far. -Come back. -As we got closer, I had another really good one. I think it's really good to see it. I tried to and someone told me that it came pretty close to going in. -That'll look sweet on TV. -He sucked it back, look at that smile. -Oh. -That thing was way by the hole and it sucked all the way back and that's why he smiled. Good for him. -It's like 5 feet I think. -I got my way back in after that. But [unk] shot from 85 and after 3 out of 4 hours like a few feedback of Justin, do get it out for a TV and the Mulligan. I mean the Mulligan is huge. It's you know, it's go time so the Mulligan is huge. -Anthony spins it back. Knowing their conditions, knowing he needs [unk], knowing he's trying to avoid the bunker. It's at 4 feet, 9 inches. What a great golf shot. Craig noticed now he's in trouble. -Yeah. -Justin and Anthony are obviously [unk] more they're competing now. -And once they dropped. -Yeah. I got it. Close it if you want. -That's coming. -But it helps you. I mean, helps you to get to stay there. And at first low 40-yard shuttle run bunker. Scary little shot because that was 40-yard shots so those are hard especially in those conditions. I mean it's easy just to go under and leave the bunker. -Okay. Had a great one right here. -So I did. -So. -It's now [unk]. -It's running at the check after it is all [unk]. -Now tell me where to go. The heat is good for [unk]. Fourteen feet, 7 inches from Chester. -Anthony, we're just running form. Just gotta get inside the 12th feet to be just. -I was nervous and I was standing over it. I chat a little bit. -Slow. -No, it's wet. It's not gonna spin back for me. -I can do it. -Go. -Third one came way back. I needed to send that left and it sent back on the hole and I just-- Alright. It didn't work out for myself. Just move out. You know, that's the side of there. It's fine. Just let's go. -There's a room. There's a room for him to beat me. I really thought he was gonna have a good shot. Craig [unk] Craig [unk] couldn't catch me either. It's a good channel. Sounds like wow, it's great how you get the Mulligan and I knew whatever the challenge is when you only have 3 people and Mulligan is huge. Well at least some of the people, Mulligan comes more important. -The thin shot is very good [unk]. He's hitting a shot. That's a consolation. -I was trying to hold my last shot to win whenever the prize was and then just move on to the next challenge. -So I felt alright. I made 4 pretty good swings but I didn't get the Mulligan. So, I knew you know, whatever the elimination round was gonna be-- gonna have to work right through again. -Congratulations. -Thanks. -You know, it looked like you know, you talked to me a little bit earlier and talked about the club selection. -Yeah. -You made a great choice in what you decide or not. Now, why did you do that? -Five and 52. I have a 58 and a 52 and I know the 58 is obviously better for these ones. That was gonna be a big advantage. I didn't wanna have to use 52 but I was originally gonna use the 52. I had it in my hands 'cause I know I can open it up and still you know, work a little bit on this shot and when I saw Anthony, it is Lob Wedge and he hit you know 50 feet pass [unk]. And we're heading back to the car and get my Lob Wedge and I got a new. -You know, that just says a lot for reactive to the environment and you're doing that good players react. They don't have this plan. The plan, there is no plan. You just react and you play and you did a really good job. I also noticed how you played left to the hole. You saw the slope. You're right into a-- yeah that was about 4-1/2 or [unk] there. 3 to 5% and I mean total on the screen going left to right. And that really played into your hands. You read the green, you read the green from you know, 40, 50, 60,70 yards. That's a good move on your part. It looks like what's [unk] away? Well, I was gonna say congratulations to Justin [unk] the Mulligan -I know. -which would huge [unk] elimination challenge. -Mulligans are great. -Yeah. But also the 46-inch Sony TV. -How about that? It's awesome. -That is [unk]. -Now here's the intrusive thing. The Mulligan going into the elimination challenge is big. It's been proven to be big for all of our contestants and this is gonna be a real interesting competition you're about to see. -Yeah. -Good luck to him. -It's been interesting every time. -Good luck to you. -Thanks Rick. -Thanks Kevin. -It's pretty windy. You see that? Come on. -I know there's other 2 guys who want it real bad but I mean, I feel like it's almost impossible for anybody who want it more than I do. This may be my chance to you know, get to the next level and it may not but I'm gonna get there one way or another. But I'm hoping that it's my shot. -Go out in shoes and get around to [unk] and you know, find my work at 40 hours a week or I should be playing. -I don't wanna be on the many tours anymore. It's too much of a struggle. It's not where I wanna be. It's not where I think my game is at, think I belong to the highest level. Many tours are not-- you don't make living on many tours. If you can't do it and it make you break even if you're playing phenomenal. It's just not money to make. -Turned pro last year. Now I'm struggling here and I'm off. I'm not playing anywhere. Except you know, local skins and 555's. -What I'm here for, well, I dropped everything. I've been-- all my life have been [unk] after college and moved into Florida that's I'm here. -I'm almost not joining the game on the Masters because I'm disappointed. You know, once things start going bad, I'm wondering about how am I gonna pay for-- how am I gonna pay for mortgage and I got a you know, my daughter's school. -Justin Peters, our smooth swinger in the group. He's by far got the best working swing I think. Most natural swing to look at. He's a great player. Lot of experience. Anthony is our, probably our youngest member I believe and he's a wild cat. He's gotten opinion and he's not afraid. He's very confident. Very cocky which is good because that reflects the way he swings too. Very confident, very cocky. He can really hit the ball well and that's gonna serve him well playing many tours, whatever tours he gets on in the future. -Craigs is one of the nicest guys. Again, he's a fighter. He's a hard, hard worker. I've been able to see close up what Craig does on a daily basis and we're both [unk] on the same crop. And I've seen him practice really, really hard. He's been a good friend of mine and I look forward to playing with him and working with him in the future and hopefully we'll both achieve the same goal and be friends out on tour. That would be a nice goal. It'd be a nice thing to have that. -Had a lot of struggles in my life and usually like a rock. Stuff's getting so emotional like that but just thinking what I would feel if I did. It's not gonna change. I don't think. It's not gonna turn in to ruin against each other [unk]. It's golf. I mean, you just try to hit golf shots but I think everyone is definitely-- they're starting to feel like you know, I'm close, used to the cameras you know, used to having people right on top of you. Used to knowing you know, you might have to cut it out in a really weird situation. -Hi, guys. Coming down [unk] ready. Now, one of the interesting things about this competition, you know, it balls down to really good putting. We've got an 8-foot circle. You're gonna find it-- there are 6 putts you're gonna be hitting. You're gonna hole out every single putt. Now, he highest score goes home. -In the elimination challenge, each competitor will hit a total of 6 putts from different positions around an 8-foot circle surrounding the hole. The order of play will be rotated. The players must hole out their putts and the player with the highest number of putts for the 6 positions will be eliminated. -That should be interesting. -It should be great. It should be good. -It's a good idea. -[unk] that you must turn. You must turn this ball down and then cuts like this and let's see what happens. -Winning tournaments comes down to putting. That's no win tournaments but I'm making crucial putts without putting well and I thought it was a great Channel. -It's not cool. I'm really mad at you guys but putting, I mean I have days where I just you know, I hit a lot of good shots and shoot 73 or 74, or 75 and so. I've been [unk] I mean, I wasn't fired up [unk]. -What do you think? You make all [unk] in your end? -I don't know. We got it around and see how it's going, you know. -And it should good. It could be like 4 shots or 3 shots. -And then guys have been putting well. So I mean I [unk] putters here. -What we're dealing with here is the conditions were so bad, Katherine. -That is a go around the circle. It's been really windy, it was cold, it was raining. It must've felt like 45 to us with all the rain dripping and everything and wet and have to be honest, you're dealing with wind. You know, I can't even hold this umbrella. You're dealing with a stroke that's gonna move. The good athlete can adjust. -Are we ready? -Are we ready to roll? -Okay. -It's gonna be Craig first, Anthony second, Justin third. Let's not forget that Justin has the Mulligan. -That was a difficult challenge, very difficult. -They are really nervous. The guy that goes home you know, he's gonna miss that opportunity for the Big Break. I'm getting the rain and I figured I'd beat one of them. It's pouring, I mean, I just love that there's 3 of us. I'm getting rain, I'll get this together, good enough to be one of them. -This just seems that I do. -The first few putts are very fast. As we swing around the clock, it's gonna be a lot slower. -Three guys are gonna do it. Let's see who can make most putts under pressure. Isn't this what it's all about? Being able to make putt under pressure. -The strength that has the way they missed to in the long, it's not gonna do us wrong with the wind. -Justin has [unk]. I was wondering type of stroke the putt. Putt stroke. -So he got a little putt, putt [unk]. -That makes [unk] -He makes [unk]. -Thanks. -But as events turned out, we got up there and Justin did hold back. Collect [unk]. -[unk] that's going into our second environment. Okay? -Yeah the order again [unk]. -Anthony, Justin and then Craig. -Justin made right off the bat which is-- I mean, that's just like, getting locked down until someone else makes one. -This putt is gonna be breaking right to left. It's got some speed even though it's wide out here, there's some putt he took the screen. -That one's great. -Well, let's see if he can make it. Kinda need some more putts. We're looking at Justin as the only one putt. We got-- Anthony has got 2 putts. And here's Justin again. I'll tell you what, Justin makes us you know, we've only got 4 more putts tonight. The condition ever since is not gonna break this much. So what's his putt? His putt [unk] which I think is very good in the wind. -Look at this putt. It breaks a lot. Do you see how much that broke [unk]? -That broke about 3-1/2 to 4 inches. -Two putts. He's still down one at league. As we go down to Craig. -The putt breaks so much. -I know. Now, here again. Here's a lot [unk]. -This is a slice path where there is a hook path for Justin. -When I saw that he was putting and what we're doing, I was actually very happy. I feel confident. I don't take practice stroke. I walked up, lined it up. Make sure I'm losing goal. -How about that one? -That bomb breaks a lot. And trust me. You know, lose from head to foot. These aren't easy. -I've been there before. I've bee through it. Kinda comfortable with the situation. Not happy about the weather and air conditions and exhausted. It's kinda like going out and playing golf and missing every green and having to get up now and everytime. It just-- it starts to [unk] on you. -Justin's hold putt from the first position in the elimination challenge has propelled him into a narrow lead with 4 positions still remaining. The player with the highest total after all 6 positions are completed will be eliminated. -[unk]. -To be honest with you, the weather was horrible all day and we noticed that all day it was miserable, dragging, it was making us tired. -Hands are freezing. Had hand warmers at the buckets just to keep the feel. It was just a day of survival. -Justin now is swinging back up to hill a bit. He's got an uphill putt. He's gonna break a fraction to his left. -Well, [unk]. -Then hit it. Did you see the [unk] part of the circle here? -Oh it's short. [unk]. -I don't know. -It's [unk]. -None of these guys wants to go. -Well, it's very close. Now again, he's still in a sliced environment. He's a left-handed golfer who swings his balls then go to his left and we know because it's a whack that a speed is really critical here. -Hit it. -Justin hit it. -[unk] in his putt. -Yeah. -[unk]. he's so fast. -Justin hit it. -They're [unk] and they're all pretty quick. You're trying to make-- -And you're trying not to make a mistake which is good and bad. You gotta strategize though as far as you're just trying to stay alive, you're not trying to shoot 64 or so. -Right Anthony. -I made my putt. I was fired up. I was easy too 'cause I mean, they've moved after [unk] and all I did was just hit it. I mean, that was an easy putt to me. -There's a make. We have a tie. Right now, Anthony and Justin are tied up. Now, remember something. Justin has the Mulligan and if he's smart, he's gonna save it. He knows he gotta have a good start. -[unk] I had good distance control. I picked the line where as the ball would swing down it would feed to the hole. It went up and it is just maybe a hair short of how much power I want to hit it. It just never fed down to the hole. -He didn't hit it. It's wet. -One more [unk] everything. -It's wet. -I've been there before. I've been through it. Kinda comfortable with the situation. I'm not happy about the weather and air conditions and exhausted. It's kinda like going out and playing golf and missing every green and having to get up and down everytime it just-- it starts to [unk]. -Now, with Anthony's [unk] routine and you see a lot of different groups on tour today. You see the claw, you see different groups to make different things happen. You know, it's to create a sensation of stability in the face to take the risk out and people get real floppy through an impact. Then break narrows as much as you thought. -If Justin makes his putt, it's gonna give him a huge, huge advantage on in the last 2 [unk]. -'Cause he has the Mulligan. -Who popped it and blocked it? Now, he blocked it out and you know that (??) free. We have Anthony and Justin tied. If Craig one-putts I guarantee it, Justin misses, he may use his Mulligan early. Let's take a look. Anthony's putt is breaking. It's downhill and it's breaking to his right. This is a slice putt I'm talking about. Craig is gonna be in a position to have this hook putt which is what he likes. Anthony would love to put the heat on Justin right now. -Yeah. -Oh man. Damn. -We had a different type of par on each one and we have to uphill the downhill left to right, right to left, uphill you know, from both sides. -If he makes this, he's planning the last and the final show right here. -I thought you made this, this time. -Craig, he knows this is the most important putt because he's behind. He does not have a one putt yet and he just not wait-- he doesn't wanna wait 'til the last hole. -Oh jeez. [unk] Craig. -He was gonna ball down to Craig making the last putt because right now, here's the bottom line. If they both to putt and Craig doesn't make, Craig is going home. Craig knows he has to make. -With just one position remaining, Anthony and Justin lead Craig by 1. Craig must now make up a putt on either of his fellow competitors if he is to avoid being eliminated. -Justin knows if he makes. He's planning the finals. If he misses, trust me, he'll be hitting another [unk]. -Fast putt. Break in right. Here's come the Mulligan. -I'm gonna take my Mulligan on that. Okay. -Okay. He makes his plan on the finals. He misses, he still has to move and he's got a good chance because he's still leading. He and Anthony are leading the competition. -And I like to use the Mulligan on the last putt because I felt you know, obviously if I make it, I'm in. So I wanted to control my destiny and get up there and I hit it. A little firm. I mean, I was not trying to hit that thing 3 feet by at all and I was a little upset with myself there because that's a mistake you just cannot make. -He has to make this putt. -And I stepped up there I mean it wasn't good. You know, it wasn't inside the [unk]. Nobody is saying pick it up. It's good. I had to make that putt and I know his conditions. I mean, he [unk] happen so all of us, a little nervous but putting a stroke on it, got in the hole and I was in. As long as Craig didn't make his putt, that was the one key and I really felt he was gonna make it. -Craig knows he has to make. -He's a good putter here. He's coming. -Oh I knew I had to make that putt and I went after just a little too much and it kinda popped through my line. It was a little too hard. -Okay. -A lot of good strokes and keep that one for the rest of them. Like the whole 3-foot thing. Just [unk] and wanna drop this and [unk]. -He [unk] it's raining out all day and it's still fast. I mean, really fast. They both messed but I knew exactly what I had to do. It went in. Finishing off some styles so, I was told-- -Good job. Nice putt. -Nice. -Good job. -Thanks. -[unk] guys. -It seemed like you were growing and getting better as the competition was going on and you felt more comfortable. And I think that can do a lot for you as a player. -Absolutely. I learned a lot. I learned a lot this week that I will draw on later on in another tournaments and this was my Big Break but there'll be others. -Yes. -Guess what? Sure we'll see you again. -Yeah. -All right. -I really felt he was gonna make it 'cause he's stroking ball real well in the first 5 putts. He hit the hole 2 or 3 times. I really felt he's gonna make it. -I think I hit some good putts. I really did. I think I had 3, maybe 4 that touch the hole and one that kinda almost went down in some people said. And like I could-- it couldn't been-- pretty been 3 to 4 once in my card but it turned out to me a 6-2's and it just wasn't good enough and those guys made a couple and that put me out of it. -It came out and he did every shot he needed, the pressure. I mean he didn't show weakness this week. I understand his swing looks good and he sort of [unk] his putting. Everything is well rounded and I mean, that's the final 3. I mean, I'm sure he's very proud of himself too. -He just said, "Just wait and see pretty much what this week is gonna mean to you later on. You're gonna be surprised that people are gonna look at you and," that was really classy, nice gentlemanly thing of him he says. I appreciated it [unk]. -I played golf with Craig a few times. I've seen a hardy works. He practices his [unk] when I show up at golf, 'cause he's already there practicing and when I leave, he's still practicing. -That hurts to see someone go but I mean, we were-- I think we are the guys kind in a way. I've known what he felt like at some other point in my career too. So, it hurts 'cause he's a super nice kid. -And the [unk] the last time. -We were both thinking that we have something that was-- both the guys from the same room and then finally with something interesting. Didn't work out that way. Both Anthony and Justin have great swings but I think Justin has got an edge in somewhere with experience where Anthony might not have had. Pretty simple. Everyday, gotta do. -I'm putting up the day, imagine that? I need to do it. [unk]. -You look good, a guy like Justin who never really had his back against the wall because he played solid all the way through. It just goes to show you he's a bit more consistent that I am right now but I need to get to that level. -I almost forgot about that [unk] that's not close. I had 2 weeks off. You're not to stop [unk] the bank account and see if I could keep going on various tour or if I have to go back to you know, that tour, mix of day job and playing and practicing and trying to save up money for next year's tour. So, we shall see. Let's get out of here. -That's the rope. -That's gonna make me look like a weekly. Couldn't get my [unk]. Is Justin in there? -He traveled leaves and bounds past a lot of people this week. You know, with where he started the week and where he finished it. It was pretty impressive. -Next time on the Big Break. -I'm looking forward to it. I don't know what they're gonna have in store for us today but we're gonna find out. -The final two-some square off for the Canadian Tour exemptions. -When I'm playing the guy, I'm always expecting that he's gonna make a shot and he's gonna pull off a miracle shot. -Oh made it. What a great putt. -Oh. -Oh I kinda like to lose. I don't like to be beaten. Somebody's in [unk] on this [unk] on me. I like that. -Fantastic. Fantastic shot dude. -As the competition heats up, a startling turn of events for Justin. -I looked down at hand and looked what it has been. -Justin and Anthony have come this far but only one will go the distance. Next week, a live 2-hour season finale reunites all of the competitors as they watched the final challenge on full. After the finale, a special one-hour calling show where viewers can ask the guys about their experience on the show. It's all next time on the Big Break. -So I'm gonna be drawing on a lot of the images, thoughts and feelings that I had from here, this week. And I really thank everyone for the opportunity. It was awesome. I had a tremendous week. I really did.
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