2026 Internet Invitational: How to Watch, Episode Schedule, and Release Times

You can watch the 2026 Internet Invitational on YouTube for free.

New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday at 1 p.m. ET on three channels: Fore Play Golf, Bob Does Sports, and the official Internet Invitational channel. Six episodes in all, with the finale landing Thursday, November 12. Episodes 1 and 2 are already up, so if you’re just finding this, you’re behind.

The full Season 2 release schedule

Every release is set for 1 p.m. Eastern. Here’s the whole run.

Episode	Release date	Time (ET)
Episode 1	Monday, October 26	1 p.m. (out now)
Episode 2	Thursday, October 29	1 p.m. (out now)
Episode 3	Monday, November 2	1 p.m.
Episode 4	Thursday, November 5	1 p.m.
Episode 5	Monday, November 9	1 p.m.
Episode 6 (finale)	Thursday, November 12	1 p.m.

What time do new episodes drop where you live?

The 1 p.m. ET drop converts like this:

• Central: noon
• Mountain: 11 a.m.
• Pacific: 10 a.m.
• UK: 5 p.m. for Episodes 1 and 2, then 6 p.m. from Episode 3 on

That UK shift isn’t a typo. Britain turned its clocks back on October 25 and the U.S. waits until November 1, so for one week the gap is four hours instead of five. If you’re watching from London, the Monday, November 2 episode shows up an hour later than the first two did.

Is the Internet Invitational live?

No. The whole thing was filmed August 10 to 17 at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri, the same Ozarks resort that hosted the first edition. Every match is already decided, and the only thing standing between you and the ending is how careful you are about where you scroll for the next two weeks.

Spoilers are everywhere. The show’s Wikipedia page already carries early results, and Twitter is worse. If you want to watch it clean, mute “Internet Invitational” and the bigger player names until you’re caught up. Watch each one the day it drops. Waiting a week is how you find out the ending from a reply under somebody’s fantasy football tweet.

Who is playing in the 2026 Internet Invitational?

The field grew to 64 players, up from 48 last year, and the purse quadrupled to $4 million from $1 million. It’s mostly YouTube golfers, plus a pile of former pro athletes who clearly couldn’t say no to Dave Portnoy.

The golf side runs through names you know if you’ve spent any time on golf YouTube: defending champion Brad Dalke, Grant Horvat, Paige Spiranac, Peter Finch, Rick Shiels, and the Bryan Brothers. Wesley Bryan is the one to circle. He won the 2017 RBC Heritage, so this is a guy with an actual PGA Tour trophy at home playing against people whose day job is filming their own range sessions.

Then the famous faces. Johnny Manziel, UFC fighter Justin Gaethje, former NFL coach Jon Gruden, former NBA player Jason Williams, Dude Perfect’s Tyler Toney, and NELK’s Kyle Forgeard are all in. Some of them can play. Some of them are there for the clips. You’ll figure out which is which in about one hole each.

How does the format work?

It’s team golf played as head-to-head matches, not 72 holes of stroke play. Teams win holes, holes win matches, and matches decide who moves on and who goes home. The second installment leans on alternate shot, which is the cruelest format in golf for anyone hiding a shaky short game. No place to hide. Your partner hands you a 40-yard pitch over a bunker with a camera six feet away, and either you’ve got it or half of golf YouTube is about to watch you find out you don’t.

If the scoring on screen has you lost, our breakdown of how match play works covers it: what a “4 and 2” result means, how “all square” works, and why players concede putts.

Who won the first Internet Invitational?

Brad Dalke, Francis Ellis, and Cody “Beef” Franke won the 2025 edition and split the $1 million. Franke died just before Season 1 aired, and Season 2 opens with a tribute to him. It’s a heavy way to start a show built on trash talk and shanks, and it’s the right call.

Can you bet on the Internet Invitational?

Not in any way that makes sense. It was taped in August, the results exist, and some of the people who know them are on the internet. Any market on a pre-taped show is a market where somebody on the other side might already know the answer. Pass.

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Quick answers

Is the 2026 Internet Invitational free to watch?

Yes. Every episode streams free on YouTube through the Fore Play Golf, Bob Does Sports, and Internet Invitational channels. You don’t need cable, a streaming subscription, or YouTube Premium. New episodes go up Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. ET through the November 12 finale.

How many episodes are in Season 2?

Six. Episode 1 dropped Monday, October 26, and the run alternates Mondays and Thursdays until the finale on Thursday, November 12.

Where was Season 2 filmed?

Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri, near Branson. It was filmed August 10 to 17, 2026, which is why the results are already out there for anyone who goes looking.

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