Internet Invitational Episode 5: Salim's short putt sends Team Big John to the $1.3 million final

Episode 5 of the Internet Invitational, titled "It All Comes Down To This," sets the final. Team Fat Perez (Fat Perez, Riggs and Bobby Ray) won a nine-hole alternate-shot stroke-play round at Payne's Valley, and Team Big John (Big John, Ryan Whitney and Salim) took the other spot when Salim holed a short putt on the last green. The two teams play 18 holes of alternate-shot match play for $1.3 million a player.

The episode, 2 hours and 11 minutes long, premiered Monday, Nov. 9 on the Fore Play Golf YouTube channel.

Four players go home under the lights

The episode picks up from Episode 4's night twist at Buffalo Ridge, where Team Ruffels' 16 remaining players were split into four foursomes and one foursome had to leave. The captains, Big John, Grant Horvat, Micah Morris and Ryan Ruffels, played the first hole, with the best score and all ties safe.

Big John's putt kept his group alive, which left Horvat's and Morris' groups to send out second picks, Jake Adams and Ryan Whitney. After trouble off the tee, Adams hit a wedge to about 20 feet. "That's the best shot he's ever hit," one of his teammates said on the video. Whitney made his putt to win the hole, and Horvat's group, which included Paige Spiranac, was out, according to the YT Golf Stats recap.

No draft for the last 12

Organizers skipped a draft for the 12 players left, saying on camera that player abilities were too different. They built four teams of three, called them the fairest they could make, and told the players to push back if they disagreed. After some talk, the players agreed to "run it the way it is."

• White: Ryan Ruffels, Marissa Wenzler, The Duke
• Green: Micah Morris, Bubbie Broders, Justin Gaethje
• Red: Big John, Ryan Whitney, Salim
• Blue: Fat Perez, Riggs, Bobby Ray

Before the round, Big John told staff he'd lost his 58-degree wedge. One was for sale at the other clubhouse, and he asked for someone to go buy it so his group wouldn't miss its 8:45 tee time.

How the round turned

Heading to the sixth hole, Red and Blue were one over, Green was two over and White three over. Whitney's tee shot on six went into a hazard. With three holes left, Blue was still one over, Red had dropped to three over, and Green and White were four over. With two to play it was Blue one over, Red three over, Green four over and White five over.

Salim, whose teammates call him "the Dream," was called the MVP of the day in the video. Blue bogeyed the last and still won the round at two over, per YT Golf Stats.

The last green

Red reached the ninth one shot ahead of Green. Salim chipped up into the wind, and Whitney's putt left a short one that wasn't conceded. Bubbie Broders' putt for Green just missed. "I thought he had it," a player said. Salim then made his putt to advance.

The final scores, according to YT Golf Stats: Blue two over, Red four over, Green five over and White seven over. Team Micah and Team Ruffels are out.

What to watch

The finale posts Thursday, Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. ET: Team Fat Perez against Team Big John over 18 holes of alternate shot match play, with $1.3 million going to each player on the winning side. Big John's putting has carried him here before. His Episode 2 playoff birdie knocked out Peter Finch's team.