Big Break Myrtle Beach Episode 8 Recap: Charlie Flirts With Danger

November 25, 2014

Big Break Myrtle Beach returned to Barefoot Resort and with just six players remaining, everyone’s margin for error is razor thin, something that’s not lost on the contestants.

The first immunity challenge, which took place at the Dye Course, required players to hit the ball through what amounted to a Big Break frame approximately 35 yards from the pin.

Each player had to predict how close he or she would hit the ball to the pin and then hit the ball inside that number. The player who predicted the lowest total and then delivered would be the winner of the challenge. Players had to pick their distance before the competition started.

The challenge featured a few unexpected developments, starting with Charlie, who has been the strongest player on the show to date, predicting a distance of 22 feet. He put it inside the number but was easily bested by four other players.

The biggest surprise was the challenge winner. Jimmy, who hadn’t earned immunity since episode two and had survived a pair of elimination challenges, predicted he would hit the ball within six feet and he did it.

For a player who has been flirting with danger throughout the show, it was a shot in the arm.

The second stage of the immunity challenge was a repeat of the first. Charlie, perhaps having learned his lesson after being conservative, and Toph both put their bid in at 9 feet. Both hit excellent shots, finishing inside the predicted distance, and they went to a playoff.

Toph went first and was 26 feet from the hole, opening the door for a seemingly easy victory for Charlie, but the assumed front runner chunked his chip and was 76 feet from the pin.

Toph earned immunity and along with it the opportunity to jet ski along the Intracoastal with his buddy Jimmy.

The final immunity challenge allowed players to hit two shots from three different locations, and they accumulated points based on how close they were to the pin.

Emily won immunity based on the strength of her second shot on the second stage, which snuggled up to the hole and earned five of the 13 points she scored, good enough to nose Anthony by a point.

Tessa finished last and went straight to elimination, leaving her to choose between Charlie and Anthony as her opponent.

Charlie, who earned super immunity in the first show, a reward that could exempt him from an elimination challenge, opted to risk elimination and keep alive his chances of winning $10,000 if he makes it to the semifinals without using it.

Tessa decided to make Charlie face the elimination wringer for the first time, and the two had to play the eighth and ninth holes on the Dye Course.

They opened on the par 5 eighth and Charlie hit three outstanding shots, culminating with a chip that left him a tap-in birdie. Tessa put her drive in the left rough but eventually recovered to leave herself a seven-foot birdie attempt. Unfortunately, she hit a poor putt and missed it to the right.

Charlie went to the ninth one-up.

Both players hit poor drives, pulling them left, but excellent approaches. Tessa had an 18-foot birdie putt while Charlie had a 15-footer. Both two-putted, leaving Tessa one-stroke short and making her the seventh player eliminated from Big Break Myrtle Beach. Watch Episode 8

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