Previously on "Holey Moley"...
[ Engine revs ]
Rob thinks "Holey Moley" is in trouble.
Riggle: What is going on around here?
So he recruited the Muppets to help him save the show.
I'm always funnier after some lasagna.
Bananas! Ooh!
[ Groans ]
But when Pepe went too far... [ Line ringing ]
I got a surprise for you.
Riggle: Pepe, is that Stephen?
Narrator: ...Rob was desperate.
I need big ideas, Kermit.
So ABC has to keep "Holey Moley" on the air.
Kind of like a big finale. Yes! Exactly.
And a big finale needs a big draw card.
Miss Piggy.
♪♪
Tessitore: This is the most dangerous
miniature golf course ever created.
[ Crowd groaning ]
Aah!
It's extremely extreme.
[ Crowd groans ]
This is mini golf on steroids.
Which are illegal.
Our golfers do not do mini golf steroids.
Tonight...
[ Screams ]
...eight world-class non-steroidal athletes...
That's what I'm talking about!
[ Screams ]
...three rounds of extreme mini golf...
That was awesome! She did it!
...one winner.
Oh, yeah, baby!
That's Joe Tessitore. That's Rob Riggle.
And this is...
Together: "Holey Moley"!
"Fore-ever."
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
It is a blustery night here at Club Holey Moley.
Look at the gusts, the gales, the intermittent blasts.
The weather is proving to be
an absolutely impassioned spectator
here at Holey Moley tonight.
You sure got some $20 words there, big guy.
You know, you're like one of those, uh,
"word of the day" calendar kind of guys, huh?
Uh, thank you, I think. No problem.
Look, I can do word stuff, too. That's all I'm saying.
All right. [ Clears throat ]
Tonight's program will be truly scintillating.
Featuring diminutive golf orbs,
penetrating minuscule perforations within the Earth,
culminating with the presentation
of The Golden Putter.
Did you just do, like, a Google search
of "big words that make me look smart"?
Indubitably, Joseph.
[ Sighs ] All right, folks.
Tonight, here's how it's gonna go.
Round 1, we get eight golfers. They're gonna face off.
The winners go to the sudden death Round 2.
And if you get to that final pairing,
that's where you play for a spot in the season finale,
where one of our champions is gonna make a putt
worth a quarter million dollars.
So much on the line for our competitors tonight.
Let's head down to our first hole, Cornhole...
Let's go!
...where the first pairing
is getting ready to tee off.
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
It's Matthew Edmonds from Tennessee
up against the Californian Pierre Levesque.
Hi, my name is Pierre Levesque, and I'm known as Putting Pierre.
Everyone asks me if I am French, and the answer is no.
And I do not speak French. [ Laughs ]
I'm single.
I'm ready to meet a man
just as obsessed with golf as I am.
But I'm not just a pretty face.
I'm here to take home the "W."
Hey, guys, my name is Matthew Edmonds,
and I'm the health freak of mini golf.
Out here training hard for "Holey Moley."
Coming from the gold, baby!
I'm gonna chug a protein shake
before and after I get out there.
Ain't got time to be sipping on it.
One of my biggest fears is to get 70 years old
and not be able to use my body
because if I can't use my body, I can't go play mini golf, huh?
I'm coming for you, Holey Moley. Let's go. Whoo!
Tee shot for Matthew Edmonds.
When he's not playing mini golf, he's weight training,
he's going to CrossFit.
Riggle: Wow. Dedicated to fitness.
Now, typically, how many hours a day
do you work out, Rob?
Does that include getting out of bed?
It does.
Uh, then I'd say none.
♪♪
Oh, too much.
He's got a lot here.
Oh!
Gave it too much. Too much what?
Go on. Say it, man. Let it fly. Let it fly.
Oh, the pepper in the gumbo!
Too much! Too much!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Good one.
Tessitore: Now, Matthew's very athletic.
So he should be able to get a good sprint across the ear.
Has about three seconds to make it across
before the kernels explode.
[ Microwave whirring, kernels popping ]
If he falls in, it's a stroke penalty.
[ Timer dings ]
Oh, he slipped at the start.
Oh! Oh!
Wow, did he get tangled up in those bags!
Whoa!
You deserved that!
I got to see this in replay. This was amazing.
Watch his face disappear.
Oh.
And then watch it reappear right here.
[ Laughs ]
And he's facing the wrong way.
And that makes him super sad.
See, I made a little face there?
I do see the little face.
You're all covered in stuff.
Pierre's away.
Putting Pierre. Putting Pierre.
Pierre, I believe, in French
is French for "sparkling water."
Are you talking about Perrier?
That's the stuff. That's the stuff.
Same thing, right?
No pressure.
Hole in one.
Pierre.
Oh, this has got too much on it.
Ohh.
Same thing. Yeah, too much.
Both of our golfers here matching up
in this Round 1 battle.
Oh, man.
Well, there is one way she can get a stroke up here.
That's right. And that is by making it past
the exploding cob of corn.
[ Microwave whirring ]
That's not the correct lean.
She needs to be leaning forward. She's leaning back.
That will not get you a good quick start.
[ Timer dings ]
She's hesitant. Got to go, got to go,
got to go, got to go!
[ Screams ] Ohh. Gosh.
No chance.
Wow, she was sent. [ Laughs ]
Oh, there's actual popcorn.
She missed the light. [ Ding ]
She had a full second, I would say, delay.
[ Screams ]
She how her hips come out first?
She got hit in the left hip, and it really spun her around.
They both lie 2.
Show me how it's done.
Matthew Edmonds trying to get to Round 2.
Going to stab it on the way down? No.
Matthew: So close.
I think Matthew Edmonds needs a scrunchie.
I think his hair was in the way on that last shot.
This is for the win, Pierre.
Man: You got it, Pierre.
Thank you.
She's getting support from the crowd.
Look at our gallery.
I've never seen them pay more attention to a golfer.
[ Romantic music playing ]
Yeah, Pierre's single and ready to mingle,
according to her bio here.
Look at that guy. He's in love.
He has the glasses on top of the glasses.
Well, I mean, he's looking good.
Pierre trying to get to Round 2.
♪♪
She does!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come on! She did it!
What a great, great putt.
Look at all these guys. They're in love.
Best "Holey Moley" ever.
Pierre Levesque is off to round number 2,
the sales executive from San Diego.
Matthew Edmonds, we will say goodbye to him.
He's going home, and he's gonna CrossFit so hard.
Hey, season after season, this next hole,
it has wowed players and fans of "Holey Moley" alike.
It is The Distractor. Everybody loves it.
It comes across as just being a straightforward putt.
Bear. Rob.
Bear, bear, bear, bear, bear. Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob.
This obsession over a bear being The Distractor...
What? Joe, every season, I pray that there's a bear
behind that wall -- every season.
And every season, I'm let down.
I'm gonna take a guess right now
and say it's a bear.
Bear, bear, bear, bear.
Very unlikely that it'll be a bear behind the wall.
Eh, we'll see about that.
This time, it's a bear!
Nope. Mariachi band.
It'll be a bear someday. You watch.
If I don't see a live bear tonight,
[Sighs] someone's getting fired.
Now, I'm gonna go vomit out of my butt.
[ Laughs ]
Hold on, I'm hearing -- I'm getting some notes.
They're saying I can't say that, Joe.
Can I say I'm gonna take a hot deuce?
All right, guys, I'm gonna take a hot deuce.
I'll be back in five.
You do your business. You take care of that.
Bear!
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
Distraction battle Round 1,
between Leonard Smith and Katie Kearney.
Hi. My name is Leonard Smith Jr.
I'm 34 years old,
and I'm known as Boogie, not Bogey.
I make a few bogeys, but we don't think about it
'cause I'm dancing, I'm having a good time.
If the ball goes in the hole, regardless if it's a birdie,
a triple bogey, I'm boogying.
[ Laughing ] Let's go! Let's go!
I'm about to boogie my way through this competition.
Let's go!
'Cause I'm all about that bread.
And I'm trying to make some toast.
Howdy, y'all. I'm Katie Kearney.
I'm 18 years old from Austin, Texas,
and I'm the Nerdy Cowgirl.
Yee-haw!
I can ride a horse, I know how to lasso,
and I'm nerdy because I'm a bioengineering major
at Stanford University.
When I'm not hitting the books,
I'm hitting the miniature golf course.
Whoo-hoo! Yee-haw!
Don't underestimate me. Nerds can win at mini golf, too.
I got him!
Tessitore: Okay, Katie Kearney and Leonard Smith Jr.
set to do battle here.
I'm not nervous. I'm not nervous.
Katie Kearney is up first.
She's got a little pressure here on The Distractor,
and then she has a Stanford exam tomorrow.
This is not easy to do without Rob here.
I mean, I think this is the first hole I've ever done by myself,
but we'll get through it.
All right, let's see what the distraction is.
Is it my mom?
Katie: No.
Could it be your mom?
Maybe.
We are about to find out.
Uh-oh. Oh, here he comes!
Okay! Oh!
Oh, please don't tell me. No.
Uh-oh.
Oh, it's a --
Oh. Oh, my gosh!
Oh, no.
Oh, my God!
Tessitore: Welcome back to "Holey Moley,"
where the distraction is about to be revealed.
Uh-oh. Oh! Here he comes!
Oh! Okay!
Uh-oh.
Tessitore: Don't tell me. No, guys.
Oh, my God!
[ Roaring ]
That's a bear! Oh, my God.
Oh, my God!
Tessitore: It is a giant bear
as The Distractor for Katie and Leonard,
and Riggle has been talking about having a bear
every single day we've been at work
for years now.
I am never gonna hear the end of this from Rob.
All he's been talking about is the bear.
Katie, with that wild hat, she refers to herself
as "the Nerdy Cowgirl."
And she has the 12-foot putt facing her.
Katie 12-foot putt,
and it drops!
She nails it on her first putt.
Good luck. Katie Kearney, the freshman at Stanford,
could be heading to round number 2.
Now Leonard Smith.
He needs to make this to stay in the game.
Hovering over Leonard Smith Jr. is the bear.
[ Bear growling ]
Can't get it.
Aaaaaaah!
Katie Kearney, an exam tomorrow at Stanford,
she just got an A-plus on The Distractor.
She moves on to Round 2 and is one step closer
to a plaid jacket and a Golden Putter.
And that does it for this edition of The Distractor.
Here's some snacks for you. Oh, thank you, my man.
Welcome back. Got one of those, too, yeah.
Yeah, we just knocked out a hole over here.
What was the, uh -- what was the distraction?
Just one piece of bad news. Yeah.
Uh -- Uh...it was a bear.
The bear?
Yeah.
The bear?! Yeah.
I was gone for five minutes.
I-I've been waiting for the bear for four years.
I know. I-I told them.
You went ahead without me?!
You know what? You don't -- I'm sorry.
These are off -- these are no longer...
I'm starving over here.
Nope. Friends only.
Don't touch them either, Stretch!
Matter of fact, nobody touch the doughnuts.
You're all on double secret probation.
Why don't we just move on to our next hole?
Back by popular demand, The Pecker.
Let's check in with Jeannie down on the course.
Thanks, Joe. We are here at The Pecker
to see "feather" or not our golfers have the right stuff.
Golfers tee off down the branch to the green below.
Then they'll spring on to the moving woodpecker
and deftly attempt to grab its feather.
If they fall off without it,
they'll walk away with a penalty stroke
and a little egg on their face.
Thanks, Jeannie. Here they come.
Jeff Hoyt and Nick Fennessy.
A lot of people have been looking forward
to this matchup.
Hi. I'm Nick Fennessy.
And I'm the garage golfer of mini golf,
because I built a driving range in my garage,
and I practice all the time.
I want to put Steph Curry's money in my pocket.
My wife's already claimed half of it for plastic surgery,
including a boob job and some Botox.
Yeah! Come on!
To my wife, Lindsay, I'm getting you that boob job.
Ahhh!
Hey, everybody. I'm Jeff Hoyt.
For the last year, I've been working on my "yeard."
This is my one-year anniversary of growing out this expression
of facial hair that is also a measurement of time.
When it comes to playing mini golf, I'm top notch.
Whoooo!
I've played mini golf in at least 15 different countries.
Ye-e-e-e-e-ah!
And I always, always aim for the hole.
Oh, yeah, baby!
What's up, bird?
[ Creaking ]
All right.
Tee shot for Jeff Hoyt.
Off the channel.
There it goes. There it goes.
May have a shot at a hole in one.
Riggle: Oh. Boom, boom.
It's a rocky road to get there, though.
Hurry up!
Keep your eye on this, Joe. That's gonna be good.
Wait!
Oh!
And it just missed!
So close.
Son of a biscuit!
Just to the left of an ace opportunity.
All right. You got this.
Jeff Hoyt, marathon runner.
We'll see if he can apply some athleticism to The Pecker.
It takes a light touch on that pecker.
♪♪
[ Crowd gasping ]
Ooh! Ooh!
[ Laughs ] Oh, it was so good.
He gave a really good leap.
[ Groans ] Oh!
But the timing was off.
And he landed almost like he fell off a ladder.
Very hard pecker to conquer.
Yes, sir.
For you guys out there.
Nick Fennessy was a college golfer.
He's now a 37-year-old bank manager.
Ooh, he grabs the channel. This could be good!
Get in the hole!
This could put him in a very good spot.
Get in there.
Oh, it's all about this one.
Does he get the kiss?
Oh, he missed it.
And, oh, it takes a bad kick.
Oh, he got a bad break on that one.
Oh!
Oh, no. Terrible.
Nick's gonna have a tough second putt.
Other side of that ridge isn't easy,
nor is this -- facing off against The Pecker.
Nick Fennessy is going to launch himself
to try to get that red feather.
Oh! Can he get there?
Oh, no, get up! Can Nick get there?
Ohhh. Oh, he had it! Why didn't he go --
Boy, oh, boy. You got to scramble!
I thought for sure he was gonna be able
to lunge at that feather.
You got to scramble like something's chasing you.
I thought he had that.
But The Pecker, it's harder than it looks.
All right.
Both of our golfers lie 2 on the green.
Line her up.
What do you think of those pants, Riggle?
I like 'em. Taco trousers.
Classic taco trousers.
Anybody who makes a bold decision on the pant play
is a friend of mine.
Hey, Joe. Yeah?
Look at my pants.
What? Are those $100 bills?
$100 bills, y'all! [ Cash register dings ]
Nick Fennessy is up first.
It's a tough putt. That ridge right in his line.
Whoa! Oh, he missed it!
Just outside. So close.
That means Jeff Hoyt's going to be putting for the win.
Are you ready, my man?
And he does it. And he does it.
Oh, yeah, baby!
Jeff Hoyt, 41-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada...
Whoo!
...has won on The Pecker.
And he will advance to round number 2,
taco trousers and all.
Taco! Crazy!
And now Rob Riggle's attempt to save "Holey Moley."
There you go.
Well, hello, Miss Piggy.
The line's over there, buddy.
No, no, no. I don't want an autograph.
I've actually written you a few letters --
more than just a few.
In fact, I wrote you a couple poems, as well.
Oh, you're Rob.
It's so nice to put a face to the stalker.
Well, no. Look. [ Clears throat ]
[ Chuckles ] I need your help.
You need a licensed therapist, sweetie.
[ Laughs ] Good one.
Classic Miss Piggy, am I right?
No, seriously.
I need your help to save my TV show. Okay?
I'm planning the big finale Distractor
for "Holey Moley" so ABC can't cancel us.
You are just the star I need to hit it out of the park.
You need a star, you say?
Moi is listening.
Yes!
[ Whispering indistinctly ]
Tessitore: We welcome you back to "Holey Moley."
It's time for our final hole in Round 1.
It is the hole we call Trap Tee-Ze.
Riggle: Look at the trapeze dummy in the background, Joe.
It looks like Mussolini.
It looks just like you. They nailed the hair.
Not even cl-- What? What?
What? What do you mean "what"?
If I hung you upside down, that's exactly
what your hair would look like.
I don't think so. No.
It's as close to cloning as we can get here
on "Holey Moley."
I think you're exaggerating now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hey, next up here on The Trap Tee-Ze.
Brinn Hollander and Gabby Then.
When? Then.
Got it.
Hi. I'm Brinn Hollander, the mini maniac of "Holey Moley."
I collect everything miniature
from miniature board games to miniature pots and pans.
Basically anything you can find in and around your house,
I have it miniature.
Look how cute this little golf club is.
I've got a little obsession.
[ Crowd cheering ] Whoo-hoo-hoo!
But I've got a big game of mini golf.
Hi. My name is Gabby Then.
And I'm a professional golfer from Chino Hills, California.
-Whoo! -I've been playing golf
since I was 5 years old.
My dad introduced me.
He would put a quarter down,
and if I made three balls in a row, I got the quarter.
The best part of my golf game is 100% my putting.
When it comes to the green, I can't be beat.
[ Crowd cheering ] Whoo!
I've played in almost 500 tournaments,
but nothing is gonna be sweeter than winning "Holey Moley."
[ Laughs ]
Gabby: Okay. Here we go.
Brinn: You got this.
Tessitore: Gabby Then.
When? Then.
Yes.
One of the best golfers we've ever had on.
Gabby is facing a very big tee shot here.
Oh, that's a nice launch.
And here it comes on to the green.
Oh, watch it. This could be good.
A very good tee shot.
Oh, my gosh! Oh, nice one.
All right. Let's go.
Tessitore: And now Brinn Hollander.
Did an Ironman that was 140 miles long.
Riggle: Wow.
I watched the movie "Iron Man"
and was completely exhausted by the end.
There she goes, up and over.
[ Cheering ]
That's a good tee shot from Brinn Hollander.
Go back, go back, go back, go back. Gabby: [ Laughs ]
So Gabby and Brinn are both on the green.
And now Gabby has to try to go
from one trapeze to the other
and on to that inflatable green.
I'm gonna slip.
Here we go.
Ready? Here we go.
Hup!
[ Screams ]
Tessitore: Oh!
[ Laughs ]
Oh!
You know, this is the thing about "Holey Moley."
Here, you got somebody who is literally a golfing phenom,
somebody who won a U. S. national amateur,
but at "Holey Moley," there are other variables.
Yes, there are. And here, it's the trapeze.
Whoo!
Brinn Hollander is a competitive triathlete.
She's good at triathlons. She should be great at trapeze.
I didn't know there was a connection.
Big time. The connection's obvious.
Man: Ready? Hup! Here she goes.
And...
Oh, Brinn! Oh!
She gave it a good go of it on the trapeze,
and she had the Riggle dummy coming right at her
and she went for the Riggle dummy arms.
She was right there.
I mean, the Riggle dummy was...
Boy, oh, boy.
I see what's going on here.
You're being a little too gratuitous
with the word "dummy" and "Riggle,"
slapping them together and repeating it over and over.
This is my job. My job is to document the hole.
Oh, gosh.
Tessitore: Both of our golfers sit 2
because of the stroke penalty for going into the water.
Brinn Hollander.
Ooh, stop.
From there, you'll take that.
It's a good lag.
She lies 3.
Now, Gabby Then for the win.
But the ridge is in the midst of her line.
Here's one thing, Joe... Yes.
...I find interesting, and this is why I like Gabriella.
When it comes to golf, her motto is,
"Hit your ball, find it."
Right.
"Get it in the hole..." Yeah.
"...as fast as you can."
This applies to life.
It's really -- it's really philosophic.
[ Mystical music playing ] Hit your ball.
Yeah, hit your ball in life. Find it.
Put it in the hole.
[ Exhales sharply ] It's deep.
It almost -- It makes my brain hurt.
Let me ruminate a little bit.
Oh! And over the ridge! Oh, no!
Gabby: Oh, no!
Oh, she gave it too much, Rob. [ Whistles ]
Oh, my gosh. Okay.
Gabby Then hitting 4.
This is for a chance to keep the dream alive.
It slides past,
and now Gabby will be tapping in for a 5.
[ Cheering ]
Oh, so close. Brinn: Good job.
Thanks.
Tessitore: And now Brinn Hollander
will have a chance for the win.
Look at the stance with the right foot.
Riggle: That's tough.
Coming downhill.
Very difficult putt.
And in! Oh!
Nice. Congratulations.
Brinn Hollander defeats Gabby Then.
Well, that's an upset.
The triathlete beat out the pro golfer
and takes the final spot in Round 2.
All right, bring out the dummy Joe.
There's no such thing. It's never existed.
Maybe I'm just sitting by him.
[ Laughs ]
All the Round 2 action is next. Don't go anywhere.
Tessitore: Welcome back to Round 2.
Sudden death playoffs.
It is a classic -- Polecano.
Who's gonna make it into the final pairing?
Will it be yeard beard Jeff Hoyt,
who triumphed on The Pecker,
or Katie Kearney, just 18 years old,
had that sensational win on The Distractor?
First to tee off, Katie Kearney.
She was up against the bear. You remember the --
Oh.
I remember not seeing the bear.
Thank you for bringing up that painful memory, Joe.
You see what she's aiming for here?
It's this little opening at the top,
and that'll take her ball to Tiki,
the best possible position on the green.
Oh, did that make it through?
Oh, look at this. That made it through.
Look at our Stanford freshman.
She gets the best possible tee shot you can get.
Katie Kearney into Tiki.
Came out of the tiki mouth pretty hot.
Off the embankment.
She will have about a 3-footer, maybe a 4-footer.
Katie: I'm excited.
Before she faces her Stanford exam tomorrow,
Katie has to pass this ultimate test.
She's got to zip line across the lagoon,
try to grab hold of the pole.
If she goes in the water, it's a stroke penalty.
Whoo!
Oh, she's gonna need a boost.
How tall are we listing Katie at here?
7'3" is my guess.
7'3"? You're off by...
almost 2 feet.
Really? Mm-hmm.
Oh, man.
Well, it's good to see that the crew
has found her an apple box.
The cowboy hat is off, and Katie is on the zip line.
And smiling, always smiling.
Oh, boy.
What do you got?
[ Screams ]
Ooooh! Ooooh!
Wow. Looks like she caught her hip.
She got spun around a little bit.
Oh, Polecano doing damage.
Now, watch the smile go off her face real fast.
About halfway through, it gets serious. There.
Did you see that?
That is a high fall. Oh.
Her last glimpses before she goes into the water.
It's her feet going over her head. Oh.
Not where your feet are supposed to be.
That was tough.
[ Chuckles ]
I shouldn't be laughing. She got blasted.
That's a tough entry. That was a tough entry.
That's such a bad entry into the water.
Well, here's Jeff Hoyt,
41-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada.
In Round 1, Jeff was great.
Now let's see if he can take that momentum
and bring it right here to Polecano.
Oh. Uh-oh.
Jeff Hoyt is not gonna like where he ends up
on the green.
[ Blowing raspberry ]
Is that him?
I thought someone farted, but it was just him
making a raspberry sound with his mouth, I think.
Pbht!
Jeff Hoyt, he is gonna be in the sand.
Oh, I'll do what I can.
Jeff Hoyt is not gonna like
where he ends up on the green.
[ Crowd cheering ]
All right.
Jeff's a pretty muscular guy.
He may be able to handle this fairly well.
[ Cheering ]
Ooh. Oh, he almost grabbed it with his legs, Joe.
That was nasty!
Now, watch this, Joe.
He almost got that leg wrapped.
He needed more ankle strength.
Ankle strength? Look at that.
He' got it right there. Hold on a second.
Then he didn't do it. You believe that this grown man locked his ankles,
he would have been able to support his body weight
from a near 14-foot fall and hang on to that pole?
Yeah, Joe, I could have done it.
Watch this.
You're sitting down.
You're sitting down at an anchor desk. I just did it.
You got your tacky golf shoes
wrapped around a heater.
Excuse me? That's not really a --
Excuse me? My what?
Our players have made it
out of the water and on to the green.
Jeff Hoyt is away.
Listen, Jeff's in a tough spot here.
He's in the sand.
All right.
"Holey Moley."
I still can't believe you demanded
that they make these for you.
"Holey Moley." And you know why --
You don't think that's a little much,
like a petulant child? You cried until they got you
the nice custom shoes with the embroidery
and the fine Italian leather?
Meanwhile, I'm wearing my black boots
that I've had for four years.
Message received, Joe.
Are you upset? No big deal. I'll just wear tennis shoes.
Oh, you can wear your nice Italian custom shoes. No, no. No, no.
I'm gonna burn these. I'm gonna burn these tonight. No, you don't burn --
Don't be that guy. I'm burning them. Tonight.
Don't be that guy. They're burnt.
I don't need shoes. I've got ankle strength.
[ Cheering ]
Get a little Carolina Reaper action.
There's a little butt wiggle for you guys.
Butt wiggle.
[ Chuckles ]
He's got to give this a ride. Jeff Hoyt over the ridge.
Hits the other ridge, the embankment.
Riggle: Too much. Where did that ball go?
You made it in the bush, man.
The ball went into the bush, and Course Marshal Colin
is going to give Jeff Hoyt a drop.
Katie Kearney, at just 18 years old,
dreaming of med school.
But right now, a dream may come true
right here on "Holey Moley."
Katie Kearney for the win.
Oh, and our Stanford freshman
is going to be playing for a championship tonight.
Good job. Good game.
Katie Kearney, a. k. a. the Nerdy Cowgirl,
is going to play for the Golden Putter
and the plaid jacket.
Robert? Joseph.
Any news from our four-legged friend
regarding the teph-say ur-cay idnapping-kay?
What?
Oh, Pig Latin for "Steph Curry kidnapping."
Joe, dude! [ Laughs ]
Shout it out in the open, why don't you?
Come on.
Uh, no. [ Clears throat ]
I haven't heard a peep,
or whatever noise a prawn makes.
I'm sure Pepe released Stephen just like I asked him to
and Stephen is, you know, back home safe and sound.
Pepe: Okay, wake up, Curry.
You're missing the whole day.
[ Muffled shouting ] [ Camera shutter clicks ]
Ooh, that's a good one.
I don't understand what you're saying.
Speak slower.
[ Muffled shouting continues ]
You know, I still have a hard time
believing a basketball star like yourself
would make a show about mini golfs.
I mean, it's a good party, but lame.
[ Groans ] [ Laughs ]
[ Thud ] Oh!
[ Camera shutter clicks ] You know, I think
the pictures are better when you're sitting up.
[ Muffled mumbling ] [ Camera shutter clicks ]
Oh, no, that's a good one.
That's a screen saver.
Tessitore: Round 2 continues next.
Curry: [ Muffled groan ]
Tessitore: Welcome back to "Holey Moley,"
and you better hold on for our next hole.
New hole in season 4, Full Mooney.
Our players putt across the water
to the moon landing themed green.
Then the golfers have to do the moonwalk.
Riggle: [ Laughs ]
They have to get up on that orbiting moon
and try to make it across the water.
If you go into the drink, it's a stroke penalty.
You ready? All right, we are ready
for a Round 2 battle here.
We will see who gets to play in tonight's final round
for the Golden Putter and the plaid jacket.
You ready for this?
Tessitore: So here we go, between Brinn Hollander,
the Miniature Maniac,
against the putting Pierre Levesque.
Pierre is a 26-year-old sales executive
playing for a spot in the final round.
Tee shot here at Full Mooney.
Oh!
And that's a long run into the moon rock,
and then it kicks to the left,
so it'll be a far putt from there.
Good? [ Laughs ]
Putting Pierre.
That's her nickname.
You think they just call her PP for short?
Probably not. Probably avoid the PP.
I would...
call her PP.
I don't think she'd go for that.
Everybody likes to shorten it up.
PP.
There's a little fear.
She's from San Diego.
Mini golf is something her family loves to do.
Pierre also plays tennis.
She rows crew and does snow boarding.
Quite the athlete.
I'm ready.
Man: 2...1...0.
Oh! Oh, she's going forward.
Whoa. Oh, she backs off.
But she's doing it.
Back to the center, back to the center.
She's doing really well. Baby steps, baby steps.
Oh, oh, oh! She lost her footing!
Oh!
Man: We have splashdown.
Everything was going so well.
Everything was going her way.
It was all roses, and then she lost her footing.
Take another look, Joe. She got wet foot right there.
She slid off the side, and then she crashed
into the galaxy.
Pierre takes a stroke penalty. She lies 2.
But we'll see what Brinn offers up.
Brinn Hollander,
our 29-year-old from Washington.
That's her tee shot.
She will be on the other side of that ridge.
Oh, it's gonna be a difficult shot from there.
Well, I like Brinn's chances of getting across the moonwalk.
Ooh, this is high up.
With all the triathlons and marathons
and everything she does, I would think she'd be light of foot.
But does she have this skill set
to keep her balance on the rotating moon?
Can she do the moonwalk and stay out of the water?
Man: 3...2...1...0.
Good balance early. Stay on top.
She's a start/stop. Stay on top.
Don't get -- don't -- don't --
Oh, she's getting behind it. She's getting behind it.
Oh, she got behind.
Man: We have splashdown. Ohh.
Brinn's into the cold water.
Take us through it, Rob.
So, when she was doing the choppy baby steps,
she was doing fine.
And then she got behind right there.
The long step is what cost her.
Once again, Rob, this is a perfect situation
where you should be selling pro tips.
Where you -- You really have analyzed all these holes.
You know the tricks of the trade.
You know the strategies to employ.
I mean, this could be a side hustle for you like crazy.
Oh, yeah. I mean, well, thank you for that, Joe.
You know, people pay you on the side.
And you're right. I should be doing that.
I should be getting paid to do that.
What was the question?
I didn't ask you a question.
Wow. That's the dumbest question
I've ever heard in my whole life.
Here we go.
These ladies have made their way
on to the lunar themed green.
They both lie 2.
I'm glad we're both wet. [ Laughs ]
Tessitore: One of these two will stay the course
for the chance at the Golden Putter
and the plaid jacket.
This for a 3, for Pierre Levesque.
PP.
Pierre's away.
Ooh, that's not good. She caught that edge.
Pierre Levesque. That was her third shot.
This is for a 4.
Brinn: Good job.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Brinn Hollander will be putting for the win.
What have you noticed of this ridge
when you've been watching Full Mooney?
I think any time you putt over a ridge,
you want to have the smooth roll.
You don't want to have the pop.
Brinn for the win.
That's a smooth roll.
And it goes!
From the other side of the ridge!
That's what I'm talkin' about!
How about that?! Other side of the ridge!
Oh, my gosh. That was good.
Whoa, that's a great putt.
You don't see that every day, Joe.
That is something special, coming over the ridge.
Wow. Over the mountain and round she goes.
Whoo-hoo! Oww!
We have a competitor with real momentum
heading into tonight's final.
And it's Brinn Hollander, the 29-year-old triathlete.
She comes up huge on Full Mooney,
and she will play for the plaid jacket
and Golden Putter tonight
when we return right here to "Holey Moley" on...
ABC. ...ABC.
Tessitore: Welcome back to "Holey Moley,"
and here we are, the final round.
Who's gonna take home that plaid jacket,
the Golden Putter, and most importantly,
a spot in the season finale,
where one of our champions will make a putt
worth a quarter million dollars?
Riggle: Oh, here they go, Joe.
Here we go. It's time for the final round.
A champion to be crowned tonight
between Brinn Hollander, the Miniature Maniac,
and Katie Kearney, the Nerdy Cowgirl.
They're going head to head on another stunning
new hit hole in season 4, Holeywood.
Here's how this goes.
You come down that red carpet accelerator,
and you have to jump on one of four stars.
Each star is named after
our very own "Holey Moley" stars.
The star you land on
determines your putting position on the green.
But if you don't land on one of the stars,
if you end up short and in the water... Ooh.
...you're in the Riggle drop zone, you're "Riggled."
You have the worst possible ball position
when you go to tee off.
Hold on. If you Riggle,
you end up in the worst place?
Somebody get my contract.
Came to walk the red carpet tonight.
Tessitore: Brinn Hollander,
she has done full Ironman competitions,
so I would think she would do very, very well
on the red carpet accelerator.
You got it, Brinn. Let's go.
Let's see which star she gets.
Brinn -- Oh, she slipped.
Oh! Is she alive?
She got no push off. Watch.
Her foot goes right off -- See how it goes?
Oh, yeah.
Does that count? What are we dealing with?
She is Riggled.
What? Quit saying that.
Here's the deal, folks.
If the majority of your body goes in the water,
they are ruling you as Riggled.
What does that mean? Up to your armpits?
'Cause that's what happened there.
I mean, they're hitting this thing like this.
Listen, I'm just telling you what the officials say.
Past your waist. If they say --
They say if you're past your waist in the water,
they're not giving you the star
that you're trying to climb up on, that you're Riggled.
Next up, here's Katie.
Down the red carpet.
Oh! Katie!
Just face first.
Here's the run down the red carpet accelerator
for Katie Kearney.
Again, Riggle!
They did it again. It happens to all of them.
They mistime their jump.
Right foot gives out.
You're not gonna get any lift
if you're stepping on air, Joe.
I agree. She's Riggled, as well.
Katie will be teeing off from the worst position.
I hate this -- I hate this game.
[ Crowd cheering ]
Oh, Brinn's putting from the Rob Riggle drop zone.
Yeah, both of our competitors went in the water,
so they'll both be teeing off in the worst possible position.
That's...not the case.
From the furthest
and the most difficult tee position,
the Riggle drop zone.
It's not that much of a disadvantage, all right?
And it's considered prestigious.
Actually, our testers have run the analytics on this,
and statistically, it's proven
that it is a disadvantage to be putting from there.
That's a bunch of eggheads
who don't know what they're talking about.
It's prestigious to drop in the Riggle drop zone.
Championship moment.
Final pairing here on this episode of "Holey Moley."
Playing for the Golden Putter and the chance
at a quarter million dollar opportunity.
And don't forget, the most important --
What's that? Plaid jacket possibility.
Brinn Hollander about to make
the most important tee shot of her life.
[ Crowd groans ]
Brinn: Ooh, that's not good.
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce.
This is gonna be challenging based on where she is.
Now it's Katie Kearney's turn.
This, a tee shot that could change everything
for the Nerdy Cowgirl.
Oh, this will be good, actually.
There's a lot on that.
The ramp. That's a great putt.
That's a good shot.
That is a great, great putt from there.
She's about a foot and a half away.
And that was from the furthest
and the most difficult tee position,
the Riggle drop zone.
Brinn, far putt.
You would think Katie should be able to make hers,
so she needs to come up with something big here
for a potential putt-off.
Over the ridge. Good pace on that.
Good. Hot. Very good putt.
She should be able to finish that up for a 3.
♪♪
There it is.
So she lies 3.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And that means that Katie Kearney
is putting for the win.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Katie for the win! Katie Kearney!
I think that Riggle drop zone
has got the "it" factor, as they say in Holeywood.
[ Laughs ]
Whoo! Whoo!
She's a champion, Joe.
Good job.
I'll be surprised
if she goes back to Stanford.
She may have a quarter million dollars soon enough.
Katie Kearney's gonna have a chance to win it all.
Here to present our winner
with their well-earned plaid jacket,
it's the real Stephen Curry.
So excited to be here.
Congratulations. Thank you.
Let's get this green jacket on you.
We also got a gold putter for you, as well.
Thank you! Whoo!
I want the folks at home to know
that it's 100% authentic real Stephen Curry.
Champion smiles on three.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
Real deal.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
Hmm.
Real deal.
We're gonna see you next time right here on "Holey Moley."