I finally got around to watching this week’s Big Break II. Thank {insert your own deity here} for PVRs. The first challenge (skills) was interesting, having each player hit four balls (two draws and two fades) around a huge obstacle to a green 180 yards away. The player with the lowest cumulative distance between their best draw and best fade was exempt from the next two challenges.<\/p>\n
Then I thought they stepped it up a notch for the next challenge in which each player was represented by a small pane of glass mounted in a frame and the players took turns attempting to break other player’s panes thereby elminating that player from the challenge. It required a pretty low trajectory punch shot to hit the glass.
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\nFor the final elimination challenge, however, did the producers come up with something even more original? Umm, no. With concentric circles around the pin representing three point values, each person got one shot from three different distances to accumulate as many points as possible. The person with the lowest number of points was gone. *yawn* Borrring… especially when more than half the players didn’t get a single point from the first distance of 180 yards. I mean, come on. Just getting the ball to stay on the green would have netted at least one point!<\/p>\n
I’d like to see more original challenges in the weeks to come. The variety and originality of the challenges is what makes Fear Factor, for instance, such a popular show. To that end, I’d love to hear any suggestions for challenges that would take this show to the next level. Let’s hear what you’ve got – just leave a comment below. A round of applause will go to the most original suggestion. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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