The fifth episode of Big Break Sandals Resort is called “Far Away, So Close.” If you’ve missed any of the previous episodes, you can catch up at Big Break Sandals Resort Recap.
Once again, the episode opened up with everyone at the breakfast table and the days envelope was delivered to Chris. The message was something like, “Get ready to go island hopping ladies, in today’s first challenge you’ll want to be a castaway. Make sure your ball gets stranded on the island.”
The first immunity challenge of the fifth episode of Big Break takes place on the 6th hole at Sandals Resort. This hole has an island green that the contestants will be hitting at. They’ll start at the forward tees and move back each time they land on the green. The last player standing will not only win immunity but they’ll walk away with $3,000 cash courtesy of Under Armor.
At the forward tees, it’s an 80 yard shot. Taryn & Ryann both missed the green and went to the bench.
The next set of tees were 97 yards from the green and the only one eliminated was Chris.
The third set were 140 yards out and Sara, Carling and Seema missed the green, leaving Lili to claim the win, $3,000 cash and a save/send card.
Lili decided to use the save card to give Chris a break. They get to go feed stingrays and eat the famous conch salad, whilst the rest of the players head off to the next immunity challenge.
This challenge takes place in front of the green on the par 4 12th, where the goal is to hit each chip shot closer to the hole than your previous shot. The challenge continues until a player fails to hit a shot closer. At the end of the challenge, the player who has hit the most balls moves on to the next show.
Sara went first and distances were as follows.
69`4″
51` 2″
35` 8″
Her fourth shot landed 35` 8.5″ and so missed the opportunity to hit a fourth shot by 1/2 an inch. She stormed off the tee box and threw her clubs down in a burst of anger. Once she sat down, we got our first taste of a Big Break Sandals Resort cat fight. Carling leaned over and offered her words of encouragement, which she didn’t want to hear and snapped, shushing her. Then, ofcourse we got the behind the scenes of everyones take on the situation.
Taryn went second and shot the following distances.
61` 9″
38` 7″
26` 9″
13` 1″
9` 8″
Her sixth shot rolled off the green, but she took the lead with five shots.
Ryann was third on the tee and shot:
60` 4″
58` 8″
44` 7″
15` 8″
12` 0″
She managed to tie Taryn with five shots and her sixth shot was 12` 1″ barely missing out on taking the lead. This challenge really drives home the point that golf is a game of inches… 🙂
There’s a brief interlude that cut to the ladies enjoying the famous (and $10) conch salad. Lili asked for hers to be extra spicey and ended up crying because it was so hot. She surrendered the hottest foods flag to the Bahamas after trying that salad.
Back to the second immunity challenge, Seema was fourth and had the best first shot of 72` 1″ and promptly hit her second shot to 82` 9″. A huge missed opporunity there.. I was just beginning to think that I had misjudged her talent and then she reaffirmed my judgement.
Carling is last to go and whist she was walking up to the tee box, Sara said to the other players “Can you eliminate her please, she’s the one person who talks bull$hi and I can’t handle it.” At this point, I sincerely hope Carling wins the challenge and posts a big F-U to Sara… She shot the following.
64` 11″
51` 10″
38` 3″
7` 2″
4` 2″
Her sixth shot was 10` 7″. So she now joins Taryn and Ryann in the playoff. The playoff is a closest to the hole challenge from the same spot as before. Ryann is up first and hits it to 17` 6″. Taryn went second and hit it to 11` 6″. Carling went last and hit it to 8` 9″ and wins the challenge! YES!!! She does her trademark Carling dance and is off to the next show.
The elimination challenge of this weeks Big Break Sandals Resort episode is a two part challenge that took place on the par 5 first hole on a rainy afternoon. The first part is two head to head matches. To choose the matchups, they put three white golf balls and one pink golf ball in a bag and the player who drew the pink golf ball picked their opponent. Taryn drew the pink golf ball and (big surprise) chose Seema.
Seema went first and drove it in the center of the fairway whilst Taryn pulled it left into the hazard. She took a drop and was hitting her 3rd shot from 270 yards out. I’m not sure what happened on her 3rd shot, but I believe she topped it or completely missed the ball and so her fourth shot was from the same position as her 3rd. She took out a sand wedge and hit it into the fairway. With her fifth shot she was still away at 223 yards out.
Seema decided to play it smart and hit her second shot to 84 yards. Her 3rd shot, she overshot the green. Taryn’s sixth shot was from 74 yards and she hit it to within 15 feet. Seema had a birdie chip and hit it 15 feet past the hole. All she needs is a two putt and she is on to the next show. She barely missed the par putt, but with a tap in bogey, she sent Taryn to sudden death.
Sara and Ryann are up next and this should be a really interesting match. Sara lead off and hit her shot into the middle of the fairway and Ryann’s tee shot landed in a fairway bunker. The rain ensued in a torrential downpour and Ryan’s second shot was 218 yards out from the bunker. She elected to hit a 3wood and landed it in a hazard.
Sara’s second shot was from 201 yards out and she landed just short of the green. Ryann’s third shot from the hazard was 68 yards out and she decided to hit it left handed to get it back into play. Her fourth shot was from 54 yards and she landed it on the green. Sara’s third shot was 25 yards out and she chipped it in for an eagle!
The sudden death playoff is between Ryann and Taryn. They both landed their tee shots in the fairway with Taryn 10 yards behind Ryann. Her second shot was 217 yards out and she hit safe to 83 yards. Ryann, from 208 laid up leaving herself 35 yards. Taryn almost holed her 3rd shot leaving herself a two foot put for birdie. Ryann’s third shot left her with about 15 feet for birdie which lipped out. Taryn sinks her birdie putt making Ryann O’Toole the next player eliminated from Big Break Sandals Resort.