The Internet Invitational is back, and while much has remained the same for the second incarnation of the event, there have been a few notable changes – not least the creation of two extra teams for the opening round. Where last year we had 48 players split into two teams of 24, in 2026 there are 64 players split into four teams of 16 to kick things off. And where last year Frankie Borrelli and Riggs were the captains, this year the masses opted for some slightly more credentialled golfers to lead them to the Promised Land. The 64 participants were offered four pre-chosen groups of four to captain them, ranging from the best of the best, to, well, the worst of the worst. They opted for the former.
Brad Dalke (Red Team)
Dalke has as good a resume as anyone at the Internet Invitational, both professionally and in the world of YouTube Golf. He’s played at the top level before, having competed in both the Masters and US Open in 2017, while he’s also appeared on both the PGA and DP World Tours as recently as earlier this year.
Last year, he also won the Creator Classic twice, and this very tournament, sharing the $1 million prize money with the late great Cody ‘Beef’ Franke and Francis Ellis. This year, he’s been a key part of the inaugural season of Your Golf Tour, captaining his own team – a team which, two events in, is doing very well. There are only a couple of guys with claims to being the best player at this year’s Internet Invitational, and Dalke is quite possibly at the top of the list.
Wesley Bryan (Green Team)
Probably Dalke’s nearest competition for that illustrious title is Wesley Bryan. Like Dalke, he played in a few majors at the peak of his powers, appearing in each of the US Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship in 2017, and the Masters the next year. Also like Dalke, he missed the cut in each of them, but something he does boast which his fellow Your Golf Tour captain does not is a PGA Tour victory, having won the RBC Heritage in 2017.
Like most golfers, Bryan has his strengths and weaknesses, though for someone who plays to such a high level, his are probably more pronounced. His work off the tee can be adventurous, to put it kindly, but his wedge play and work around the green is borderline sorcery. He took Dalke to the cleaners in a high-profile matchplay clash recently, so there’s a pretty compelling argument to be made that he’s the best player here.
Ryan Ruffels (White Team)
Ryan Ruffels has flown to prominence in the world of YouTube over the past year or two, but he’s been around at the pro level for a lot longer than that. The 28-year-old was a prodigious junior golfer who was competing relatively regularly on the PGA Tour long before he left his teens, and while he didn’t make it at the level he has still clocked up 22 PGA Tour starts and 11 made cuts so far, which includes a pair of appearances earlier this year.
A central member of Jason Day’s ‘Lads’ YouTube channel, Ruffels has a silky smooth swing which somehow hits 8-irons further than most of us hit drivers, and a calmness which will put him in stark contrast to many of the less established golfers at the Internet Invitational.
Peter Finch (Blue Team)
Peter Finch is less-credentialled than the other three captains at the top level, and is quite literally a tier below them as a player, at least according to our Tier List which you can find on our Instagram page. Still, he’s a very good golfer – the 3,256th best in the world, in fact, which might not sound great until you imagine where you probably rank in the list of every golfer on the planet.
Finch brings with him a welcome dose of British wit to the tournament, with his undeniably likeable personality having played a large role in his rise to prominence in the world of YouTube Golf. He might be a level below the absolute best players at this event, but he can comfortably hold his own with all but a very select few.
