Overview
- Footage from the final showed Paige Spiranac appearing to press down long grass near teammate Malosi Togisala’s ball, after which she grew emotional and insisted she did not intend to cheat.
- Separate accusations targeted Togisala for allegedly using the banned slope function on his rangefinder; he denied it on camera as organizers reiterated the feature was prohibited.
- Portnoy confronted players on both issues during the broadcast in his role as rules official, though no formal penalties were presented on-air.
- The trio of Brad Dalke, Francis Ellis and Cody “Beef” Franke won the match and split the $1 million prize in an episode filmed earlier this year and released Thursday night.
- Short clips and cart-cam footage circulated widely on social platforms, and Spiranac later shared examples of abusive messages she received in response to the episode.