He Slept Through a $1,000,000 Golf Tournament… Can He Back It Up?

Luke Kwon missed his tee time at the Internet Invitational — the $1,000,000 YouTube Golf Tournament featuring 48 of the biggest creators in the sport. His team needed him, but Luke overslept his 9:30 AM start, leaving his partner to play the first four holes alone.
Did he mess up for his team to make a ton of money?

But is it really that simple? In this video, we dive into the situation — what actually happened, how his teammates reacted, and whether Luke can silence the critics the only way that matters: with his golf.

We cover:

What really went down at the Internet Invitational

Why missing a tee time matters in a Ryder Cup format

How Luke’s team responded behind the scenes

And whether his game can back up the talk

Watch the full $1,000,000 tournament here:
🎥 48 Golfers Compete For One Million Dollars!
Can They Pull Off The Comeback Of The Century? (Internet Invitational Episode 2)

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Today we’re going to dive into one of the most wildest golf controversies to this date on YouTube. This guy is a clown. Luke Quan, the guy that slept through a million dollar tea time is back. That boy Luke, great job, Luke. And this time, he might either redeem himself or completely destroy his career. Damn, you’re really not that not that confident in your teammate here. And he was like, why would I be? Look at him. He’s like, dude, you suck. You’re the one who a million dollar purse for how much of a dick he was being after he was the dick. Welcome to the most controversial man in golf right now. I hate this guy so much. Here’s where things get messy. So, the internet was going absolutely wild after the clips of these podcasts went live, accusing Luke Quan of being an absolute dirt bag. But he was kind of being a dick to me. He was like, “You’re not going to make this putt.” Like, as as my teammate, which is wild to say. I don’t he he that guy I hate the I hate the I don’t care attitude. Like I just hate that. That’s No, that guy is such an [ __ ] The thing is these people have probably never seen a Luke Quan video. The dude’s entire personality is satire. However, Luke probably took his aura farming a little bit too far this time. One guy even said, “If Luke was on my team, I would have shot him.” Like I mean, if you were there, I maybe in jail for murder right now. I don’t know what you I texted PFT that I said I would I would if he was on my team. I would have shot him. Like there’s no like I would have shot him. And that’s where we are today. Redemption on one hand or reputition on the other. So today we’re going to check out if Lu Kuan has the game to back it up or if he’s just all talk. After oversleeping and letting his whole entire team down, he walked back into the lion’s den. And the first thing that was waiting for him was a team meeting. Where’s our guy at? Hold on. Get him out here. There he is. He’s right there. Hey, come on. Come on. Everyone be quiet. Let’s bring Quan middle. Come on up here, Quan. Yes, coach. Here’s two things we can do. We can be pissed off, right? We can blame Quan. We can blame ourselves. We can do whatever we want. Or we can roll up our fist and pound a rock. Are we clear on that? We got the best players in the field right now. All right. Now, you helped us dig this hole. You’re going to dig us out of the hole. You go. Every guy here though, quit bitching about our problem. Start rolling the rock. You guys don’t understand. This is a highlevel performance by John Gruden here, aka the coach. The man nailed it. He rallied the team, refocused everyone, and somehow got them believing again, spoken like a true captain. While the coach is keeping the troops together, the other team is having a field day. They even went so far as calling Luke Quan their best player. I don’t care about the Luke thing. I love that they care a lot. Luke’s our best player, which is awesome so far. Never saw that coming. That was a pretty good one from Rigs. Dude, man, do we have ourselves a match? This is Oof. And to make things even spicier, Lu Kan was paired with coach himself, John Gruden. Lukean [Applause] and they were going to play an alternate shot match play against Bubby and Frankie. Frankie tough with his tags sticking out. It’s going to be a fun match. Let’s have a good time. Both around a two and a six handicap. Now, coach on the other hand, coach is maybe playing on like a 20 plus handicap, something like that, but I mean on this course, who knows? So, yeah, uh Quan basically has half the shots to take down two very low handicappers. I’m not saying that he’s cooked, but he has to bring his agame. Here’s the thing, people don’t like Quan’s humor. He kind of treats everyone the same as what he does his best friends, you know, the full gang and whatnot that he usually plays with, which was definitely getting under Dave Portoy’s skin. I ch Where’s the water? I think he was being sarcastic. I know. He’s so You’re a cocky guy with no with no results yet. Well, the water is so far left. Yeah, but I mean, you’re a mile away. We’ll be all right. Dave is 100% secretly loving this, though. I mean, at the moment, Luke Quan is his golden boy. And on the first hole, Luke delivers. You ever see a prettier swing than that in your life? Where’s the water? Go in the hole. All right, dude. How’d that go? Hitting a very good T-OT and cleaning up after coach’s poor effort. What time it the rise of Quan God do I know how to draft partners. The rise of Quan indeed, Dave. Dude, I’m not even interested in these other matches at the moment. Put every single cameraman you have on Quan. I want 17 different angles on that man at all times. The next hole, another very near approach shot. If we ball out so early that we have time to go in and get AC and then come back out, that’s the way to go. Look at this. Hold on. Last time. Great shot. I love you. Keep in mind, these other players are sounding like they’re finding coordinates to sink a battleship from the front lines. Plus 15 from the middle. It’s 158 probably up. Meanwhile, Quan just simply steps up and shoots his shot. And I’ll say it, Quantic Coach is surprisingly a pretty good duo. This coach guy can talk some serious smack. Hey Frankie, good shot, man. Thank you. Pissed me off again, Frankie. You’re probably going to be better at alternate shot cuz you don’t have as many chances to up. Putting on the other hand is not his strong suit. I pulled it. No worries. That’s tapping. A terrible putter, man. God damn it. Well, that’s a little bit longer than a tap in there. Quana, you got to tap that. Great putt. Great putt. Of course, he drains it. I’ll tell you, this guy’s pretty good under pressure. However, Bubby sinks his birdie putt and wins the hole, going one up in the match. I mean, Quan is having a serious run at the moment. He’s playing some really good golf, but I have a feeling it’s kind of a fluke. I don’t think he can keep the pedal down to the floor the whole entire match, especially after Frankie bombs his drive, putting him into more pressure. That’s a good Those are some great shots here, man. I appreciate it. Wait, do you see this [ __ ] Stay right there. Stay right there. Kick left. Watch this. Kick. Don’t go in. Sit. Set. Daddy home. Bunker. It’s on the green. On the green. What a shot. No wonder everybody was upset when he overslept. Hey. Okay. Yeah. So, um, Luke just drove the green. How is this free to watch? This is peak entertainment. The internet said Luke Quan was overrated and overhyped. He had the world on his shoulders and then nukes a drive on the green. This isn’t an easy hole either. Bad guy or not, this dude has some serious game. For context, here’s Wesley Bryan shooting the exact same T-shot and he’s a PJ tour winner. Come on, Wesley. Let’s see it. Good news is Wesley. Well, trust me, I knew that I had a mile over there to the right and we explored all of it. Coach proceeds to roll the putt to around 6 ft. The other team conceds the hole, but Quan decides to putt it either way. You boys are good. You got two putts, right? Oh, it’s match play, right? Match play. Yeah. Yeah. That’s for That’s for birdie. That’s for bogey. You’re for birdie. Yeah, you boys are good. Okay, that makes me feel better. Quan, thank you. That was like a walk away birdie, man. I guess he has something to prove or something. It’s all about mind games right now. And Quan, he has some experience. What’s the name of that tournament you won, partner? The Chinese what? Yeah. PJ Tour China. PGA Tour China champion. Is there Is there a lot of people in China? I heard there were. That’s pretty freaking good, man. However, they ended up tying the next hole since Quan, he missed his birdie shot. Went right, didn’t it? Yeah, it went right. That’s good, Luke. But then on the fifth, he stripes it yet again down the fairway. That was kind of yipped. I kind of yipped it. Yep. Holy [ __ ] Oh, that’s freaking my pot. That’s who it is. Oh, coach has 40 yards in on this par4. Just keep it right and we’ll be good. Just don’t miss it left of the flag. Like, I don’t want this ball to ever end up left. Got to get over that bunker. You know what I mean? Yeah. Just quit talking to me. You make me nervous, bro. Get up the hill. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Stay, stay, stay. I don’t want to go back and get a wedge, please. Okay, that was not good, brother. You had one job. We still love you, but come on, man. Luckily, Ice Gold Quan saves the day yet again, and they secure the point. What? That’s good. That’s good, boys. Good for While this is happening, Dave Porto is just walking around the course, making sure that no one is comfortable. Rigs up one. Up one. You guys don’t win this, it’s might as well go home. I mean, that would be the literal thing that would happen. Yeah, we would have to go home. Literally, if this is YouTube golf from now on, I sign me up. I am sold. I love this. Seventh hole, par three. Quan needs to stick it close. Stop. Stop. Stop. Off the green. Where’d it go, Bard? God damn it. Too aggressive. However, Frankie missed as well. Oh, [ __ ] Give me a shot. Give me a shot. Give me a shot. Give me a shot. You’re fine. Hey, we’re good. We’re good. We’re good. Bubby hits a flop shot to perfection. And now coach needs to save him. Wow. Bubby. What a shot. That is so good. It’s crazy. That is very good. What a shot. Hey, that takes a lot of balls, man. Oh, yes. Go. Yes. That’s beautiful. It’s all we needed. Coach chips it on the green, but it wasn’t close enough. Uh Quan misses the putt, and now the match is all tied up going into the last hole. It all comes down to this. The match is all square. Quan has everything on the line at the moment. Frankie proceeds to top his T-OT. Should have never lost. I know. We didn’t have it. We could make a freaking putt. Nothing went in. And I did not hit it good. I didn’t either, but Wow. And now Quan has a chance of a lifetime. Will he redeem himself? Dude, I thought that was going in. Thought it was like I thought you jarred it. So did I. I thought it was coming right in the right center and it kind of went that way. Great shot, partner. Yeah, it’s fun to play against. Oh, sorry, Rigs. I played terrible. And he bombs it straight down the middle. Just light work from the guy. What do we got going on over here or even? They just flipped it and won for you guys. Who? Santino. Is that good for us? Full point. Yeah. Okay, coach. You’re in a great spot. Just one time, brother. One time. Yeah, I think. Well, my carry goal. Oh my god. There, baby. That’s her. That’s on the green. That was like that shot. How did that get up was that? What a shot, coach. Dude, this has to be the best match I’ve seen all year, dude. I’m glued to my chair right now. Like, check this out. No, I’m not. Okay. Well, I don’t know what I was supposed to prove there. That was kind of stupid. This is Luke’s shot to erase everything. Oversleeping, the comments, the hate. Sink this and your name is saved. Oh, he left him a ton of work. Oh, he left him. He said he want a lot of work. That’s a mountain worth of work. That is a long putt. Yeah, it is. No way. And coach is a terrible putter, too, man. Oh, you got to get it closer than that, bro. Coach, you have this to win the match. Sink it and the glory is yours. Would have been nice for the video, but it would have. Wow. It’s getting good. Well, the match ends up with a tie. Both teams walk away with half a point. I definitely think that Quan has game. I understand where his confidence is coming from. I don’t think he chose the best way of presenting himself. He kind of rolled the dice of on being a diva which obviously didn’t really roll into his favor. And then like I hadn’t even seen the draft the night before where he’s like I I don’t care about PFT. And he’s like you don’t even need to come. Like the guy he he just I I never seen somebody make themselves look worse on a video. I still believe that Quan is a nice dude. I don’t think any harm from him. Uh, I don’t think he meant any bad towards PFT or anyone else really, but there’s nothing he could do about oversleeping in his mind. If that was anyone else, I know that he would put his hand up, apologize to any everyone. That’s what he should have been doing, right? He should have at least taken the moment to apologize before going back to himself. Either way, he was out of line over multiple occasions. And, you know, the internet is blowing this up naturally. He didn’t do any favors to himself by acting this way. So anyways guys, what do you guys think about this? Is he going to recover or is this the end of Luke Kuan? I’m pretty sure that he’s going to be fine. Thank you so much for watching the video on my little YouTube channel. I appreciate all the support on the channel. Make sure to subscribe to the video if you enjoyed it. I’m your host, Estston Golf, and I’ll see you guys in the next

46 Comments

  1. Can’t stand portnoy though, dude is a jackass. Kwon could have been more apologetic but portnoy was more of a prick then he needed to be for sure. Should have been a 2 hole penalty in my opinion. The speech from coach was Gruden was legendary.

  2. This didn't ruin anything for Kwon. The reaction from the blue haired idiots was so over the top that it negated the foul. Not to mention he should have only been out for one hole.

  3. Sure Luke doesn’t look good with how the videos were edited. The guy who I’d least like to see show up to be paired with or against is the Duke though. That guy sucks AND is a dick

  4. Ironically, he actually pulled it back a bit and the sour taste left in my mouth was not him, but on Charlie (talked super bad about Kwon behind his back, like nothing happened to his face) and the dude with blue cap who just kept berating and insulting him for MINUTES at a time…
    HAVING SAID THAT: Being late once, you can forgive… Being late 2 days in succession is an outrage… 2 days AND playing it off like he did? – FIREWORKS!!! I don't even think he meant to sound that dismissive, he's always seemed a little shy, weird and awkward to me. I bet he has some demons…

  5. “Content” Creators. I turned it off after watching the burb ragging on Kwon! I turned it back on and saw BS making him be punished and held out n additional holes. Two stories… Kwon and Coach😢😢😢 whining like Rory

  6. Kwon will be fine and if anything he has far more of a presence now. He is a solid golfer and the people that watch him are watching for solid golf. That and his Kiwi crew have got to be among the funnest to watch. All good at golf fun enough personalities and play really awesome courses. This was my first real exposure to the bar stool crowd and they seem like ass hats. “I’d shoot him” who says that? My guess is someone who’s never seen what a bullet does to a person. Oh and the DOD king put on a good showing.

  7. Luke was able to get to the first hole before they were off , DAVE was the one who F’D up with not allowing Luke to not play for 4holes! So I Put it on Dave for not letting him play!

  8. Barstool guys live to throw shade at anyone that doesn't do things exactly how they think they should. He didn't apologize the way I wanted him to so f'k him. Those guys are tools. Having temper tantrums. Blasting Luke in Public just so others can hear u do it.

  9. Whitney has never been punched in the face before.

    Luke is the only reason people are talking about the internet invitational.

    Change my mind

  10. Kwon is a legend, bigger fan now than I was before considering how well he took all that bullshit

  11. To many people have to much fu_king hate and are just waiting for someone to spew it onto ,The ass hole in the blue polo is for sure showing his darkness.

  12. This didn’t ruin Luke’s reputation. Quit being stupid and blowing this up way bigger than it is. . I couldn’t even watch this whole stupid video!!

  13. At the Coach's team meeting before the afternoon matches Whitney can be seen nodding his head and putting his hand in the middle in agreement that the team to leave it all behind . And then for the rest of day he won't let it go, f words, blaming Kwon for the whole outcome and generally being a low life !! And…at no time did any of the organisers refer to The Rules of Golf regarding Kwon being late….amazing !

  14. I love how negative a lot posts are about Luke yet when I read through the comments, i see more people on Luke Kwon’s side. And YES, all this just boosted his popularity, it didnt hurt him. Even LIV supports Luke. Like i’ve been saying, if Luke didn’t do what he did, no one would be talking about this weak ass tournament. And Barstool and anyone who edited it knows because this Invitational was is August, enough time for them to talk about the edits and what should be aired. Obviously they knew. Ohh and Whit and Portnoy, you were the biggest assholes of the Invitational, not Luke.

  15. If he hadn’t been late all the shit talk wouldn't have been a problem or people just don’t watch YT gold because it’s all the do.

  16. I would not give a bent dime for a Man who lost and laughed. Double that when he loses other peoples money with his attitude.

  17. Coach Gruden’s a legend , he was the 49ers coach when they won the Super Bowl Joe Montana and Jerry Rice , they win it back to back in the mid or late 80s Hall of fame legends Also had a career in NFL commentators box . Used to say classic comments . He used to call Payton Manning when with the Colts the Sheriff . The Sheriffs come to town 🤠 🏈. I’m
    Surprised that some of the internet young golfers playing at this Invitational like Grant Hovart didn’t know who Gruden was !!
    Gruden was Raiders coach up until about 2023

  18. If it was normal singles format maybe Luke Kwon could have won the whole thing he’s that good . But so was the winner Brad . Chez played brilliant also and Peter Finch can play also Grant Hovart and the Bryan brothers , all them Good Good boys they can play , I like Bubbies iron game is very good . Would love to see a singles million pound tournament to see who’s the best

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