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The late Internet Invitational 2025 champion Cody “Beef” Franke got emotional upon talking about the $1 million prize money for the event. The event had six episodes involving 48 golfers in 24 groups.
American professional player Brad Dalke led Francis Ellis and “Beef” Franke to win the tournament by defeating Paige Spiranac, Frankie Borelli, and Malosi Togisala on November 13. Talking about what he would do with the money, Beef had said earlier (via Forbes):
“I think I’d pay off my parents’ house.”
Cody Franke was the head golf professional for the Fore Play Podcast, and his Instagram handle had 47.2k followers. His last post was on October 22, enlightening his followers on how to locate the right pin in a course and decide which is a green light.
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Unfortunately, Franke passed away in late October at only 31, and the entire golf world shared their condolences at his untimely and shocking demise. Barstool founder Dave Portnoy also called him one of the most genuine and nicest people he had ever met.
Although Beef had good memories from the Internet Invitational after winning the title, some participants faced a lot of drama, one of them was Paige Spiranac.
Paige Spiranac has a sudden emotional meltdown amid the Internet Invitational
During the Internet Invitational, Paige Spiranac was called out by a fan using curse words. The fan said that she overvalued herself as compared to others at the Internet Invitational.
Following the hate comment, Spiranac couldn't hold back her tears and shared her struggles on Instagram. She wrote that it had taken a lot of hard work to reach her current position and that she has always struggled to make connections. But finally, when she got a place at the Internet Invitational, she felt included. She said:
“First off, thank you so much for all of the very kind messages, it truly means a lot to me. I don't normally do this, but this hate for some reason just been really hitting home for me. I've struggled socially my entire life. I've struggled in big groups of people, making friends, keeping friends, relating to other people. Reading social cues, saying the right thing at the right time, it's just been really hard for me my entire life…Like it's just hard for me in big groups of people.”
“So at the invitation, I was really excited because I felt like I could like fit in in the industry. And like, be there for my team and show up and I was making spreadsheets and I was doing all of this stuff and I was really excited about it. And even when I was there, I was excited about because I felt like I was really like, there for my team. And so it's just been really hard to like, see this reaction to being so unliked and hated,” she added.
Spiranac also appeared at the Creator Classic, which is a three-part event. Spiranac played in the second event, which took place before the Truist Championship, and served as an on-course analyst at both events.
