You know when you went to play mini-golf with your cousins as a kid – you lost all your balls in the slimy pond and then had a sook about it over post-game ice cream (just me?) – this is not like that. Channel Seven’s delightfully chaotic new series Holey Moley premiered last night, and the opening episode gave us all the mini golf-related drama we could ever want.
In one of the best moments, 23-year-old pro golfer Montana Strauss sunk a stunning hole-in-one-on the final obstacle, claiming victory and the coveted Holey Moley plaid jacket and golden putter. The win secured Montana the first spot in the Holey Moley Grand Final and a shot at the cool $100,000 in prize money.
Montana – who won the Australian Junior Open at the age of 15 – edged out former pro golfer, James Carr, and interior designer, Danielle Murray, on the night’s final hole, Fowl Play, leaving her opponents coated in chicken feathers. Literally.
“I ticked off my goal of getting the green jacket, which is awesome, and now my next goal is to get the $100,000. I’ve just got my mind on that, and I’m super excited,” she said.
In one of the biggest upsets on the night, Australia’s #1 women’s mini-golf champion, Collette Norton, bowed out of the competition after falling short on The Distractor. The hole itself is simple enough, but a rotating wall reveals a colossal (and often bizarre) distraction that the golfers have to try to ignore.
The Distractor did its job well, with the dulcet tones of Joe Dolce’s iconic serenade, Shaddap You Face, proving too much for Collette to work through.
Sing it with us now…
🎶 HEY! 🎶#HoleyMoleyTV pic.twitter.com/PKQTgICAt2
— Holey Moley on 7 (@HoleyMoleyTV) February 1, 2021
The next episode airs 7:30pm tonight, and with golfers taking on the Surf ‘n’ Turf and Putter Ducky holes.
Surf ‘n’ Turf will see golfers hit their ball up a giant wave, and then trying to avoid jets of water that will shoot out at them with enough force to knock them into the water below.
Putter Ducky involves giant rubber ducks that rock back and forth across the putting green, trying to knock golfers into another pool of water.
And yes, it’s all exactly as wild as it sounds.
