"This stream could be 10 hours, 2 hours, could be 24 hours....now you're gonna know what type of guy I am." Little did Jerry, the chat, the producers, the co-workers, and anyone who tuned in know that it wouldn't be 10 hours, it would't be 2 hours, it wouldn't be 24 hours, it WOULD be a 37 hours, 2 minutes, and 10 second grind.
On Tuesday night, Jerry took to his YouTube channel "Jerry After Dark" to compete, by himself, in a Hole-In-One Challenge. He couldn't leave the Barstool office in Chicago until he hit a hole-in-one on a golf simulator from what started from 150 yards out and turned into the legendary hole 7 at Pebble Beach. 2,628 strokes later and with what seemed to be the whole nation tuned in, Jerry rolled a 9-iron right into the bottom of the cup and we all got to celebrate with him.
A 37 hour stream that included multiple snack breaks, a chiropractor adjustment, an IV session, an outpour of anger where Jerry pleaded to go home, to go to sleep, and even to go back to his old job in the Union where he wouldn't have to "deal with the trolls or any of this BS."
A 37 hour stream where not 1, not 2, not 3, but thousands of internet personalities, athletes, news platforms, decided to back the most lovable guy on the internet. Tom Brady, JJ Watt, Brooks Koepka, Max Homa, the PGA Tour, Pat McAfee, Golf.Com, TMZ, USGA, Dave Portnoy, among others are only a few of the big names that jumped on board for this incredible journey.
How did he not give up? After many close calls that were a couple feet, and a couple that were only a few inches away from being in the cup, Jerry along with the millions of people who tuned in at one point, started to doubt. But the perseverance, the thirst for success, the need to prove the doubters wrong, and the weight of the whole nation on his back is what got Jerry to come through and reach Legend Status.
The moment that computerized golf ball went to the bottom of the cup, Jersey Jerry cemented his name In Chicago sports history, in golf history, in Youtube history, in internet history and in World history.
There is no man, no woman, no machine that can stand in the way of Barstool's Jersey Jerry. What a moment. What a guy. #BullyHeart #LegenJerry
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