and Toph advanced to the semifinals. Jimmy defeated Toph in the finale to earn the Valspar exemption, where he missed the cut. Contestants Big Break The Palm Beaches The 23rd installment premiered February 2, 2015. The winner received over $180,000 in cash and prizes, including a sponsor exemption to the Barbasol Championship. The winner of the competition was Richy Werenski. This is the final series location. In May 2015, NBC Universal released most of the production staff of Original Productions, the division of the Golf Channel that created and produced the show since its beginning in 2003. That same group created and produced "Altered Course", another golf-based competition show premiering in June 2015. Also featured in this season was the trick shot duo, The Bryan Brothers, including George and Wesley Bryan. Wesley Bryan played on mini-tours before earning his Web.com Tour card for 2016 by finishing T-9 at qualifying school. In his third event of the 2016 season, he won the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. He picked up a second win a month later at the El Bosque Mexico Championship. In August, he won his third event of the season, the Digital Ally Open, to earn promotion to the PGA Tour. He was the eleventh golfer to do so. He won the 2016 Web.com Tour Player of the Year award. Special Editions In addition to the regular Big Break shows with the standard format there were two special edition shows. The first was Big Break Academy, an instructional program featuring the most recently eliminated contestant from Big Break. It premiered May 15, 2012 hosted by Michael Breed. The second was the Big Break Invitational, a golf tournament held at Reynolds Lake Oconee, in collaboration with The Golf Channel, on September 30, 2014 - October 3, 2014 in Eatonton, GA. The event was held on the Jack Nicklaus designed Great Waters course along the shores of Lake Oconee. Forty contestants from previous Big Break events were invited to play in the championship with a $300,000 total purse. The event was a knockout format with 12 players winning their way into the final day. Jay Woodson, Big Break Mexico, took home the winner's trophy and $100,000. Finishing second was Emily Talley while Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey finished in a tie for third with current PGA superstar Tony Finau. The Big Break Invitational was supposed to be an annual event, but in 2015 NBC,