"The Big Break: Mesquite"

Don't call it "Big Break VIII" - the Roman numerals are gone. This eighth installment of The Golf Channel series is called The Big Break: Mesquite. It was filmed in Mesquite, Nev.

Final Episode: The championship match wasn't much of a match - Brian Kontak def. Josh Warthen 6-and-4. More here.

"The Big Break: Mesquite" Contestants
(Click a name to read more about each - contestants are listed in the order in which they were eliminated)
• Roger Fonnest
• Matt Every
• Anthony Rodriguez
• Mark Farrell
• Matt Vick
• James Nitties
• Benoit Beisser
• Kevin Taylor
• Gerry James
• Hiroshi Matsuo
• Joshua Warthen
• Brian Kontak

At Stake
First the first time, an exemption into a PGA Tour tournament goes to the winner of a "Big Break" series. The champion of "The Big Break: Mesquite" gets a spot in the field at the 2008 Mayakoba Classic.

Scoring Format
"The Big Break: Mesquite" employed a rolling cutline throughout the series to determine which golfers had to take part in each episode's elimination challenge. Points were awarded in the competitions featured in each episode and a cutline determined; those above the cutline were safe; those below went into the elimination challenge. The points were cumulative throughout the series.

Related Pages:
How Big Break champs fared in the tour exemptions
History of the Big Break: Series, casts, winners