No doubt, Kevin Grygon sensed the momentum shift. The “Can You Beat Biggy?” miniature golf challenge was more of an ordeal last week than he had expected, despite the fact he and his best friend, Jason Carden, had been playing the monster 36-hole course at Mr. Tee’s Shark Island in Beach Haven for most their lives.

“I bit off a little more than I could chew,” Grygon conceded after the June 26 match. “I got through the first 19 just fine and then I couldn’t follow through on the back.