Big Break Atlantis was the 17th edition of the Golf Channel's reality show, The Big Break. It was contested at the Paradise Island Golf Course on Paradise Island, The Bahamas. It premiered on May 14, 2012 and included an all-female cast.
Contestants Contestant Age Hometown Allison Micheletti 24 St. Louis, Missouri Anya Alvarez 22 Tulsa, Oklahoma Aubrey McCormick 29 Orlando, Florida Christina Stockton 24 Rocklin, California Gloriana Soto 25 San Jose, Costa Rica Kelly Villarreal 29 Birmingham, Alabama Marcela Leon 31 Monterrey, Mexico Meghan Hardin 19 Lake Arrowhead, California Natalia Ghilzon 21 Windsor, Ontario Selanee Henderson 25 Apple Valley, California Shannon Fish 23 Spring, Texas Zakiya Randall 20 Washington, D.C.
Elimination Chart ContestantEp. 1Ep. 2Ep. 3Ep. 4Ep. 5Ep. 6Ep. 7Ep. 8Ep. 9Ep. 10Ep. 11MarcelaSelaneeGlorianaChristinaAnyaKellyAllisonNataliaAubreyZakiyaShannonMeghan Contestant WON the Big Break Contestant won the first stage of the immunity challenge Contestant won the final stage of the immunity challenge Contestant won immunity before show began Contestant sacrificed their points to avoid Elimination Challenge Contestant won the first stage Elimination Challenge Contestant won the final stage of the Elimination Challenge Contestant was Eliminated
Summary The contestants compete in certain various challenges to gain points. The player who gets to 100 points first goes straight into the championship match.
Show 1: Maiden Voyage Upon arrival to the location, the players did a putting challenge where there are three distances players can choose to try to sink a putt. Five points are awarded for the 10 footer, 3 points are awarded for the 7 footer, and 1 point is awarded for the 4 footer.
The next challenge is the glass-breaking challenge where at two players at a time, players face one-on-one and the player who breaks their opponent's glass in the fewest attempts wins 10 points and wins immunity to the next show while the losing player heads to the next stage of the immunity challenge. If they both break the glass in the same number of tries, they both get four points but move to the next stage.
The next stage of the immunity challenge is where players try to get as close to the hole as possible with an iron shot and they can get anywhere between one and four points. They take two attempts and can choose whether or not to do the third attempt. A third attempt missing the green results in losing all the points earned in this challenge.
The two players with the lowest points head to the elimination challenge where they play the 16th hole. Meghan was the first player to get eliminated when Selanee made a birdie.
Leaderboard PlayerTotal PointsPuttingGlass BreakTarget ShotKelly15510MZakiya15510MAnya11344Christina10010MMarcela10010MNatalia10010MAllison9504Shannon7007Gloriana6042Aubrey4004Selanee0000Meghan0 (OUT)000 M = Already won immunity, exempt into last challenge
Show 2: Abandon Ship The remaining players were divided in teams of four with points leaders Kelly and Zakiya choosing their teammates. Kelly chose Natalia, Marcela, and Gloriana, while Zakiya chose Shannon, Anya, and Allison. The remaining players Christina, Aubrey, and Selanee, were teamed with Yani Tseng who made a guest appearance.
The first challenge required players to play the 11th hole by hitting the fairway then hitting the green from the fairway. If the player misses, she would keep hitting the shot until successful. Each shot the player plays adds a point to their team scores, and the team with the lowest score wins immunity.
Christina's team went first, where they made 11 points when Aubrey missed the green multiple times. Afterwards, Kelly's team topped them with 8 points after all four players hit the fairway and the green on their first attempt, though Gloriana's drive found the trees and then bounced back into the fairway. Zakiya's team went last, and it was over when Anya missed the fairway. With no mathematical chance to catch up to Kelly's team, they won immunity and each of them earned 10 championship points.
The remaining teams (Zakiya's and Christina's) head to the second challenge which is the wall flop challenge where the players get the ball in the hole from behind a wall in the fewest strokes possible. Each team is allowed two mulligans where if they botch a shot, they could get Yani Tseng to re-hit the shot (or putt) for them and that shot would count for them. Each stroke counts as a point, and the team with the lowest points wins immunity.
Christina's team won with 10 points, beating Zakiya's team who had 11 points, largely due to Anya needing to take 4 strokes to get in the hole. Christina's team earned 6 championship points for each team member.
Zakiya, Shannon, Anya, and Allison were headed to the elimination challenge, though Zakiya was given the option to sacrifice all her championship points to buy immunity, which she did choose to do.
The remaining three players played a closest-to-the-hole competition with the player landing the closest being safe. Anya hit the closest, resulting in the other two players heading into elimination.
Shannon and Allison headed into a 2-hole playoff where they play the 9th and 18th holes and the player with the lowest score total is safe. Allison bogeys the first hole with a three-putt while Shannon bogeys the second hole after hitting her drive in the bunker. So they head to sudden death by replaying the 18th hole. Allison won with a par when Shannon hit her drive into the water and made bogey.
Leaderboard PlayerTotal PointsThis ShowKelly2510Marcela2010Natalia2010Gloriana1610Christina166Anya110Aubrey106Allison90Selanee66Zakiya0-15Shannon7 (OUT)0
Show 3: Castles Made of Sand The players each have five shots and they can choose how many shots to play from three locations: Long Drive, Fairway, and Greenside Bunker. The fairway and bunker shots are closest-to-the-hole competitions. The winner of each challenge wins immunity and 10 championship points, plus 1 extra point for any shots remaining. Long Drive: PlayerLongest DriveShots UsedShots LeftAnya23123ChristinaMISS14NataliaMISS14Selanee23032AllisonMISS23Kelly20114Marcela23514ZakiyaPASS05AubreyPASS05GlorianaPASS05 Fairway Shot: PlayerClosest ShotShots UsedShots LeftZakiya21' 132Selanee2111Aubrey18' 923Allison20' 720Kelly331Gloriana21' 1132Natalia15' 822AnyaPASS03ChristinaPASS04 Bunker Shot: PlayerClosest ShotShots UsedShots LeftZakiya3' 320Anya6' 830Gloriana9' 1020Christina4' 340Selanee8' 1110Aubrey3' 130Natalia13' 120AllisonPASS00
The remaining players head to the next stage of the challenge where they play three closest-to-the-hole challenges from four locations with one attempt. The winner wins immunity and 6 points while the player farthest to the hole gets into the elimination challenge. The first location is a long putt, the second is a pitch shot, and the third is a fairway shot. PlayerLocation 1Location 2Location 3Gloriana1' 3WINWINAnya3' 318' 6WINAllison7417' 10Selanee5' 32216' 5Zakiya13' 538' 617' 8Christina1078LOSENatalia13' 7LOSELOSE
Selanee gets to choose one player to compete with in for the fourth location in which the player closest to the hole is safe from elimination. Selanee picks Christina and would go on to win. So Christina, Natalia, and Zakiya are headed to elimination. Natalia, having the most points out of the players, has the option to sacrifice all her points to buy out of elimination, which she chooses to do so. Christina and Zakiya are headed to elimination, where they get the ball in the hole from three locations, and the player with the lowest score is safe for the next show while the higher score gets eliminated. The first location is a greenside bunker, the second is from the fairway, and the third is a pitch shot from the rough.
PlayerLocation 1Location 2Location 3TotalZakiya3339Christina2349
With the scores tied, the two players replay the third location, which Christina would win after taking 2 shots to get in the hole.
Leaderboard PlayerTotal PointsThis ShowKelly3611Marcela3414Gloriana226Aubrey2010Anya176Christina160Allison156Selanee126Natalia0-20Zakiya0 (OUT)0
Show 4: Time and Tide Wait For No One The remaining nine contestants are divided into three teams with the points leaders Kelly, Marcela, and Gloriana as captains. Kelly chooses Natalia and Selanee, Marcela chooses Allison and Christina, and Gloriana chooses Aubrey and Anya.
The first challenge is a speed golf challenge. The players must play a hole and the score of the hole depends on a combination between the speed and the time taken, in which each stroke counts as a point and every 10 seconds taken counts as a point. The team with the lowest score wins immunity and win 10 championship points.
DriverApproachPutterStrokesTime (x10)SecondsFinal ScoreNataliaKellySelanee511.116.1GlorianaAubreyAnya61319.5MarcelaAllisonChristina39.512.5
The remaining players head into the next challenge in which they compete against their teammates in a game of Wolf, where the player winning the most points winning immunity and 6 championship points. If the scores are tied, a playoff is done.
PlayerLocation 1Location 2Location 3Total PointsPlayoffGloriana4408WINAubrey1102OUTAnya1168LOSE
PlayerLocation 1Location 2Location 3Total PointsPlayoffKelly1102OUTNatalia1438WINSelanee4138LOSE
The remaining four players head into the elimination challenge. Kelly, the points leader, is given the option to sacrifice all her points to buy immunity, which she chooses to do so.
The three players head to a driving challenge in which the player hitting the best drive wins immunity. The drive is measured by the length of the drive subtracted by the distance from the middle of the fairway. The players are given 2 attempts.
PlayerDistanceAccuracyScoreSelanee26815253Aubrey25312241Anya2625257
The remaining players Aubrey and Selanee play the 2nd hole of the course, where the player with the higher score gets eliminated. Aubrey gets eliminated when Selanee made a birdie.
Leaderboard PlayerTotal PointsThis ShowMarcela4410Gloriana286Christina2610Allison2510Anya170Selanee120Natalia66Kelly0-36Aubrey20 (OUT)0
Show 5: Batten Down the Hatches The two players with the lowest point total, Natalia and Kelly, play one hole for sudden death where the losing player heads straight to the elimination challenge while the other gets to participate in the immunity challenge. Natalia won with a par and Kelly goes directly to elimination.
The immunity challenge involves a guest appearance from Gerina Piller, a former Big Break: Prince Edward Island participant. The first challenge is a tic-tac-tow challenge where players must hit their balls into nets to put their piece on the board and the winner getting 2 challenge points. The matchups are decided based on points standings, with Natalia, the lowest points earner, facing Gerina.
MatchWinnerLoser1GerinaNatalia2AllisonChristina3GlorianaAnya4MarcelaSelanee
The second stage is a target golf challenge where the players try to hit as close as possible to the hole in three locations. The circles are marked as targets on the green and the player getting within a specific target gets a particular number of points from 1 to 3. The locations are chosen by Gerina, and she also hits the shots herself, and the points she get for her shots gets added to the players' point totals with the exception of Kelly.
PlayerTic-Tac-ToeLocation 1Location 2Location 3TotalGerina - 1 3 2 6Marcela 2 3 1 1 7 (+6)Christina 2 1 3 0 6 (+6)Selanee 0 3 2 1 6 (+6)Anya 0 0 3 0 3 (+6)Allison 0 2 3 3 8 (+6)Gloriana 2 0 0 3 5 (+6)Natalia 0 3 0 0 3 (+6)Kelly NE NE NE NE 0
Allison wins the challenge and wins $5,000 for Avis Rent a Car System. Anya and Natalia, having the lowest point total from the challenge, are headed to the elimination challenge along with Kelly. Anya, having the most points out of the three, is given the option to buy out of the challenge which she chooses to do so.