We don’t yet know whether he’ll be returning to SNL for its 51st season, but we do know where Colin Jost will be late next month: at Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale, NY.
The Saturday Night Live star is set to host the first-ever T-Mobile Breakfast at Bethpage, a new live pregame show from the First Tee at the Ryder Cup each morning of match play, September 26–28.
Billed as an alternative pregame show produced by the PGA of America and Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions in partnership with Pro Shop Studios, the program will stream on Peacock, and on the Ryder Cup’s YouTube, RyderCup.com, and the Ryder Cup App.
The First Tee at the Ryder Cup is already infamous as one of the loudest, rowdiest atmospheres in sports. Fans line up at dawn, sprint for seats, and chant themselves hoarse before the first swing of the day. Now, Jost will be dropped into the middle of it all, anchoring a broadcast designed to match that energy as he’s joined by celebrity guests and roaming comedians who will capture the madness from the grandstands and around the course.
For Jost, who has spent more than a decade delivering deadpan punchlines behind SNL’s “Weekend Update” desk, the move represents a different kind of live comedy challenge. The show is pitched as part SNL, part ManningCast, and part sports carnival—the kind of crossover the PGA hopes will pull in new audiences beyond traditional golf fans.
A just-released announcement video (below) sets the tone: Jost attempts to enjoy breakfast on the green before being rudely interrupted by Eli Manning. Funny, chaotic, and a little surreal—exactly what organizers say they want when the Ryder Cup returns to Long Island this fall.
