What is a YouTube Golfer in 2026? + PGA Championship Preview | Fore Play Episode 862

What is a YouTube Golfer in 2026? + PGA Championship Preview | Fore Play Episode 862



We’ve got a loaded show today as we dive into the evolving world of YouTube golf and discuss how the lines between semi-professional players and content creators are becoming blurred. Then, we turn our attention to the PGA Championship as we preview the year’s second major, break down the biggest storylines and give our picks heading into the week.

0:00 – Intro
1:45 – It’s PGA Championship week!
26:20 – How far Trent’s game has come
39:20 – Jordan Spieth’s shot at the grand slam
50:40 – PGA preview & picks
1:06:55 – Brandt Snedeker wins
1:15:30 – Arccos golf sensors
1:19:30 – Have the line been blurred in youtube golf?
1:45:05 – Additional happenings in the world of golf
1:54:40 – Closest to the pin

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  1. The dumbest intro I’ve ever heard. Nobody saw anyone in a majestic chevy. And you don’t have to mention it every other sentence. Just talk golf and maybe put up a picture instead of y’all’s faces.

  2. YouTube golf has turned into professional golfers who don’t have sustained success on the tours. huge caveat is that you need connections and a good personality to succeed in the space.

  3. PGA Tour and Youtube golf are in the business of sports entertainment. Having aspiring (or failed) pros doing Youtube format golf is more entertaining and compelling than most weeks on the PGA tour. With the golf boom that has happened over the past 5 or 6 years, Youtube has won the fight. The PGA has a problem with their product, not their talent. Their recent change in the restrictions on pros and their social media usage of their likeness is proof that they see it.

  4. Kiz, Jason Day is not a failed PGA golfer and he's leaning heavy into YT. More may follow not because they failed but because they realize they can play the game they love and rediscover that love they may have lost to a degree without the same pressure. Brad, Kwon and Sean Walsh have all said as much. Yes they failed at carving out a livelihood and career on tour, but they're still better than 95% of golfers on the planet…

  5. Frankie with the A1 take of the year, shut out to Gillis, and absolutely correct. My buddy and I watched the Q, felt like watching serious golf. Then flipped over to Bobdoes and proceeded to laugh for an hour. Space for both, and no need for the guy who can't hit water falling out of a boat to go live at the range and try to change.

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