creator classic leaderboard Creator Classic Shakes Up East Lake! 🏌️‍♂️

Опубликовано: 27 Декабрь 2024
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The Creator Classic captures attention at East Lake Scottie Scheffer arrived to a crammed East Lake Golf Club practice green. On his right, Nick “Fat Perez” Stubbe of Bob Does Sports worked on his alignment. Tyler Toney of Dude Perfect stood to Scheffler's left, practicing his speed.

At least on this afternoon, they shared the spotlight. Scheffler found an open hole at the back of the green and began a putting drill alongside his coach Phil Kenyon, finding a bit of calm amidst a frenetic scene as he prepped for the TOUR Championship. Soon after, Perez and Toney walked off heading for their tee time with camera crews behind them and a horde of shouting fans following YouTube golf’s banner year hit its high point with Wednesday’s Creator Classic, which saw 16 of YouTube golf’s biggest stars take on East Lake on the eve of the TOUR Championship. The first-of-its-kind event peaked with over 110,000 live viewers on YouTube. It was also simulcast on ESPN+ and Peacock. Luke Kwon beat Wesley Bryan, Sean Walsh and Roger Steele in a sudden-death playoff on the par-5 18th to win the inaugural Creator Classic. The response from fans and from the content creators themselves has been overwhelming,” PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday It was a momentous day for YouTube golf, which has slowly begun to intertwine with the professional golf world. In March, a mix of YouTube creators and pro golfers competed in “The Q at Myrtle Beach,” an 18-hole qualifying event that awarded an exemption for the PGA TOUR’s Myrtle Beach Classic. It was won by Matt Atkins, a former PGA TOUR player who has made cameos on the Bryans’ channel. TOUR pros make regular guest appearances for creators, who morphed into friends. The Bryan brothers and fellow content creator Grant Horvat hosted an alternative ESPN+ stream on Thursday and Friday of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, with Horvat calling the golf on-site at TPC Southwind