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Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
YouTube is presenting sponsor of PGA Tour's Creator Classic Series, beginning at The Players
YouTube will be the presenting sponsor for the PGA Tour's Creator Classic Series, which will begin a three-tournament schedule on March 12 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, the day before the first round of The Players Championship. The nine-hole events, which began at the 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake, features YouTube golf "content creators," who have gained in popularity with the video presentations of their love of golf and their journeys within the game. The Creator Classic at The Players will begin at 4:15 p.m. at the 10th tee of the Stadium Course, with personalities such as the Bryan Brothers, "Fat Perez" from Bob Does Sports, Gabby Golf Girl, Roger Steele, Grant Horvat, Kyle Berkshire, Tisha Alyn, Soly from No Laying Up, and a Barstool personality who will be determined via qualifier. Each Creator Classic event will be streamed on the PGA Tour's YouTube channel and several other platforms. Additional Creator Classics will be held at the Philly Cricket Club on May 7 before the Truist Championship and then at East Lake on Aug. 20, the day before the FedEx Cup Championship begins at East Lake. The Creator Classic is open to any Wednesday ticket holders at The Players. The 2024 Creator Classic featured 16 YouTube creators and had more than 2.7 million views. It was the No. 2 trending video after the competition and engaged more than 60 million viewers across all social media platforms during a four-week period. Pro Shop Studios, the entertainment division of Pro Shop and the production company behind the Netflix hit series 'Full Swing' and 'Happy Gilmore 2,' will partner with PGA Tour Studios to run on-ground and broadcast production. In addition to the Tour's YouTube channel, the competitions will be streamed live channel on Golf Channel, ESPN+, the PGA Tour channel on Pluto TV, Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Prime Video, Fire TV, Tubi, Xumo Play and LG Channels. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: YouTube, PGA Tour partner in three-tournament Creator Classic series
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
PGA Tour announces field, format for Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass
Some of the top content creators in the golf world will get to take on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass the day before the Players Championship begins. The Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass, the first of three in the season-long creator series announced in January, will be broadcast on the PGA Tour's YouTube channel and other media platforms. The competition will be nine holes and begin the afternoon of March 12 before the PGA Tour's flagship event. The field features returning participants from the inaugural 2024 event – the Bryan Bros, Fat Perez from Bob Does Sports, Gabby Golf Girl and Roger Steele – plus new participants Grant Horvat, Kyle Berkshire, Tisha Alyn, Chris Solomon from No Laying Up and a Barstool personality who will be determined via qualifier. The tournament will be eight holes of stroke play, beginning on the par-4 10th hole, and conclude on TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course's iconic island-green 17th, with the top-three finishers advancing to a one-hole sudden death playoff, again on the 17th. Introducing the full field for the 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 @TPCSawgrass! 🤩🏌️♂️ Wesley Bryan (@WesleyBryanGolf)🏌️♂️ George Bryan (@BryanBrosGolf)🏌️♂️ Fat Perez (@FatPerez33)🏌️♀️ Gabby Golf Girl🏌️♂️ Roger Steele (@RogerSteeleJr)🏌️♂️ Grant Horvat (@GrantHorvatGolf)🏌️♀️ Tisha Alyn… — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 19, 2025 Pairings and tee times will be announced the day before the event. 'There is arguably no better place to kick off our season-long creator series than on The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, where the iconic 17th hole represents the culmination of this first competition,' Chris Wandell, the PGA Tour's Senior Vice President of Media, said in a release. 'The PGA Tour is intently focused on delivering unique, premium content and experiences like this to our diverse and growing fanbase, all while amplifying the voices of our participating creators.' Similar to the event in 2024 ahead of the Tour Championship, the competition will be streamed live via the PGA Tour's YouTube channel as well as GolfChannel, ESPN+ and other streaming platforms. The inaugural Creator Classic at East Lake Golf Club generated more than 2.7 million views on YouTube and was YouTube's No. 2 trending video after the competition, which engaged nearly 60 million golf fans across all social media platforms during a four-week period. The Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass will feature live ShotLink powered by CDW scoring/data, Trackman shot tracing – including tracing via drones – and on-screen graphics. The broadcast team will consist of golf media personalities Shane Bacon and Doug Smith, Skratch's Dan Rapaport and golf content creator and influencer Paige Spiranac. Pro Shop Studios, the production company behind the Netflix hit series 'Full Swing' and 'Happy Gilmore 2,' will partner with PGA Tour Studios to run on-ground and broadcast production. 'As the strongest field in golf prepares to compete at the Players Championship, it's surreal to know that a number of golf's most recognizable content creators will walk the same fairways of TPC Sawgrass just one day prior,' Pro Shop co-founder Chad Mumm said in a release. 'We appreciate the collaboration with the PGA Tour in bringing this creator series to life at one of golf's iconic courses to entertain and inspire our fans.' Fans should buy a Wednesday Stadium Pass if they want to attend The Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass. The field and competition format for the final two events in the creator series, which will be contested at the Truist Championship on the Wissahickon Course at The Philadelphia Cricket Club and the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, will be announced at a later date. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Creator Classic at TPC Sawgrass: Field, format, how to watch
USA Today
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Rick Shiels partnering with LIV Golf as ambassador
Rick Shiels partnering with LIV Golf as ambassador With nearly 3 million subscribers, Shiels can bring LIV Golf a massive audience and exposure for its players. YouTube star Rick Shiels, who has nearly three million subscribers on his main channel, announced on Friday that he has signed a partnership with LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed golf league, and will now serve as an ambassador for the league. To be clear, Shiels, who was a teaching pro in England before his golf instruction and equipment review videos exploded on YouTube, will not be competing in LIV Golf events. Instead, he will be filming content at every LIV Golf venue ahead of the league's tournaments that will promote and show off the courses, players and atmosphere. "I'm going to be making some unbelievable content at every single LIV Golf event," Sheils said. Included in that content will be his popular "Break 75" challenges and videos that feature players like Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and others off the course and away from golf. There are also plans for 5-man scrambles that feature Sheils and a LIV team trying to go as low as possible, along with two-vs-two matches with Shiels acting as the host. On December 6, the PGA Tour announced the creation of a Creator Council comprised of social media stars like Bob Does Sports, Bryan Bros Golf, Erik Anders Lang, Fore Play/Barstool Sports, No Laying Up, Paige Spiranac, Roger Steele and Tisha Alyn who would help the Tour, "develop shared strategies for content development and fan engagement." The announcement of Shiels, who was not named to that panel, becoming a LIV ambassador appears to be the upstart league's answer to growing engagement and fans on the biggest social media platform. Several PGA Tour stars have appeared with content creators on YouTube, and a growing number of equipment manufacturers are turning to content creators who boast a large online audience to promote their services and gear. Rahm and Xander Schauffele have appeared recently on Bob Does Sports, Erik Anders Lang recently signed a deal with Ping Golf, and Fore Play/Barstool Sports created a video with Tiger Woods at a TaylorMade commercial shot in late 2023 that has now generated over 3.2 million views. With Sheils' large subscriber base and LIV Golf's ability to get star players involved at exotic locations, it will be fascinating to see what the content creator produces and if the videos boost interest in LIV Golf events, which will soon be broadcast on Fox Sports.
