***2024 US Open Golf Thread Pinehurst #2***
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You have to get really far down on the money list to be in "barely get by" territory, 200th place last year made $292,000.
No you're right, but that's still not his own thing, so it is different. Although still kind of yes because look at the thumbnail with the giant Taylormade club on it.
Agree on the "sportswashing" piece here. So dumb.
Ya know, all the holier-than-thous here could take the money and then - gasp - donate it to worthy causes? Money is only 'dirty' depending on what you do with. A person could do a lot of good with LIV money.
It’s Taylormade press day stuff.
There is going to be a lot of golfers shifting to more YouTube stuff though. There’s too much of an audience to ignore.
Showing up in random promo videos here and there is different than having a full-blown YouTube channel like Bryson does. 10's of millions of views different.
The biggest thing with the YouTube content is that the PGA guys can't do that currently. The PGA controls all of the media rights. That was one thing that has been mentioned by several of the LIV guys is the freedom to do their own media stuff. I believe one point Bryson even said that was a big selling point for him to join LIV was his ability to do his own media content. And now we see why.
The PGA guys can't even have their own photographers during tournaments. I know Phil said when he won the PGA, he had to purchase any photos he wanted from the event because he couldn't have his own photographer on course. So it may be difficult for some of the PGA guys to have the kind of social media exposure that Bryson can have by going to LIV.
The PGA guys can't even have their own photographers during tournaments. I know Phil said when he won the PGA, he had to purchase any photos he wanted from the event because he couldn't have his own photographer on course. So it may be difficult for some of the PGA guys to have the kind of social media exposure that Bryson can have by going to LIV.
I'd say that guy is probably barely making it depending on sponsors and such. He's got a caddy salary, travel and stay for probably 200 days out of the year.
Not sure exactly how it all works anymore, but guys used to have to pay all their own travel and lodging expenses…. and if you aren’t near the top you also might have to worry about losing your card too most years.
I definitely think so. I think NLU, Foreplay, Good Good, etc. the younger generation is paying more attention. I also think there's more ability to show your personality. It seems like the one thing LIV is kind of right on is there being a movement away from the stuffiness you see on the PGA tour. Spieth, Thomas, Xander, Scottie, Cantlay, etc.-- these guys are boring as ****. So yes, I think the demand for professional golf is there, but I think people want to see personalities and they want some excitement.
Cool. I checked out Bryson's channel after reading about it in this thread and many of his videos have the "paid promotion" tag. He appears to be getting paid for product placement in his videos. Which is what YouTube is for!
His channel has 81,000,000 views so nothing to snuff at. If he averages a million views per week he's going to make some pretty good money off of it
Definitely along with the product placement in his videos. He's putting out content that's generating clicks and he's monetizing off of it. Good for him!
I'm not sure that's 100% true. BryanBros is a youtube channel that features PGA card holder Wesley Bryan and his brother George, who got a special exemption for a tour event and actually made the cut.
They have had several vlog videos where they follow Wesley around at tournaments.
Bryson's videos had 14.4 million views in the month of May. That was more than any other golf channel on YouTube.
For comparison, Good Good is the king of YouTube golf right now and they had 12 million views in May. Rick Shiels was was just below that number.
Yes - 10's of millions. Many of his videos are listed other "channels" such as Good Good, Grant Horvat, Rick Shiels that get over a million views each, and these are released weekly.
