YouTubers.

[Yorkhacker]

Don't usually watch James Robinson, but he was at my course (Fulford) last week and did a pretty good video imho.
Would have been better if he'd done a bit of homework on 17th, as he thought it was Greg Norman that climbed the tree!

 

[Orikoru]

Think this channel might be worth a follow...

Only 5 days old and just 12 subscribers so far, but from the short videos already uploaded it looks like it could be a funny one to watch.

How did you even find this?

 

[Mel Smooth]

How did you even find this?

Gary Martin stumbled on it and posted it in his Facebook page. Don’t ask me what he was doing to find it as I have absolutely no idea.

 

[Pin-seeker]

My channel sits firmly in YT no-mans land.

What’s your channel?

 

[Springveldt]

I never watch normal TV - can't remember the last time I sat down at a certain time to watch anything on terrestrial tv - I'm not even sure I've done that in the last 3 or 4 years. I'll occasionally put Sky Sports Golf on while I'm sat in the kitchen at my laptop and watch whatever happens to be on. I average around 2 hours a day watching You Tube - but some of that will include music video playlists I've put on to listen to while I'm working.

Same here, the only thing I watch live are sport events. Golf, football, NFL and F1 mainly.

Everything else in this house is either YouTube, Netflix, Amazon or Disney+.

I can easily sit and watch hours of YouTube at night just by letting the algorithm take me down the rabbit hole. Before you know it I'm watching a lion fight off a pack of hyena's for some reason.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Only watch youtube these days at weekends if there is nothing else on and then only now and then a select few channels these days

 

[Slab]

Same here, the only thing I watch live are sport events. Golf, football, NFL and F1 mainly.

Everything else in this house is either YouTube, Netflix, Amazon or Disney+.

I can easily sit and watch hours of YouTube at night just by letting the algorithm take me down the rabbit hole. Before you know it I'm watching a lion fight off a pack of hyena's for some reason.

I saw that. I had to laugh

 

[Mel Smooth]

Don't usually watch James Robinson, but he was at my course (Fulford) last week and did a pretty good video imho.
Would have been better if he'd done a bit of homework on 17th, as he thought it was Greg Norman that climbed the tree!

I think Chris Dennis is a good accompaniment to JR - who can be a little OTT at times. The series they’re currently doing is a great watch - enjoyed the Fulford video. I’ve still got memories of travelling to my grandads caravan at Filey as a kid and seeing the signs for the Benson and Hedges tournament at the side of the A64

 

[Marshy77]

Don't usually watch James Robinson, but he was at my course (Fulford) last week and did a pretty good video imho.
Would have been better if he'd done a bit of homework on 17th, as he thought it was Greg Norman that climbed the tree!

I was really enjoying the start of the course ( more than the 2 guys playing) and then the 'banter'/nonsense chatter really started to do my head in!! When they got to the 5th I had to turn off.

 

[Depreston]

1st video is out and current subscriber count stands at just over 6k.

Let's see how, or if, they grow.

This has more chance of “growing” the game than anything any organisation / tour / player associated with golf currently could do imho

 

[garyinderry]

This has more chance of “growing” the game than anything any organisation / tour / player associated with golf currently could do imho

Who are they? What makes them stand out from the pack?

I'm in work so can't see this just yet.

 

[Depreston]

Who are they? What makes them stand out from the pack?

I'm in work so can't see this just yet.

It’s 3 of the sidemen and their mates who are also successful YouTubers

Sidemen are probably the biggest group of YouTubers around… they’re a huge cultural influence on young kids/teenagers probably the biggest needle mover in youth culture for the past 5 year in this country

Their core audience are all probably entering their late teens so if they catch the golf bug it can only be a good thing

 

[garyinderry]

It’s 3 of the sidemen and their mates who are also successful YouTubers

Sidemen are probably the biggest group of YouTubers around… they’re a huge cultural influence on young kids/teenagers probably the biggest needle mover in youth culture for the past 5 year in this country

Their core audience are all probably entering their late teens so if they catch the golf bug it can only be a good thing

Good stuff. As you say it can only be a good thing.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Who are they? What makes them stand out from the pack?

I'm in work so can't see this just yet.

They aren’t dull middle aged or old men for a start .

Their main channel has nearly 10x the subscribers of Rick Shiels and more than the top 10 golf YouTube channels combined.

Across all of their channels they have over 150 million subscribers. They have getting on for 50 billion views of their content.
Shiels for comparison is around 800 million.

They only need to influence a small percentage of their followers to grow the game more than anyone already involved in golf.

 

[howbow88]

'Sidemen' sounds absolutely ridiculous.

 

[LincolnShep]

Bryson's latest 'Break 50' video (two man scramble from forward tees) is good fun. He's playing with Martin Borgmeier and it's very fast and full of positivity. I'd never liked BdC until he started putting stuff on YouTube but he's really growing on me.

 

[Depreston]

'Sidemen' sounds absolutely ridiculous.

They were bairns back then tbf wouldn’t mind being a penny behind any one of them in the videos

 

[ExRabbit]

Bryson's latest 'Break 50' video (two man scramble from forward tees) is good fun. He's playing with Martin Borgmeier and it's very fast and full of positivity. I'd never liked BdC until he started putting stuff on YouTube but he's really growing on me.

That's my late-evening (well, early morning) viewing sorted out thanks.

 

[Slab]

While a bit corporate I've enjoyed the recent taylormade videos with Rory and others on driver and wedge game

 

[bigyin55]

Bryson's latest 'Break 50' video (two man scramble from forward tees) is good fun. He's playing with Martin Borgmeier and it's very fast and full of positivity. I'd never liked BdC until he started putting stuff on YouTube but he's really growing on me.

Same! He seems really genuine and can't ignore his enthusiasm.