So there's where all the golf viewers went! (5 million views every 10 days)

GM. This is Easy Pars. The golf newsletter that loves watching YouTube golfers.

Here’s what we’ve got for you today:

• Feature story: YouTube Golfers taking the spotlight

• Young golfers back in the news!

• Best golf content from around the web

About 9.5 million people watched the Masters.

It happens once per year. We talked about ratings last week.

Over the last 10 days, just over 5 million people watched 10 of the most popular golf YouTube channels’ most recent videos.

We calculated videos from 10 prominent channels (like Rick Shiels, Grant Horvat, Bryson DeChambeau, Bryan Bros, and a few others). All the videos were 10 days old, or newer. 5.03 million views.

Yes, one is double, but the Masters is only a week.

YT golf will likely do close to another 5 mil views within the next 10 days. Then, 5 more the 10 after that, and so on.

Over the course of a year — 180 million views-ish per year.

Take the Chevron Championship. Nelly Korda getting 5 wins in a row, tied for the most ever.

The final round got 941k views (according to GolfWeek). Nearly a million people, tuning in to see history (and because the RBC was rain-delayed).

Now, take this video from prominent Good Good Golf YouTuber, GM_Golf. 1.2 million views.

We type all this to say — the future of golf is bright because it seems to be in the hands of golfers.

Even the PGA is about to dole out nearly a billion $ to loyal pros.

Let’s also take a look at two recent tournaments and both Bryan Bros. Wesley Bryan came in 2nd at the alternate event to the RBC — Corrales Puntacana.

The YouTube generation really wanted Wesley to win, but he didn’t.

Here’s CBS reporter, Kyle Porter, with a funny tweet about the Puntacana winner, Bill Horschel. (Notice who’s the most-liked and most hilarious reply 😂).

Unfortunately, Wesley wasn’t the only Bryan bro to come up just shy of the win.

His brother, George Bryan was one of 8 YouTube golfers to play in the Q qualifier tournament in Myrtle Beach. 8 influencers, 8 great Korn Ferry and college athletes — one spot in a PGA event.

Going into the 18th, George had a 2-shot lead.

He bogeyed 18, pro golfer Matt Atkins birdied, both players at 3 under par. Atkins won the playoff.

Note: Links to the qualifier (over 500k views on YT…for a qualifier!) and a great recap below.

If you’re on YouTube ever, do yourself a favor and give some of these golfers a follow. Without a doubt, they’ll be more and more prominent in the future.

Young golfers ready to take over

Monday, we told you about Miles Russel placing top 25 in a Korn Ferry qualifier.

His tee time is at 3:43pm today. BUT he’ll now also play in a PGA event — the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

He got an exemption to play.

Now, news just broke that Charlie Woods is attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open.

Our guess? He’ll be more prepared this go-round.

First, his dad is Tiger Woods. Tiger’s dad was a master at preparing young Tiger to deal with distraction. It’s likely Charlie now has some tips from the 🐅.

Second, we’d imagine he’ll have a bit better security. (Don’t want any more grandmas trying to set Charlie up with their granddaughters.)

Will he make it? We’ll see.

Open qualifiers are, well, open. Only the top 5% get a chance to play in another tournament round for the actual chance to get into the actual U.S. Open.

Around the links 🏌️‍♂️

• The full Q tournament on YouTube. It’s long, but you can jump around (or to the end).

• Great review and take on the Q, from Matt Fisher (aka MrShortGame).

• Bryson plays 6 holes (from the tips) with $100 set of junior clubs from Walmart.

Meme of the Day

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That’s it for today, golf fan. We’ll be back Monday, likely fully covering a Korn Ferry event for the first time!

Later gator,

E.