PGA Tour raising profile of YouTube golfers even more

YouTube golf is growing faster than anyone could have predicted, and the PGA Tour is starting to take notice. 

For the first time, golf content creators will have the opportunity to play their way into a PGA Tour event. "The Q at Myrtle Beach," which will be held March 4 at TPC Myrtle Beach (S.C.), will feature eight amateur golfers and eight YouTubers fighting for one spot. The winner of the 18-hole competition will receive a sponsor exemption in the inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic in May.

Here are the eight content creators who will be competing in the qualifying event, per the PGA Tour:

George Bryan IV

Bryan was a three-time All-American at the University of South Carolina. He has a popular YouTube channel called "Bryan Bros Golf" with his brother, Wesley Bryan, who has made 113 PGA Tour starts and won the 2017 RBC Heritage. 

Peter Finch

Specializing in instructional videos and golf club reviews, Finch has more than 600,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, "Peter Finch Golf."

Grant Horvat

Horvat played college golf at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has more than 1.3 million combined followers and subscribers on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. 

Luke Kwon

Kwon is a member of "Good Good Golf," which is one of the most popular golf channels on YouTube with more than 1.4 million subscribers. The University of Oklahoma product has made more than 50 starts in PGA Tour-sanctioned events. 

Micah Morris

A former member of "Good Good Golf," Morris started his own YouTube channel and now has more than one million followers and subscribers on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. 

Dan Rapaport

Rapaport saw the potential in golf content creation when he jumped from Golf Digest to Barstool Sports' "Fore Play" podcast and YouTube channel. 

Nick Stubbe

Known as Fat Perez in the content world, Stubbe is a member of "Bob Does Sports," which has nearly 700,000 YouTube subscribers. 

Mason Nutt or Cole Latze

Nutt and Lantz make up "BustaJack Golf," which has nearly 200,000 subscribers on YouTube. The duo will compete in a 1v1 match to decide who will compete in the qualifier. 

Together, the eight content creators have more than four million subscribers on YouTube. Their videos regularly dwarf the PGA Tour's online content in terms of viewers, so it's no surprise the Tour is finally leaning into the growing YouTube golf world. 

This is only the beginning of what should be a long and fruitful relationship between YouTube golf and the PGA Tour.