The 5 Best Golf YouTube Channels Worth Watching in 2026
Over the last few years, YouTube golf has gone from a niche experiment to a matured and tested version of the game. Viewership has gotten so impressive that some of the largest creators can’t break 80, but can routinely reach the same size audience that current and former pros can on the same platforms. One of the most beautiful thing about this notion is that it reflects how we play our favorite game in the real world: sometimes paired up with a sober scratch golfer and sometimes playing 12 drinks deep shanking tee shots onto the interstate.
Even though many of the top golf channels have been able to find success through these wildly varied methodologies, that doesn’t mean every channel has found a way to hit the spot with each video. Some are too serious for a lot of average viewers, some aren’t serious enough, some just rub folks the wrong way. Before getting angry, this list is absolutely subjective. Sure, you can argue that one is bigger than the other, but if you just want data, feel free to visit Social Blade. Below are our top 5 YouTube golf channels on that note!
1. Bob Does Sports
If you can’t enjoy the average Bob Does Sports video, it’s hard to believe you’d be very fun at a party. For those unfamiliar, BDS’ core group features Bob Berger, Joseph Demare (Joey D, Joey Cold Cuts, Petey D, and more), and Nick Stubbe, lovingly referred to as Fat Perez or FP more commonly. Their stories getting started are remarkably unremarkable. Bob is by no means a phenomenal golfer, but a guy who loves the game and found success in creating content around it. Bob and Joey knew each other from working in hospitality together before Joey joined Bob on his rise, and Fat Perez, while a very good golfer, was simply an accountant subscribed to their Patreon who got noticed while on a Happy Hour Zoom call with the other members over the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the video here on YouTube, it’s pretty entertaining. So, they’re average guys, but so are you and I. What makes their content special?
That’s exactly the right question because their magic is that for the most part, there is no magic. Fat Perez is the only consistently good golfer, but he’s not a tour pro. It’s commonplace to watch Bob and Joey shank balls into the wilderness. But, the thing is, they know and lean into that fact. In nearly every video they put out, there’s such an attractive blend of lighthearted fun without sacrificing the passion for competition in the game. It’s not like they alter the game of golf to the point of sacrilege, but they somehow consistently find new formats and challenges to keep normal game formats entertaining and light with their big personalities on full display. For example, Bob is in the midst of a challenge trying to break 80. A few months ago they had 36 drinks over the course of 9 holes.
The brilliance of their ability to walk the line between serious and comedic is even more impressive when you consider the medium. They are YouTube creators and they are creating fantastic YouTube content for the average consumer. The only fairly consistent gripes about the channel are that they aren’t good enough golfers and they can be rambunctious. If you prefer great golf with zero charisma, you’re watching in the wrong place. We’ve already got the PGA Tour. At the end of it all, you don’t have to like them, but Bob Does Sports makes some of the most relatable content on the platform for the average golfer.
2. Grant Horvat
To be so young, Mr. Steven Grant Horvat, better known as just Grant Horvat on YouTube has quite a storied and turbulent career so far. Grant is a gifted golfer having played at the collegiate level, and started his social media journey by posting instructional videos on TikTok while working at a country club. After finding some initial success, he started collaborating with another creator, Garrett Clark or gm_golf on YouTube, who is a co-founder of Good Good. After building a name for himself over the course of a few years under the Good Good brand, Grant left the channel to pursue success under his own brand in 2022, citing a want for more control and exhaustion from a demanding period of growth for Good Good. Though opinions and predictions flooded the YouTube golf ecosystem at the time, Grant’s decision to go out on his own has panned out into a lucrative and entertaining solo career.
As stated before, Grant is a very talented golfer, and has actually been invited to participate in some professional outings, but hasn’t been willing to sacrifice filming rights to do so thus far (excluding the 2026 AmEx Pro Am Celebrity portion), and probably for good reason. Grant’s magic, in our opinion, has been in his ability to blend the pro scene and YouTube scene thanks to existing connections from Good Good, pro-level talent and tournaments, and of course, his hard work. Some of the best and most unique collaborations in YouTube golf have come from Grant’s channel, with names like Saquon Barkley, DJ Khaled, Jason Day, Luke Combs, Collin Morikawa joining him for rounds, just to name a few. That’s a staggering list, and it doesn’t even scratch the surface.
Though Grant’s channel doesn’t stick out as a knee-slapping comedy fest, his ability to get big names out and talking in a candid way is an almost journalist-like talent that brings such a healthy connection the viewer that we probably wouldn’t get otherwise. Not to mention, Grant’s talent has allowed him to put out slews of “challenge” content where the golf competition is as fierce and compelling as you can get without pro events. Speaking of his connections and collaborations, it’s not shocking he’s got great videos with other creators as well. A current favorite is his ongoing “Breaking Bob” series with Bob Does Sports trying to beat Mr. Berger himself in a variety of disadvantaged ways. Check it out here.
3. Bryson DeChambeau
Speaking of tumultuous careers at a young age, Bryson DeChambeau is no stranger to both good and bad press. Boasting a massive following across all social media platforms and in his professional career, it’d be shocking if you didn’t have a baseline level of knowledge on his whereabouts, so we’ll keep it short. In brief, at the time of this writing, Bryson has had a lackluster year in the pro scene and seems to be kicking around the idea of doing content full time. Find our piece on that here. But, whatever your opinion, Bryson has been a strong addition to the YouTube scene.
The difference that Bryson brings to the internet scene is his professional status as not just a “really good golfer”, but he’s almost certainly the most acclaimed professional golfer on the entire platform, and still active at that. His existing fame and resume have allowed him to rack up a slew of collaborations with other celebrities, content creators, and more, while he has the golf skill to be able to try pulling off crazy challenges such as in his “Breaking 50” series. There are a lot of similarities between him and Grant Horvat between the professional feel, big-name collaborations, and a less-comedic take on the game.
Further, Bryson has been known as a sort of mad scientist when it comes to his golf game. Clearly and provenly brilliant, Bryson has experimented a lot on his game with different equipment and strategies based on an analytical approach to the game. While it’s easy to laugh at an aim-point studied putt that misses, the unique thoughts and methodologies that Bryson tries out bring a feeling of “what happens next?” to the game that doesn’t really show in popular golf. Part of Bryson’s draw and one of his biggest drawbacks is that he’s always been willing to break the mold, whether it’s his choice to leave the PGA Tour, change his equipment and play, or to go so deep into the realm of content. In a game that honors tradition so deeply, there have certainly been mixed opinions on this, but love him or hate him, Bryson has brought a new perspective to YouTube golf that will certainly start the foundation for future pros.
4. Rick Shiels
There is very literally no one more seasoned in the YouTube golf world than The Godfather of YouTube Golf himself, Rick Shiels. Candidly, Rick holds a special place in my heart, because his instructional YouTube videos that got him his start are some of the first that I watched as a 40 handicap golf-seedling. Rick came onto to the scene by leveraging his actual credentials as well, as he’s a PGA certified Teaching Pro. His story from there was pretty simple: as he started posting more online, he started catching fire and experimenting with different formats, and grew through consistently hard work and entertaining content. Nowadays you can find him doing the same things that many others do, collaborating with the big names in the pro and content scene, trying competitive challenge formats, and still getting some instruction in here and there.
Rick is unique to this list because his background nor content stand out in a crowd. Even being a Teaching Pro, Rick is by no means a Bryson DeChambeau, and even though he can be entertaining, he’s also not Bob Does Sport. The special formula that Rick brings to the table in contrast to the others is actually quite an inspiring lesson preached about in many other aspects of life: consistency and longevity. It’s not an attempt to discredit his playing ability, entertainment value, or anything else about him, but take look at Rick’s videos. Many of them have been repeated, even more impressively, by other names on this list. But, that’s exactly it. Rick was doing it first, and he just kept doing it.
To his credit even more, Rick has been able to successfully pivot his content as the YouTube golf scene has grown. Here’s his first video, for example. It would have been so easy for Rick to post a few instructional videos, get bored, and abandon his channel entirely. Instead, he pioneered on-course amateur filming, outlandish equipment videos, challenges, and now capitalizes on destination golf, collaborations, and other more modernized topic with great production quality. It’s clear that Rick is willing the put in the work that he needs to ensure success on the YouTube golf platform, but has brilliantly been able to keep golf at the core. Regardless of how impressive some of the other channels on this list and beyond are, many of them are happy to admit that Rick did it first. Mr. Shiels is the pioneer of YouTube golf and we should thank him for the creators he paved the way for.
5. Good Good
Good Good Golf is a bit of an enigma. Finding its roots in the COVID-19 era, the Good Good group had a launching pad from the success of its face and co-founder, Garrett Clark (gm_golf). Garrett joined up with a friend and entrepreneur, Matt Kendrick, who seemed to back the project a little more quietly. Garrett was and is the face, but it seems that Matt Kendrick is no stranger to digital media having taken inspiration and working with channels such as the Googan Squad, and even though the two categories are entirely different, the impact can be clearly seen through Good Good’s style. Good Good does have a core team consisting of Garrett himself, Thomas “Bubbie” Borders, Matt Scharf, and Stephen Castaneda, but the channel has gone through what seems like a rotating door of cast changes and features since its inception. The latest notable entry and exit was Brad Dalke, a pro-level golfer, whose departure we discuss here.
The seemingly constant flow of new anchors members coming and going has been a hot topic surrounding the channel, but that PR and change is what keeps Good Good so current. After Brad and his team won the 2025 Internet Invitational, Good Good expertly capitalized by featuring Brad heavily thereafter. As discussed before, they were able to secure collaboration with Grant Horvat in his early stages, and they consistently get trending creators around them to bolster all parties involved. It’s pretty easy at any given time to open the Good Good channel and see a video featuring someone you’re hearing about in the media already.
As far as the content itself, Good Good tends to lean towards more gameified versions of the sport. It’s almost likened more to big creators in other genres such as Mr. Beast or Dude Perfect with absurdists formats and challenges, enormous prizes, and a higher priority on getting the click rather than flexing expert golf. Whether it’s your flavor of golf or not, it does work, proven by the other channels. It seems as if they optimize for the platform rather than a dedicated country club audience, and that deserves an applause. The downside of this is that the channel can feel inconsistent in delivering content to satisfy a core audience, but in all fairness, there’s certainly a slew of videos with such variety that you can find something enjoyable from them at any time.
Final Thoughts
If you haven’t been into YouTube golf or internet golf content otherwise to this point, it’d be worth paying attention to as it’s not going anywhere any time soon. The format has performed extremely well in recent history leading to increased budgets and production quality, and the proven legitimacy has attracted impressive talent and entertaining personalities who we get to enjoy every day now. This short list doesn’t even scratch the surface of the available content out there and it’s still growing rapidly. YouTube golf isn’t the PGA, and it isn’t supposed to be. That’s why we love these creators who know their lane and take full advantage of it.