Bryson DeChambeau, the LIV Golf superstar, is making waves connected YouTube, with his transmission becoming a monolithic hit, particularly among younger fans, and racking up tens of millions of views.
The two-time large champion reached a caller milestone connected Saturday erstwhile his channel's subscriber number deed 1.49 million, surpassing the authoritative PGA Tour relationship which stands astatine 1.48m.
DeChambeau saw a important summation successful subscribers past period aft helium shared a video of him playing a circular with erstwhile President Donald Trump, who is aiming to instrumentality to the White House successful the upcoming November election. The video, filmed astatine Trump Bedminster successful New Jersey, has already garnered implicit 12m views.
DeChambeau's different palmy videos diagnostic golfing greats similar Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Tony Romo and Sergio Garcia. The existent US Open champion has not lone cemented his spot arsenic 1 of the champion players of his procreation but has besides emerged arsenic a salient golf contented creator.
Rick Shiels, a British-based contented creator, presently holds the rubric for the largest golf-related YouTube transmission with astir 3 cardinal subscribers. However, DeChambeau is rapidly closing the spread and could soon assertion the apical spot.
Bryson DeChambeau, who antecedently had a rocky rapport with play enthusiasts, has experienced a turnaround this season, emerging arsenic a instrumentality favourite and clinching triumph astatine the US Open successful June implicit Rory McIlroy.
The golfer attributes his alteration successful nationalist representation to his efforts connected YouTube. In July, helium reflected, "I've decidedly matured a lot. It's been a increasing process for maine implicit the people of time. YouTube has massively helped, I tin archer you that, being capable to conscionable merchandise the emotions successful the mode that I cognize I can. When I was a kid, I was ace affectional obviously, but I got frustrated connected the play course, I got truly excited connected the play course."
He continued, "Just truly refining that to a spot wherever I americium contiguous has been a batch of enactment successful progress. It's conscionable taken clip for maine to person a better, bigger position connected beingness and besides having a level wherever I tin showcase that and refine it to a truly cool, chill level and springiness radical immoderate large entertainment."
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Getty Images)On the substance of balancing his roles, DeChambeau said, "Like erstwhile I'm retired here, I would accidental it's much of a golfer than an entertainer. When I'm filming YouTube content, I'm decidedly much of an entertainer compared to a golfer, but I inactive effort to play the champion I can."
He elaborated connected the dichotomy, "So it flips. It's not similar I'm this percent golfer, this percent entertainer. It truly flows depending connected the concern I'm in. Major title week, I'm focused connected playing the champion play I perchance can."
"There's going to beryllium moments wherever I hopefully tin showcase the fans a small thing fun, but successful YouTube I'm truly trying to showcase everything that I've got entertainment-wise."