Rory Mcilroy issued a scathing verdict about the last attempt to try to revolutionize golf.
While the civil war of Liv Golf vs PGA Tour and the high the subsequent fire have dominated the sport in recent years, it seems that Mcilroy believes that there is another element that is contributing to the supersaturation of the golf: YouTube.
Content creators such as Paige Spirac, Grant Horvat, Rick Shiels and the newcomer Kai Trump have contributed to the rise of sport on online platforms in recent years.
Even the LIV golf star and the two -time winner of Major Bryson Dechambeau has gotten into action, winning 1.76 million subscribers thanks to their videos with the President Donald Trump and Tom Brady.
Mcilroy has been a firm critic of LIV's getaway in the past, but it seems that the Irish of the North has now changed his attacks to another part.
The 35 -year -old pointed to the online golf presence before this week's players championship, preferring to adhere to the traditional sport route.
Rory Mcilroy issued a scathing verdict on YouTube Golf before the players championship
Paige Spirac and Kai Trump have generated millions of followers through online golf content
“I'm not from that generation,” Mcilroy admitted. “I prefer to see pure, competitive … I prefer to see this golf tournament on Sunday than to see youtube golf.”
It was not the first time that Mcilroy made his scathing judgment on golf youtubers be known.
Before his debut in the season at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in January, the four-time major winner, while admitting that Golf youtubers had discovered a great niche, attacked the content to reduce professional golf.
'You know, I think (PGA Tour) has already decreased … YouTube is like adjacent golf entertainment, whatever. Those guys are killing it. They found a niche and it's really great and has a purpose for many people, 'he began.
'But look, I would prefer to sit and see the true golfers play real tournaments and that is just my opinion. That for me is more entertaining … but I understand that other people want something different and that is too well. I think there is space for all this.
“Yes, I can see when the golf consumer could get a bit of everything that is available to them.”
Mcilroy's comments occur after the PGA tour saw a hearing fall last year. Despite an epic career in Tiger Woods style of Scottie Scheffler, the great drought of Xander Schauffele finally came to an end and the open substitute for Mcilroy, the tour's classifications did not paint a beautiful image.
The tour averaged 2.2 million viewers for their Sunday transmissions (without specialties) in 2024, a 19 percent drop of 2.7 million in 2023, according to Sports Business Magazine.
Kai, President Donald Trump's granddaughter, is photographed with Mcilroy in February
The Golf LV star Bryson Dechambeau has presented the president on his YouTube channel
Meanwhile, Shiels, a British creator, has only accumulated an amazing 2.92 million subscribers. Horvat, who has introduced Phil Mickelson and John Daly on his channel, has more than one million.
In the four months elapsed since its launch of its channel, Kai Trump, President Trump's granddaughter, has obtained 1.06 subscribers to its content, which also includes life and golf videos.
The glamorous golf girl, Paige Spirac, has only 439,000 on the video platform, a significant fall compared to her teammates, but she compensates for it with more of her other social media profiles.
Spirac has left its mark on golf, taking social networks by assault on its small and tight skirts and low cutting tops, and courting with controversy with almost all publications.
But, as she or detest her, her sensual snapshots on Instagram have been rewarded with the amazing four million followers.