{"id":42236,"date":"2026-07-25T11:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/42236\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:41:33","slug":"newark-golf-club-pro-selected-to-take-on-sports-social-media-superstar-peter-finch-in-challenge-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/42236\/","title":{"rendered":"Newark Golf Club pro selected to take on sport\u2019s social media superstar Peter Finch in challenge match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the country\u2019s biggest golf content creators is to go head-to-head with a Newark pro at the town\u2019s historic club.<\/p>\n<p>Social media star Peter Finch will take on Newark PGA professional Ryan Blanchard in a challenge match on July 31 at Newark Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan is one of just five golf professionals chosen to take part in Finch\u2019s popular Head Pro Challenge series, which has become a firm favourite among golf fans across his social media platforms and YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1266 1592\" alt=\"Pro Ryan Blanchard, of Newark Golf Club, is to go head-to-head with golf social media creator Peter Finch. Photo: Supplied\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"59RPG2KSF0VMTW2MLKCJ.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.80\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/59RPG2KSF0VMTW2MLKCJ.jpg\" alt=\"Pro Ryan Blanchard, of Newark Golf Club, is to go head-to-head with golf social media creator Peter Finch. Photo: Supplied\"\/>Pro Ryan Blanchard, of Newark Golf Club, is to go head-to-head with golf social media creator Peter Finch. Photo: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The series showcases some of the best club pros from around the country as they go up against Finch in a competitive and entertaining match-play format.<\/p>\n<p>Having successfully applied to be involved in the latest series, Ryan will now have the opportunity to test his game against one of golf\u2019s most recognisable digital personalities, and his online audience made up of hundreds of thousands of viewers from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan said: \u201cI really didn\u2019t expect to be chosen, but it\u2019s a fantastic opportunity to showcase our club to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete has done an incredible job of growing the game through his content, and I\u2019m really looking forward to the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golf enthusiasts are invited to go along and watch the action unfold in person, with both visitors and members welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the country\u2019s biggest golf content creators is to go head-to-head with a Newark pro at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,1089,2223],"class_list":["post-42236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-golf","tag-human-interest","tag-newark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}