{"id":799557,"date":"2026-05-16T02:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/799557\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:15:17","slug":"scott-van-pelt-not-realistic-for-bryson-dechambeau-to-stick-with-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/799557\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Van Pelt: Not ‘realistic’ for Bryson DeChambeau to stick with YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s future in golf remains unclear as LIV crumbles around him and the PGA attempts to woo him back when his contract reportedly expires later this year.<\/p>\n

And as DeChambeau finished 10-over after Friday\u2019s round at Aronimink Golf Club in this week\u2019s PGA Championship, following a Masters tournament in which he also failed to make the weekend cut, ESPN\u2019s Scott Van Pelt threw cold water on the theory that DeChambeau can continue to succeed at the highest levels while playing the majority of his golf for YouTube content.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suggestion that he could go be a YouTube player and then just show up and play in the majors, that\u2019s just not a realistic thought. You have to be competitively sharp to come out here and play the hardest courses in the world against the best players in the world,\u201d Van Pelt explained in an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show<\/a> before Friday\u2019s round.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw the height of his popularity when he won at Pinehurst \u2026 that to me was sort of his peak moment of power. And you can do that, you can be an influencer, be a YouTube player, and I\u2019m sure you could monetize that and make a pile. But ultimately, you make your bones in this game and your legend in this game being a major-championship player.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Previously, DeChambeau said it would be \u201cincredibly viable\u201d for him to skip the smaller PGA tournaments, playing golf for YouTube in the downtime between the four major tournaments. The PGA recently updated its social media policy<\/a>, allowing players to film more content at tournament sites but mandating that YouTube ad revenue still be redirected to the tour, a move widely seen as an attempt to appease players like DeChambeau, who have developed major followings online.<\/p>\n

Some of the videos DeChambeau posts to his 2.7 million YouTube subscribers are focused play-throughs on top courses, but many are gimmicks or laid-back rounds designed around interviews.<\/p>\n

Van Pelt believes that for DeChambeau to be competitive and truly write his legacy in golf, the two-time major winner must return to the rigors of the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor your popularity to continue to ascend or at least maintain its place, you need to be part of the weekend\u2019s story in the biggest tournaments of the year,\u201d the ESPN host said.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for DeChambeau, that may mean taking a hit financially and having a little less fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s future in golf remains unclear as LIV crumbles around him and the PGA attempts to woo…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":799558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[319635,10125,1430,17064,62,39498,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-799557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-2026-pga-championship","9":"tag-bryson-dechambeau","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-scott-van-pelt","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-the-dan-patrick-show","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116581847954421635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}