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The Best Golf Youtube Channels


 
                We don’t have cable. We don’t have bunny ears either. We have smart TVs. They came preloaded with apps for Netflix and Hulu and Amazon so that our subscriptions just run fluidly onto every screen in the house. My father-in-law lends me use of his cable login information so I can watch The Golf Channel on my phone. And I really don’t see the point in having more than that. For paying more to get cable when all of our needs are so amply met. For a quarter the price. Especially when you factor in that each of those TVs also has Youtube for free.
                If I ever made it to the PGA tour I would have to stitch a huge Youtube logo on the front of my bag. Without any endorsement deal. I take that back. OF COURSE I’LL TAKE THE ENDORSEMENT. But what I mean is what haven’t I learned from the hundreds, possibly thousands, of brilliant and experienced golf minds on Youtube? Everything you could possibly hope to know about. It’s there.
                Struggling with your putting grip. Search it. It’s there.
                How to read greens? Expert after expert. There.
                Ball position.
                Alignment.
                Rules.
                Matches.
Entertainment.
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf.
Sam Snead playing Dean Martin. It’s there. It’s all there. Like it never left.
You might have to spend a few minutes or hours or years searching for the perfect answer. The perfect scratch for the itch in your golfer’s soul. But it’s there. Wonderfully. Waiting for you. And over the years these have become our tried and true favorite channels. The ones that go on and on with video after video. Filling our hearts for free. In, of course, no particular order.

Top Speed Golf
This is a school of thought run and produced mainly by a pro named Clay Ballard. There are a few different guest instructors and associate pros that make appearances on the channel but it’s mostly just him. As the name suggests, he focuses a lot on speed. But he does it by focusing on fundamentals that are key to any good repeatable swing. He explains everything with a gentle southern drawl. And it’s incredibly informative and a wonderfully relaxed learning environment. At the end of each video he mentions what the next video will be focused on and it’s a very fluidic progression. One swing fundamental followed by the next in the upcoming video, linking together the 5 keys of his ideology that he calls the Top Speed Golf System.

Me and My Golf
These guys are long time favorites of mine. They’re British for starters. They’re these two young men who always wear matching outfits. Always agree with one another. And have a vast catalogue of ten minute videos that explain things about the golf swing that you start to feel might be taught to actual people in lessons at some grand English country club somewhere. They do crossover videos with some of my other favorite youtubers and every once in a while get a tour pro to come out and talk about their game. 

Rick Shiels
I’m starting to feel like many of my favorite online personalities might just be British. Maybe I trust their accents? Maybe I like the way think about the game coming so close to Scotland? I don’t know. What I do know is that Rick Shiels is a teaching professional and every year he attempts to qualify for the oldest golf tournament in the world. He calls it his Quest of the Open. And I absolutely love it. He also gives a lot of tips. Does equipment testing. And periodically challenges his friends and colleagues to a friendly game. Highly entertaining.

Mark Crossfield
This guy might be my all-time favorite. He does it all. And he does it brilliantly. He’s also gone by the name The Golf Guru. Which isn’t ridiculous. It’s practically spot on. He challenges tour pros to match play. Plays with his friends. Travels the world. Tests equipment. Posts videos of his online lessons. And is just a generally wonderful person that I can’t get enough of. He focuses on impact. Understanding your impact. And the cause and effect of things in the golf swing. It’s terrifically helpful in identifying the actual problems with your game instead of just Band-Aid fixes.

George Gankas
This guy I would call the West Coast, California Revolutionary. He’s massively knowledgeable. Genuinely cool. Genuinely good at what he does. And, most impressive of all, incredibly passionate about teaching. He utilizes his knowledge and understanding of the mechanics of the golf swing in a way that most of us have never had access to before. He offers exclusive content. He posts unbelievably informative videos. And he’s all about player progress and getting people to their next level. I have been a fan since the first video I watched. And have never been disappointed in anything he’s produced. The genuine article.

Golfing World
This channel has it all. Interviews and instruction. Playing lessons from tour professionals. Stories. PGA. European tour. LPGA. Women and men. Everything you could ever hope for filters through this channel with relevance and dependability. There’s too much to describe. Just go check them out.

Paige Spiranac
This girl. If you can lay down your prejudices and preconceived notions for just a minute. Give her a chance. She’s obviously beautiful. And she takes flack for it every single day. But beyond that she is one of the game’s greatest ambassadors today. She went after the tour life, but has seemingly let that go in favor of one of the game’s most honorable goals. Making it fun. Advancing the game by showing us all how to have a good time. How to play well, too, and how to develop good habits and good processes. But she seems to have found her focus as golf’s emissary of joy. And I think that deserves all of the praise and admiration in the world. Fun, after all, is the whole point.

The Masters
Unbelievably, the organization known as The Masters posted 50 full length videos (We’re talking 3, 4, 5 hour broadcasts) of the final round coverage for each tournament going all the way back to 1968. If you don’t appreciate how awesome that is, I really don’t know what to say to you.

Shawn Clement
This guy preaches Wisdom in Golf and I love him. He’s fun to listen to. He has talked just a ton about how the golf swing can be related to other movements that you make in life. Most famously a grass whip. You'll have to google that. It’s crazy. But it makes sense. And it takes away just a ton of stress by relieving you of the untrue belief that golf is mysterious and unmasterable. He makes you feel like the golf swing could at some point in your life become second nature. And that good golf could really be just around the corner.

And those are just some of our favorites! If you know of some great channels leave them in the comments so we can watch too! Follow us on Instagram @golfingemporium and like our Facebook page!

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