Peter Finch disagrees with Rick Shiels and Grant Horvat after they raise concerns about Youtube golf

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Peter Finch has commented on the YouTube golf landscape as the platform continues to attract more viewers and creators.

Bryson DeChambeau’s YouTube exploits have helped attract new eyes, which can only be a positive thing. Furthermore, Grant Horvat’s collaboration with Phil Mickelson is set to attract significant attention in the upcoming year.

However, as more people learn about golf on YouTube, they will eventually seek to emulate the likes of Horvat, Finch, Rick Shiels, and the Bryan Bros.

Shiels believes the market has become oversaturated, and the Englishman is evidently somewhat concerned about his channel being affected by the YouTube surge.

Finch, however, disagrees with his compatriot and others who have expressed concerns.

Peter Finch wants more YouTube channel to emerge

Contrary to Shiels, Finch is actually happy for more channels to emerge, which will ultimately attract more viewers from mainstream TV networks.

“With golf it’s a pure entertainment play now for a lot of people. When we started making videos, it was very much you have an option of watching this content of me fixing a slice, and if you want to come in for a lesson, then great. Now it’s completely changed. It’s a niche within Youtube but it’s a massive niche. It used to be something that if you were a massive golf nerd you watched. Now there’s 400 people with different channels,” Finch said.

“When we were in with Solina the other day with Grant, Rick, Bryan Bros, and Perez, the other guys’ main concern was that everything is so saturated. How can you stand out? How can you break through? How can you add different content? I probably disagree with them a little bit.”

Finch added: “I think they were worried about the audience being too dispersed among all these channels, whereas I was like, the more channels there are, the more people are going to watch, the more people are going to come, and then more golf fans we are going to attract into these YouTube niches away from the TV networks.”

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YouTube golf needs variety

Finch’s remarks are spot on. If YouTube golf viewers were restricted to Shiels, Bryan Bros, and Horvat, interest would eventually dwindle.

Variety is what keeps people engaged; in the fast-moving world of social media, watching the same creators take on the same challenges over and over again will not cut it.

However, with new content emerging from different creators, YouTube golf as a whole will continue to grow, which can only be good for the platform’s biggest names.

Shiels, who clearly dislikes the competition, must now consider new ways to engage audiences instead of remaining the biggest fish in a relatively small pond.