Golf media is no longer one lane. The most useful way to follow the game now is not to pick one favorite podcast or one favorite YouTube channel and stop there. It is to build a mix. That shift is real enough that the PGA TOUR formally created a Creator Council with names including Bob Does Sports, Bryan Bros Golf, Erik Anders Lang, Fore Play, No Laying Up, Paige Spiranac, and others, while the Creator Classic series has kept creator-led golf close to the sport’s main stage. The takeaway is simple: golf fans now move between podcasts for depth, YouTube for long-form entertainment, and social creators for the daily pulse and personality of the game.
The best golf follow list now works more like a media bundle than a single favorite account
Some voices are better for tournament context. Some are better for humor and group chemistry. Some are better for culture, travel, or daily scrollable golf energy. The smart move is following the right combination.
This is less about ranking and more about balance
A strong golf media mix usually includes one thoughtful podcast, one long-form YouTube channel, and one social creator who keeps the game feeling current between bigger viewing sessions.
That mix matters because each format solves a different problem. Podcasts give depth and interpretation. YouTube gives personality and time-on-screen. Social creators give immediacy, identity, and the daily texture of the game. Following all three together creates a much fuller golf-media experience than following only one lane.
9 golf media voices worth following together
1️⃣ No Laying Up
No Laying Up is one of the most useful foundation follows in golf because it does not only cover pro golf. It builds a whole golf world around podcasts, travel, video, events, and community. That makes it especially valuable as the serious backbone of a modern golf-media mix.
If someone wants depth without sounding lifeless, and opinion without feeling purely hot-take driven, this is often one of the best first stops.
Best role in the mix
Serious golf context, tournament interpretation, golf travel, and broader golf-world depth.
Who benefits most
Fans who want more than clips and want a fuller golf-media home base.
2️⃣ The Shotgun Start
The Shotgun Start works especially well as the fast, sharp, golf-obsessed daily voice in a follow bundle. It is less about polished content spectacle and more about fast commentary, pro-golf chatter, golf weirdness, and the small details that serious golf fans tend to care about more than casual audiences do.
It is a very strong complement to more visual creator-led channels because it sharpens the conversation without trying to replace the entertainment layer.
Best role in the mix
Daily banter, fast pro-golf context, and a sharper insider-ish tone.
Who benefits most
Listeners who follow pro golf closely and like a quicker, more conversational feed.
3️⃣ Fore Play
Fore Play sits in a very useful middle lane between mainstream golf talk and personality-driven golf media. It works well in a follow bundle because it keeps the sport feeling accessible and current without requiring someone to live inside golf Twitter or hard-core architecture and history discourse.
It is especially good for fans who want golf to still feel fun, social, and part of everyday sports conversation.
Best role in the mix
General golf conversation, broader sports-media crossover, and a more casual listening habit.
Who benefits most
Fans who want golf coverage that feels conversational instead of highly specialized.
4️⃣ Good Good
Good Good is one of the clearest examples of golf as serialized internet entertainment. That makes it a key part of the mix for anyone who wants to understand how younger and creator-native golf audiences now experience the sport. The channel is not trying to be a replacement for traditional broadcast golf. It is making golf bingeable.
That matters because a modern golf-media diet feels incomplete if it only covers tournaments and not the creator culture that keeps golf interesting between them.
Best role in the mix
Long-form creator entertainment, group chemistry, recurring formats, and youth-oriented golf energy.
Who benefits most
Viewers who like golf as personality-led content, not only as competition coverage.
5️⃣ Grant Horvat
Grant Horvat is a particularly useful follow because he bridges polished creator golf and strong playing credibility. In a mixed golf-media stack, he works as the long-form watch when someone wants competitive-feeling YouTube golf without losing the ease and pace of creator content.
He is also a good counterweight to channels that lean more heavily into pure comedy or looser group chaos.
Best role in the mix
High-skill creator golf, competitive matches, and cleaner performance-focused YouTube watching.
Who benefits most
Fans who want creator golf with a bit more playing seriousness and shot quality.
6️⃣ Bob Does Sports
Bob Does Sports belongs in the mix because golf media should not feel like homework all the time. It brings humor, looseness, and a group dynamic that helps golf stay socially magnetic. That is especially important for newer fans and casual players who often connect with a sport through atmosphere before they connect through expertise.
It is also one of the best channels to balance out a more serious podcast-heavy follow list.
Best role in the mix
Comedy, group chemistry, casual-fan entry, and entertainment-first golf.
Who benefits most
Viewers who want golf to feel funny, social, and easy to turn on.
7️⃣ Roger Steele
Roger Steele is one of the most useful follows for anyone who wants golf media to include culture, style, belonging, and atmosphere. In a combined media stack, he gives the whole mix a dimension that pure tournament talk and YouTube match play often leave out. He helps interpret golf as culture, not just golf as content.
That makes him especially important if someone wants their follow list to feel modern instead of only technical or nostalgic.
Best role in the mix
Golf culture, style, identity, and daily social relevance.
Who benefits most
Fans who care about what golf feels like, not only what golf scores look like.
8️⃣ Paige Spiranac
Paige Spiranac works in this list because she extends golf conversation into a much broader social-media lane. Whether someone agrees with every part of her brand or not, she remains one of the clearest examples of golf visibility moving beyond conventional golf media boundaries. In a mixed follow list, that matters.
She is useful not because she replaces the deeper voices, but because she shows how golf travels in mainstream digital culture.
Best role in the mix
Mainstream golf visibility, broad reach, and social conversation beyond core golf circles.
Who benefits most
Fans and marketers interested in where golf meets wider internet culture.
9️⃣ Tisha Alyn
Tisha Alyn is a strong addition to a “follow together” list because she brings golf, lifestyle, media presence, and women’s visibility into the same frame. She is especially useful for keeping a golf-media stack from leaning too heavily toward either old-school tournament talk or all-male creator entertainment.
She helps round out the mix with a more contemporary, visually fluent, socially aware perspective on the game.
Best role in the mix
Women’s golf visibility, golf lifestyle, travel, and socially current creator energy.
Who benefits most
Followers who want the golf-media mix to feel broader, more current, and more inclusive.
The real move is to follow them as a set, not as substitutes
No Laying Up does not do the same job as Bob Does Sports. Roger Steele does not do the same job as The Shotgun Start. Paige Spiranac does not do the same job as Grant Horvat. That is exactly the point. Together, they cover more of what golf feels like in 2026 than any single account can cover alone.
A cleaner way to build your golf media stack
Instead of chasing one “best” follow, build a mix based on the job each voice does well. That usually creates a more satisfying golf-media routine.
Serious golf stack
Depth firstNo Laying Up or The Shotgun Start for daily or weekly context, tournament reaction, and sharper golf interpretation.
Grant Horvat for higher-skill creator golf that still feels watchable and accessible.
Roger Steele to keep the stack connected to golf culture and present-day identity.
Entertainment golf stack
Fun firstFore Play for broader, more casual golf conversation with a mainstream sports-media feel.
Good Good and Bob Does Sports for recurring formats, group chemistry, and bingeable golf entertainment.
Paige Spiranac for visibility, daily conversation, and golf’s broader internet footprint.
Culture and lifestyle stack
Modern golf feelNo Laying Up for the wider golf-world frame including travel, events, and community.
Good Good or Grant Horvat for creator-era golf energy that keeps the stack visually alive.
Roger Steele and Tisha Alyn for style, identity, travel, and a more current golf-media texture.
A quick comparison table
| Name | Main format | Best reason to follow | What they add to the bundle |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Laying Up | Podcast plus video | Depth and full golf-world perspective | Serious backbone |
| The Shotgun Start | Podcast | Fast, sharp, daily golf chatter | Quick-reaction golf voice |
| Fore Play | Podcast plus video | Accessible mainstream golf talk | Casual conversation lane |
| Good Good | YouTube | Bingeable creator-golf entertainment | Youth and serial viewing energy |
| Grant Horvat | YouTube plus social | Competitive creator golf with polish | Higher-skill visual golf |
| Bob Does Sports | YouTube plus social | Comedy and casual-fan pull | Fun and group chemistry |
| Roger Steele | Social plus video | Culture, style, and belonging | Modern golf identity |
| Paige Spiranac | Social plus video | Mainstream digital reach | Broad golf visibility |
| Tisha Alyn | Social plus video | Lifestyle and women’s golf perspective | Balance and broader relevance |
Golf Media Mix Builder
Use this to estimate what kind of golf-media bundle best fits your taste right now.
The useful takeaway
The smartest way to follow golf now is to stop asking for one best voice. Podcasts, YouTubers, and social creators each do a different job well. The best golf-media routine is the one that lets them work together.
