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5 years or so back, the most popular golf youtube influencer was an English guy. He did a lot of equipment reviews. He wasn't sponsored by any companies and his reviews were very fair. He made a point of saying that he wasn't paid by anyone and was completely unbiased.


Two things happened.

1. He became sponsored by one club equipment company and as a result, trust in his reviews were greatly reduced across all the golf blogs and forums.

2. He started doing golf course reviews vlogs sponsored by a golf travel company.

The second thing revealed his personality to be a bit of a mean spirited bully. He enjoyed nothing more than making fun of the bad shots others hit while having no sense of humor about his own missteps.

The combination of the two cratered his channel. He might be in the top 10 now, where he was once on top. The current top Youtube golf influencer has over 2 million subscribers while the former top English guy is stuck under 400,000.

I thought Ugie was the most popular golf influencer.