Bryson DeChambeau’s U.S. Open win remains to be essentially the most talked-about golf information story regardless of LIV Golf Nashville and the PGA Tour’s ultimate Signature Occasion this week.
Within the 24 hours after DeChambeau’s win, Google searches about him went up by 250 p.c, and he gained over 150,000 new followers throughout all his social media platforms.
The Bryson DeChambeau impact is in full power, however the skilled golfer is taking it in stride.
“I’ve acquired to say I’m humbled by all of it,” DeChambeau stated forward of the LIV Nashville occasion. “I by no means would have thought that from a yr and a half in the past, issues could be the place they’re at proper now. Gosh, I’m making an attempt to carry it in proper now. The assist has been overwhelming. It’s with full thanks and gratitude.”
His YouTube channel now has 750k subscribers. Two days in the past, DeChambeau posted highlights from his historic win, which have already amassed 614,000 views, 26,000 likes, and three,515 feedback.
On Twitter, he has 410,240 followers. In the previous couple of days, he posted images with Grant Horvat and San Francisco 49ers tight finish George Kittle with the trophy. Kittle even acquired to drink out of the trophy with DeChambeau.
His Instagram has additionally grown since his victory. It’s the social channel that has essentially the most followers at 1.4 million.
He additionally posted a reel of his favourite photographs on there lower than 24 hours after it went stay, and it already has 1.5 million views, 117,434 likes, and 1,100 feedback.
The video of him hitting that unimaginable bunker shot to 3 toes, which he dubbed “one of the best second of my life,” has 4 million views, 285,330 likes, and nearly 3,000 feedback.
He’s taking over golf by way of a special lens, and the followers seem to love it.
“It was a danger a yr and a half in the past, however I knew it was a means for me to get my voice on the market and encourage a youthful era,” he stated.
DeChambeau noticed what monumental YouTube star Mr. Beast did together with his channel and added his personal spin. Mr. Beast now has over 200 million followers as an entertainer who does every kind of issues on YouTube.
“I stated, why can’t an athlete do one thing like that? Why is that not attainable? He’s inspiring thousands and thousands of individuals,” DeChambeau stated.
“It was in 2021 that we produced our first video. It was a week-on-tour video, and it acquired one million views. We went on the market filming after which pumping it on YouTube. No paid advertisements, no media spins or something like that. It simply occurred. Everyone liked it.”
After that first video, DeChambeau noticed the potential and the way a lot it may change golf. His aim is to develop the sport, and he discovered his means.
“How do I do it on a regular basis and create nice content material that folks wish to see so folks can’t solely be entertained however see who I actually am,” DeChambeau stated.
“What’s good is after I’m enjoying these challenges, it retains me in that artistic mindset. It retains me centered on enjoying golf. Despite the fact that I’m filming, I’m nonetheless working towards and dealing. It’s a symbiotic relationship I’ve with YouTube that permits me to be one of the best and provides my finest to the followers.”
Development like that on social media will not be exceptional, however what DeChambeau has achieved is large for golf content material creators. They see what he does, and it reveals them how attainable it’s.