Good Good Golf's latest golf influencer gathering aims to combine big personalities and a stunning venue

Good Good Golf's runaway popularity on YouTube and other social platforms has turned them into a bona fide media company. Courtesy of Good Good Golf

It's never been easier to watch good golfers play golf.

Gone is the world where a couple of tight two-hour weekend windows was all one could hope for to get a fix for seeing great players play golf on interesting and challenging courses. And maybe a rerun of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf.

Not only are professional golf tournaments more accessible than ever - the 2024 U.S. Open will encompass more than 350 hours of total coverage across NBC, USA, Golf Channel and Peacock - but the rise of independent content creators on YouTube and TikTok has opened up a whole new genre of golf entertainment practically overnight.

Good Good Golf, the YouTube-hit troupe of young golfers who crisscross the globe playing the best golf courses with their friends, other influencers and even touring pros, has cultivated a devoted following since launching in 2020. They have more than 1.5 million YouTube subscribers on their main account, and individual members of the collective have their own channels with hundreds of thousands more.

Capitalizing on their fame, Good Good has begun hosting and sponsoring golf tournaments. In February 2024, the Good Good Desert Open, broadcast both on YouTube and on NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock, was a success, garnering more than 1.3 million views on YouTube alone. [Note: NBCUniversal is a parent company of GolfPass.]

This summer, the boys are back at it again, hosting the inaugural Good Good Midwest Open.

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The Good Good Midwest Open: What it is; how to watch

French Lick - No. 18 — The par-5 18th hole at French Lick presents a birdie opportunity if you can hit a good drive into the fairway. Brandon Tucker/GolfPass

Held on Tuesday, June 18, the Good Good Midwest Open is a one-day, 18-hole team invitational golf tournament where 15 two-player teams will do battle with each other in a scramble format at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana. Half of the $100,000 purse will go to the low-scoring team, with the runners-up, third- and fourth-place teams also cashing in.

Teams will consist of Good Good's main content creators, other invited influencers and even professional athletes. Los Angeles Lakers forward Austin Reaves will be playing, as will 2023 PGA Championship sensation Michael Block. World-famous golf influencer Paige Spiranac will also be teeing it up, as will GolfPass instructor and host of The Golf Fix Devan Bonebrake.

Players will wear microphones and drive tricked-out golf carts, drones will be airborne and the broadcast team will be led by Golf Channel's George Savaricas and former PGA Tour player Andres Gonzales. Blair O'Neal, longtime co-host of GolfPass' School of Golf, will be part of the on-course commentary team.

The Good Good Midwest Open will stream from 4 pm to 8 pm Eastern. The first 30 minutes of the event will feature on Good Good's YouTube page before switching over to Peacock and the GolfPass FAST channel.

What is the GolfPass FAST channel?

"FAST" stands for "free, ad-supported television," which is available in some form or another on the majority of smart TVs and over-the-top TV programming services. In addition to the Peacock Virtual Channel, GolfPass' FAST channel is available through the following free-TV services:

- Samsung TV Plus
- Roku
- Pluto TV
- Amazon Freevee
- Xumo

The 2024 Good Good Midwest Open marks GolfPass' first-ever live-streamed event on its FAST channel. If your home TV has any of the services listed above, you'll be able to catch the action starting at 4:30 pm on June 18th.

French Lick's Pete Dye Course should be an entertaining host for the tournament. Laid out across the top of a mountain, it should provide spectacular late-day views. The course itself is a tough one, able to stretch as long as 8,000 yards from the way-back tees, though viewers shouldn't expect the setup to be quite that onerous. This is supposed to be fun, after all, and should make an interesting contrast to the typically grueling U.S. Open setup that golf fans will get to see the preceding weekend.