Just as Bryson DeChambeau spoke out this week about his growing YouTube golf ambitions presenting a potential hurdle to returning to the PGA Tour, his former home circuit is preparing to roll out an updated player social media policy, Front Office Sports has learned.
The PGA Tour has spent the past year updating its player social media rules to expand player content rights on pre-tournament and competition days, a source with knowledge of the tour’s plans tells FOS.
The changes to the on-site policy are designed to complement the PGA Tour’s off-site guidelines, which allow players to share non-live, post-produced content across their personal channels, according to the source.
The updates were shared Tuesday at a Player Advisory Council (PAC) fans subcommittee meeting at the Truist Championship in Charlotte, and are expected to be formally rolled out to PGA Tour members later this month.
PGA Tour players on that fans subcommittee include Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Harris English, Camilo Villegas, and Korn Ferry Tour member James Nicholas, who has become well-known for documenting his professional journey on social media.
