The PGA Tour’s updated social media policy allows players to post more content captured on-site at tournaments, but still includes some restrictions around what players can post—and how they can make money from their social media presence.
The new policy, which was first reported by Front Office Sports earlier this month, was officially rolled out to players last week.
“The changes to the policy … are designed to provide you with more flexibility to engage with fans during tournament weeks while still protecting the collective interests of the Tour and its members,” PGA Tour CMO Andy Weitz wrote in a memo to members. “As we worked on updating the policy over the last several months, we did a league-by-league review, and we are confident our policy is one of the most progressive and athlete-friendly in professional sports.”
It comes as LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau, also the most popular golf content creator with 2.7 million YouTube subscribers, weighs his future options—which include re-signing with LIV, returning to the PGA Tour, and not playing any tour full-time and instead focusing on content creation.
Here are the biggest things PGA Tour players can and cannot do under the guidelines of the new policy for use of on-site tournament content by players on social media, a copy of which was obtained by FOS.
