your favorite YouTube club reviewers

ValueGolf · 2024-04-03T16:23:39+00:00

Who do you guys like the most that review clubs on YouTube? We have a new hybrid (full set 1-SW - 12 clubs available - both RH and LH) coming out that has...

Par4QC

johnnydoom 🤣Good one!!

But, I get to say that I get to see that a few/several times during the season, in person. Sadly, it is not from my play.

DonM

ValueGolf Massively. When 99% of it is paid off. It's no coincidence that Eleven Golf for example has 9 thousand YouTube guys that have "reviewed" them. Same with Lazarus.

Unfortunately it's a new world that way.

I bought a club from Eleven Golf. They told me they can hardly keep up with the orders.
And is it really unfortunate for someone in your position? What is the cost of sending 10 or 20 sets out to YouTube reviewers, versus the cost of reaching several hundred thousand targeted consumers in the old days?

Or you can get your marketing advice from the curmudgeons. 🙂

Typhoon

DonM The problem is sending them out to hacks who blame equipment for their own lack of talent. You don’t need bad reviews. I would just pick a couple guys like Shiels, Crossfield, Robinson, Michael Newton who do good honest reviews and don’t crap on equipment even if they don’t care for it. I’d talk to them and then proceed.

Forget forums…. Like someone else said, a few of the other ones I check out are just a bunch of suck ups for free stuff and don’t give an honest review.

Sneakylong

Typhoon I would just pick a couple guys like Shiels, Crossfield, Robinson, Michael Newton

They’re all Pros. I doubt any of them would review an all hybrid set. Possibly. Plus he said he ideally wants a hacker (15 handicap).

The more popular YouTube golfers are like the ones you mentioned. Pros or single digit golfers. Not aware of many 15 capper YouTubers who have a lot of viewers.

mulegolf

Par4QC last I heard the avg. handicap is closer to 14-18.

Sneakylong

Par4QC WTF? Where did that come from? Someone better study up on the game, and it's players.

I’ve seen many of his videos. He says he’s a ~ 7. Looks about right to me.

johnnydoom

Sneakylong I’ve seen many of his videos

Pretty sure it was a joke. Distinction between "The Average Golfer" and the average golfer.

Par4QC

Sneakylong They’re all Pros. I doubt any of them would review an all hybrid set.

Rick Shiels will try a lot of different clubs. He even goes to Costco and buys boxed sets. He's bought clubs from Amazon also, off-brands.
Here again, he plays everything very well though. But he can also tell if 'just anyone' will get anything from the club(s).

iirc, he did review some hybrid irons. I'll have to check his vids.

Par4QC

johnnydoom Wasn't a joke, just didn't realize that fella was 'the average golfer'. And no way he is, after watching.
If I had swings like these reviewers, I'd be famous. Again. 😉

DonM

I seem to be a bit over wired from my thyroid meds today. 🙂
I’ll show myself out.

Par4QC

DonM Are we feeling a tad bit snarky today? 🤣
Happens to the best of us. All of us. Can't be just me and you!!

sdandrea1

ValueGolf

Thanks for the pics Aaron! They look very hittable to me. I've had success with the Power Play Select 5000, Integra iDrive hybrids and Acer XDS all the way down to the SW/LW. I'd probably like these. Aesthetically, I already like them. Honestly, I felt like I was cheating when playing them. If my swing is on or near the correct path, I can hit 7i on down with a player's cavity. I really like the hybrid irons in the 4,5,6 heads, so if you sold these individually, I'd bite.

Eguller

Par4QC Can't be just me and you!!

I'm sure that there is some room at that table for more of us. 🙃

johnnydoom

Par4QC I assumed you were good naturedly criticizing his choice of names given that his abilities are a bit better than the average golfer. My mistake.

Par4QC

johnnydoom He is well above (or is it below??) the average golfer with that swing. Looked like he was napping at transition!!

johnnydoom

johnnydoom a bit better

That was my lame attempt at a joke.

Typhoon

Par4QC Here again, he plays everything very well though. But he can also tell if 'just anyone' will get anything from the club(s).

Exactly my point earlier when someone said they were looking for a 15 handicap. Guys like Shiels, like I said, will give an honest review of the club even if it’s not “for them”. These guys know about clubs… a lot of 15 handicappers will just say “it sucks”…. Or the right handed hack that slices one OB and says he “hooked it right”.

MartinD

Par4QC iirc, he did review some hybrid irons. I'll have to check his vids.

This video?

Also a few reviews of package sets:

Par4QC

MartinD 😄
Thanks, I got busy building more clubs.

Was at Golf Galaxy today and see they carry boxed sets of Callaway XHot. $1500. And the clubs are the original line, inc. Odyssey putter. Also had the Edge set that RS demoed for around $600. Nice set up. Bags included.

Sneakylong

MartinD

If he can get Rick Shiels to review his clubs that would be huge. Shiels has the most subscribers of any golf YouTuber with 2.75 million.

I’d do a smaller focused group to see the response and then take a shot and send out a few sets to some of these golf YouTubers.

Again, to my knowledge there are no 15 capper golf YouTubers that I’m aware of anyway. The most popular ones are skilled / Professional golfers. If the goal is to get eyeballs 👀 then try to get some of them to review them.

The title of the thread is “your favorite golf YouTube club reviewer.” Some of us have given some names. Others have criticized those names. Such is the way of the world on this site. 😂

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