Before the 2024 Tour Championship gets underway Thursday morning in Atlanta, 16 golf social media stars took on East Lake Golf Club in the first-ever Creator Classic. Some of the names in the field were Wesley and George Bryan, Fat Perez of Bob Does Sports, Paige Spiranac, Garrett Clark of Good Good Golf and Luke Kwon.
East Lake went under an extensive renovation over the last 12 months and parts of the golf course are unrecognizable. The creators gave the second nine at East Lake a spin before the top 30 in the FedEx Cup Standings teed it up in the playoff finale.
The Creator Classic was a hit with golf fans across social media. Here’s what they said about the event’s debut.
Tough look for LIV
Creator classic getting more viewers on YouTube than LIV. 😂😹
— RORY FANS (@rory_fans) August 28, 2024
Grow the game
Creator Classic. Just an absolutely elite idea. Talk about growing the game of golf!!
— Joe Barron (@JoeyChrysler) August 28, 2024
Needs to stay
10/10
PGA Tour Creator Classic is awesome.
10/10
— FameToClaim (@FameToClaim) August 28, 2024
Big ups
This Creator Classic with the content creators is dope. Big ups to PGA Tour for this.
— MrMatt (@MrMattGolfs) August 28, 2024
Pretty cool, big numbers
I know it’s not for everyone but man this golf creator classic is pretty cool. 100k people watching live on the official PGA TOUR YouTube channel… I got Brad Dalke winning it but cool to see Garrett winning right now. pic.twitter.com/wwnRZ1qUKP
— TheApexHound (@TheApexHound) August 28, 2024
Cool idea
This creator classic is such a cool idea…bout time @PGATOUR does something fun and new…Let’s go Bryan Bros
— Dustin Blanca (@dblanca15) August 28, 2024
All in
I tuned in a little late, but I am all in on the creator classic. I think another prime option would be at the Players (pga tour ran event). No need to oversaturate, but I think a couple of these each year would be an awesome add.
— Perry (@perry_pga) August 28, 2024
Great fun
Creator Classic @eastlakegc ahead of the @TOURChamp great fun watching non tour pro players/social media guys n gals going round the back 9. Going to brush up my Content skills and drop the handicap a bit so I can play next year! 😀😀💪🏻 #creatorclassic
— Gary Pinder (@MaestroGary2010) August 28, 2024
Instant classic
Great stuff
@PGATOUR The Creator Classic is great stuff. Thanks to PGA Tour for putting this on for all to see!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
— Shawn (@flatop88) August 28, 2024
Big viewership and solid attendance
Of course, you can’t please everyone
Creator classic is so dumb following the first group that’s it
— Thomas Douglas (@ThomasDouglas30) August 28, 2024
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Fans, social media reacts to the first Creator Classic at East Lake Golf Club
