Grant Horvat not playing in the Barracuda

[WesternRacing]

A little research says he’s getting about $25 per 1k views, which is top dollar, and that he’s making a little over $600k  annually from his channel.  Add sponsorships, round it up to $1 million.  Be generous and round it to $2 million.  Deduct all the operating, travel, costs, etc.  Say $1.5 - $1.75 million a year.  Decent money for a guy, but not generational wealth and totally immaterial from a business/league standpoint.  And way less than the fanboys typically assume.

 

A sports league worth north of $15 billion isn’t gonna bend to the whims of a guy like this.

 

Edited July 17 by WesternRacing

[WesternRacing]

7 minutes ago, AZBRONCFAN said:

He is making several million a year playing golf. More than the Korn Ferry players.

 

No he’s making a couple mil a year filming himself playing schnitz and giggles golf as a media personality.  Great gig.  Irrelevant to the PGA Tour.

 

These guys are the Kardashians of golf.

 

Edited July 17 by WesternRacing

[jimecherry]

15 minutes ago, WesternRacing said:

 

No he’s making a couple mil a year filming himself playing schnitz and giggles golf as a media personality.  Great gig.  Irrelevant to the PGA Tour.

 

These guys are the Kardashians of golf.

 

i'm pretty sure paige spiranic is the kardashian of golf

[AZBRONCFAN]

54 minutes ago, WesternRacing said:

A little research says he’s getting about $25 per 1k views, which is top dollar, and that he’s making a little over $600k  annually from his channel.  Add sponsorships, round it up to $1 million.  Be generous and round it to $2 million.  Deduct all the operating, travel, costs, etc.  Say $1.5 - $1.75 million a year.  Decent money for a guy, but not generational wealth and totally immaterial from a business/league standpoint.  And way less than the fanboys typically assume.

 

A sports league worth north of $15 billion isn’t gonna bend to the whims of a guy like this.

 

He is making 3.5 to 4.5 mil a year roughly. You obviously dont really know and googled it and just typed in the format article that came up which is exactly what you posted. He is making 300k roughly a month roughly from all the social media sites. 

[straightshot7]

Speaking of the Barracuda, Homa has Bones on the bag? 
 

is this the Bachelor for caddies?

[Pnwpingi210]

24 minutes ago, AZBRONCFAN said:

He is making 3.5 to 4.5 mil a year roughly. You obviously dont really know and googled it and just typed in the format article that came up which is exactly what you posted. He is making 300k roughly a month roughly from all the social media sites. 

Are you his accountant?

[jimecherry]

2 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

Are you his accountant?

do you have to be an accountant to do basic math ;}

[Pnwpingi210]

Just now, jimecherry said:

do you have to be an accountant to do basic math ;}

No, but you would but his accountant might be reasonable accurate when speaking to his income vs people using general estimations to determine someone’s income……

 

it would be one thing if grants income was via publish contracts.  Trying estimate based off social media views and sites like social blade is about as accurate as pulling a number out of….

[Pnwpingi210]

7 minutes ago, straightshot7 said:

Speaking of the Barracuda, Homa has Bones on the bag? 
 

is this the Bachelor for caddies?

Whaaaat?

 

I could have sworn Bones was walking as an analyst with Mcirloys group today.

[jimecherry]

1 minute ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

Whaaaat?

 

I could have sworn Bones was walking as an analyst with Mcirloys group today.

bones is definitely in nothern ireland right now

https://www.firstcallgolf.com/industry-news/release/2025-07-16/the-153rd-open-championship-at-royal-portrush-headlines-nbc-sports-live-golf-coverage-this-week-across-nbc-usa-network-golf-channel-and-peacock

 

Quote

• On-Course Reporter: Jim “Bones” Mackay / Smylie Kaufman / John Wood / Johnson Wagner / Karen Stupples

 

[straightshot7]

2 minutes ago, jimecherry said:

bones is definitely in nothern ireland right now

https://www.firstcallgolf.com/industry-news/release/2025-07-16/the-153rd-open-championship-at-royal-portrush-headlines-nbc-sports-live-golf-coverage-this-week-across-nbc-usa-network-golf-channel-and-peacock

 

 

sorry my bad.. had a little tequila . Well whoever is caddying for homa looks a lot like bones from behind

 

normally I’m spot on with my golf eyesight

 

apologies 

[Dicka]

Must confess I watch very little Youtube golf...but from what I've seen, most of it seems to be very repetitive (Creator X vs Creator Y match). There must also be a fair bit of "first to market" with some of these guys because you'd hardly call them 'personalities'. 

[jimecherry]

3 minutes ago, straightshot7 said:

sorry my bad.. had a little tequila . Well whoever is caddying for homa looks a lot like bones from behind

 

normally I’m spot on with my golf eyesight

 

apologies 

regardless whoever he is aint helping max make birdies. only 2 birdies in stableford format = missed cut 

 

[jimecherry]

5 minutes ago, Dicka said:

Must confess I watch very little Youtube golf...but from what I've seen, most of it seems to be very repetitive (Creator X vs Creator Y match). There must also be a fair bit of "first to market" with some of these guys because you'd hardly call them 'personalities'. 

what does that even mean

[Dicka]

7 minutes ago, jimecherry said:

what does that even mean

 

Personality. Charisma. A person that draws you in on their character alone.

[jimecherry]

5 minutes ago, Dicka said:

 

Personality. Charisma. A person that draws you in on their character alone.

you do know that youtube tries to show you stuff thats similar to what youve watched so if your not seeing 'personalities' its not cause they dont exist its cause you dont watch enough of that content for youtube to consider feeding you more.

Edited July 18 by jimecherry

[Dicka]

1 minute ago, jimecherry said:

you do know that youtube tries to show you stuff thats similar to what youve watched so if your not seeing 'personalities' its not cause they dont exist its cause you dont watch enough of that content for youtube to consider feeding you more.

 

Fair enough. Please enlighten me the names of some of these golf youtubers that aren't as bland as a cardboard cutout...thanks in advance. 😜

[jimecherry]

1 minute ago, Dicka said:

 

Fair enough. Please enlighten me the names of some of these golf youtubers that aren't as bland as a cardboard cutout...thanks in advance. 😜

Bob does sports arent bland also Josh Kelly golf, and Ben Kruper arent bland

 

[AZBRONCFAN]

49 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

Are you his accountant?

There are plenty of guys in the podcast/social media realm that have talked about it. The general public is pretty naive to the money these guys are pulling. We dont know what money he is making off his 1 companies also. 

[Pnwpingi210]

1 minute ago, AZBRONCFAN said:

There are plenty of guys in the podcast/social media realm that have talked about it. The general public is pretty naive to the money these guys are pulling. We dont know what money he is making off his 1 companies also. 

Are they his accountants?

 

it’s just a bunch of speculation…..

[jimecherry]

4 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

Are they his accountants?

 

it’s just a bunch of speculation…..

some people are speculating he makes very little while some are speculating he makes enough to buy a multimillion dollar house ;} who do you think is closer

[Pnwpingi210]

1 minute ago, jimecherry said:

some people are speculating he makes very little while some are speculating he makes enough to buy a multimillion dollar house ;} who do you think is closer

They are all guesses.

 

he probably makes more money than most people.  Whether a that’s 500k - 4 million.  
 

what we do know is YouTube money in 2025 isn’t what it was in 2020, and sure as heck isn’t what it was in 2015.  The people that make a ton of money off content are the streamers on platforms other than YouTube.

 

All this to say, we nobody here knows…..

[QuigleyDU]

2 hours ago, WesternRacing said:

 

Sponsor money is personal, it’s not media rights money.   Also, define ‘a lot’, because to an entity such as the PGA Tour, $5 mil a year is a rounding error.

 

The typical YouGoober doesn’t have multimillion dollar endorsement deals.  They only get the YT monetization revenue, which is chicken feed.  It may be a decent gig for a person to get by on, but it’s not millions and millions of profit.

 

Mr Beast may disagree..

[Pnwpingi210]

6 minutes ago, QuigleyDU said:

Mr Beast may disagree..

He’s like the upper echelon of earnings and his cash is brand deals, sponsors, etc.   he’s also not worth near as much as his brand as he broke it down and was basically reinvesting millions back into the content creation.  
 

Not your typical YouTuber.

 

[WesternRacing]

9 minutes ago, QuigleyDU said:

Mr Beast may disagree..

 

🤣

 

You pick the single most valuable YouTube property as your straw man?

 

Yeah GH’s channel isn’t Mr. Beast.

[ChrisSP]

47 minutes ago, jimecherry said:

some people are speculating he makes very little while some are speculating he makes enough to buy a multimillion dollar house ;} who do you think is closer

 

The house ain't speculation. It's public record.

 

And yes, the kid's legal name is Stephen Grant Horvat. 

 

https://pbcpao.gov/Property/Details?parcelId=60424025120020040

[Pnwpingi210]

5 minutes ago, ChrisSP said:

 

The house ain't speculation. It's public record.

 

And yes, the kid's legal name is Stephen Grant Horvat. 

 

https://pbcpao.gov/Property/Details?parcelId=60424025120020040

This proves he makes somewhere between 500k per year and 16836044 billion dollars.

 

Now that is established, what’s next?  Can we try to figure out his annual cost of teeth whitening products?  Or maybe we should guess how many fishing trips he takes a month?  Toilet paper or bidet?   
 

so many more interesting things to squabble over

[ChrisSP]

3 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

This proves he makes somewhere between 500k per year and 16836044 billion dollars.

 

Now that is established, what’s next?  Can we try to figure out his annual cost of teeth whitening products?  Or maybe we should guess how many fishing trips he takes a month?  Toilet paper or bidet?   
 

so many more interesting things to squabble over

 

Yet, how many times have you posted in this thread?

 

Whether you or anyone else likes him, doesn't like him, watches him, doesn't watch him, the kid's just 26 and clearly doing great for himself. Good for him. Why does it have to be any more complicated than that?

[PedronNiall]

4 hours ago, ChrisSP said:

Not bad for a 26-year old kid who plays golf most everyday and takes his boat out to go fishing on the days he's not on the course.

 

Legit thought he was closing in on 40 in the next few weeks.

Edited July 18 by PedronNiall

[Pnwpingi210]

31 minutes ago, ChrisSP said:

 

Yet, how many times have you posted in this thread?

 

Whether you or anyone else likes him, doesn't like him, watches him, doesn't watch him, the kid's just 26 and clearly doing great for himself. Good for him. Why does it have to be any more complicated than that?

I agree, which is why I said let’s stop making up number of his income to prove his worth.  
 

He creates content, he’s good enough at it to buy a 2.5 million dollar house.  That doesn’t mean he provides anything meaningful of value to the pga tour…..

 

he’s also an avid fisherman, with really white teeth who has a nice house (which may or may not have a bidet).  That’s why I threw those things out there as more interest  than pulling number out of a hat than his net worth 🙂