Former PGA Tour Canada winner captures first Creator Classic

[Music] vivify news former PGA tour Canada winner captures first Creator classic Atlanta it wasn't he significantly classic and it didn't T feature a lot of creativity but in the end there was a worthy winner the inaugural Creator Classic on Wednesday at East Lake Golf Club on the eve of the Tour Championship seemed like a great idea to showc face golf differently but the 16 participants a collection of many of the world s best golf content creators actually came to compete and not necessarily to entertain to that end they succeeded with some quality golf but their serious demeanors kind of got in the way of showcasing why they were invited in the first place isnt serious golf supposed to come Thursday when the PGA Tour s season ending 100 milli TOUR Championship commences still the affair was largely a success because good golf always gets appreciated a proper Champion was crowned in Luke Quan a former winner of PGA Tour China who birdied the final hole to win the fourman shootout Quan 31 sank a 10-footer on the P 518th hole to beat Wesley Brian Shawn Walsh and long- hitting Roger steel Quan won a handsome cup and a 36in griddle from Blackstone the sponsor of the event the competitive format was eight holes of stroke play with the four lowest scorers advancing to a one-hole shootout Brian the favorite as a former PGA Tour winner was a medalist at two under while the other three men finished one under Brian said he might give up golf if he didn't win but chances are he'll be battling again on the tour shortly Quan started the day with a double bogey on the 10th and had to sink a 9-footer for p on the 17th hole to make the final four and avoid a chip off with three others who were in at even P it's cool to win because these are some of the biggest creators out there said Quan a former University of Oklahoma standout turned solo influencer being able to win the first one is very special recognizing the value of content creators in golf the PGA Tour Oran ized the Creator classic and made it a first class Venture with coverage on its YouTube channel at its peak More Than 105,000 People tuned in on YouTube while NBCS peacock and ESPN and also aired the broadcast to add more potential viewers about 2,000 fans populated the gallery on a searing hot afternoon because it sanctioned the event the PGA Tour also had rules officials on hand and the broadcast incl included technical enhancements such as shot Tracer and shot link data PGA Tour commissioner J Monahan earlier in the day championed the organization s Embrace of new voices and storytellers in golf thus the decision to host the Creator classic the creators were appreciative of the gesture there is no place for our followers to watch us in person so to have this opportunity for us to be together in a competitive setting where they can see all of us at this same time is unlike anything we ever expected paig spiranic the most popular influencer in the golf sphere with nearly 10 million followers on insagram said after shooting a respectable two over P I think it's special for us and special for them it's just been a crazy amazing experience it was great everything about this was great Stone said Is there going to be a next time by being in the top four I secured my invite to the one right