English YouTube star Peter Finch is an excellent golfer, playing off around scratch as he entertains his 663,000 subscribers via all manner of brilliant videos. But even he knows that the gap between someone as good as him and a regular PGA Tour player can be quite significant.
Peter Finch and 2024 Creator Classic champion Luke Kwon (right)
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Ahead of Scottie Scheffler‘s crowning moment at East Lake last week via a stunning score of 30-under (including a 10-under starting score), Finch was one of 16 golf-content creators who took part in the PGA Tour’s inaugural Creator Classic before the Tour Championship.
The concept involved players taking on the back nine at East Lake, with the 18th left as the playoff hole for the top-four. Finch missed out on featuring down 18 by just a shot after sitting at level-par through eight holes.
A handful of days later, Scheffler and co. were picking the revamped golf course apart thanks to their world-class skill and mentality.
Speaking exclusively to Golf Monthly weeks before his trip to Atlanta, Finch explained that while he is occasionally capable of producing the odd stunning golf shot, it is consistency and psychology that really sets the best apart.
Finch missed out on a PGA Tour start at the Myrtle Beach Classic earlier in the season when shooting one-over in The Q At Myrtle Beach – a 16-for-one-place qualifying event which was won by Matt Atkins, a Korn Ferry Tour regular in 2024.
He said: “From a ball-striking standpoint, myself and Matt [Atkins – Korn Ferry Tour regular] strike it quite similar, really. I’m not a terrible ball-striker, I hit it OK.
“The biggest difference is – first of all – consistency and then, really, the mental game is huge. These guys, they’re not scared to go low. I get to two or three-under and I start crapping my pants, I go “oh no, what am I gonna do? I’ve never been here before!”
“So the number of times I’ve gone deep under par is quite low compared to some of those guys because they’re a lot more used to it than I am.”
In terms of how the data between a PGA Tour and scratch golfer compares, there are some extreme differences across the board. Off the tee, for example, a PGA Tour golfer is likely to be around 40 yards further down the fairway than a scratch player.
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