If you’re a PGA Tour pro who enjoys sharing as much golf content as possible on your social-media channels then these could well be exciting times.
Previously, golfers would only be allowed to post up to two minutes of video created on site during competitions days and just one shot from a tournament’s broadcast footage once the TV window had finished.
Pros were also not allowed to share more than five minutes of extensive highlights (per video) from TV coverage on their channels 72 hours after an event had ended. In terms of their YouTube channels, the maximum time limit for archive-footage highlights was 60 minutes.
However, FOS says the PGA Tour’s social-media policy – which was first introduced in 2017 but has been tweaked multiple times since – is set to undergo its biggest change since 2021.
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After reportedly working on the policy for much of the past year, updates were shared at a Player Advisory Council fans subcommittee meeting ahead of the Truist Championship on Tuesday.
FOS claims the new-look guidelines – which were overseen by the likes of Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Harris English, Camilo Villegas, and Korn Ferry Tour member James Nicholas – will be formalized later this month.
The alterations include players now being able to post three minutes of video created on site during competitions days while PGA Tour pros are also set to have the option of sharing as many as six shots per round – totaling up to a minute of highlights – after a day’s play.
The five-minute limit per video relating to extensive highlights should be increased to eight minutes from the end of May while the maximum time limit in terms of a highlights package on YouTube is believed to have been capped at two hours.
And, as before, there is no limit on how much on-site content – created by a player or his team – can be published during non-competition days.
Golf Monthly approached the PGA Tour for comment on the subject, to which a spokesperson replied: “The PGA Tour…
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