TPC Myrtle Beach will be hosting a watch party to celebrate the debut of the “The Q at Myrtle Beach,” a full-length, YouTube tournament style video chronicling a 16-player, 18-hole shootout to win a coveted sponsor exemption into the PGA TOUR’s inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic. The watch party will be held April 23 at 1 p.m., coinciding with the video’s release on Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s YouTube page.
The watch party will take place in the TPC Myrtle Beach clubhouse, and the public is welcome to attend free of charge.
“The Q at Myrtle Beach” pitted eight of golf’s most popular YouTube content creators against eight aspiring PGA Tour pros in a battle for an exemption into the Myrtle Beach Classic.
The video, produced by Ritual Film Co. and executive producer Matt Peffer, chronicles the event, which was contested March 4 at TPC Myrtle Beach, from the moment players arrived onsite through the tournament’s dramatic conclusion. On a day chock-full of the highs and lows only golf can provide, the video captures the emotions of the event as players competed for a potentially life-changing opportunity.
Here is a look at the 16 players who competed in the highly anticipated event.
Matt Atkins – The USC Aiken alum played six seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour where he won the 2017 Mexico Championship. Among his 25 PGA TOUR starts, Atkins finished T38 at The RSM Classic in November 2023.
George Bryan – The three-time All-American at the University of South Carolina made the cut in his lone PGA TOUR start at the 2023 Bermuda Championship.
Bryan has more than 410,000 total subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok. (Pictured right)
Jay Card III – The High Point University alum has made 39 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour and has three top-10s, most recently at the 2023 Wichita Open (T7).
Morgan Deneen – The former Coastal Carolina University star and 2018 Sun Belt Champion is the assistant pro at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club and has made three PGA TOUR starts, most recently the 2023 Fortinet Championship.
Peter Finch – Based out of the UK, has more than 1.25 million subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok and X.
Grant Horvat – Played collegiately at Palm Beach Atlantic University and has more than 1.35 million combined subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok.
Luke Kwon – Member of Good Good Golf, the University of Oklahoma alum has made over 50 starts across PGA TOUR-sanctioned Tours and has one win on PGA TOUR China. Kwon has nearly 400,000 combined subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok.
Micah Morris – The Texas native made one PGA TOUR Canada start in 2023 and features more than 1 million subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram
and Tik Tok. (Pictured right)
Turk Pettit – The 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Individual Champion played college golf at Clemson.
Dan Rapaport – Member of ForePlay and Barstool Sports, he is known as one of the game’s best playing golf media members. The Northwestern alum was featured extensively in Netflix’s “Full Swing,” and has more than 250,000 combined subscribers and followers on X, Instagram and Tik Tok.
Scott Stevens – The University of South Carolina alum recorded one victory and three additional top-10s on PGA TOUR Canada in 2022 and made 21 Korn Ferry Tour starts in 2023.
Nick Stubbe (Fat Perez) – Known as Fat Perez, Nick Stubbe is a member of the iconic group Bob Does Sports. Fat Perez features more than 1 million combined subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok.
Tyler Watts – The high school sophomore from Huntsville, Alabama won the Jones Cup Junior Invitational in December 2023.
Jamie Wilson – A former All-SEC golfer at the University of South Carolina, Wilson has made two starts on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Mason Nut or Cole Lantz of BustaJack – The BustaJack duo competed in a playoff match to determine who earned a spot in The Q at Myrtle Beach. They have more than 350,000 combined subscribers and followers on YouTube, Instagram and Tik Tok.
TPC Myrtle Beach, a Tom Fazio-Lanny Wadkins design, has been ranked among America’s top 100 public courses and has long been one of the area’s premier big event venues. The course hosted the PGA TOUR Champions’ 2000 Charles Schwab Cup Championship and the NCAA Division I Myrtle Beach Regional tournament in 2019, among other high-level events.
The Myrtle Beach Classic will be played May 6-12, 2024, at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The tournament will feature a purse of $3.9 million with 300 FedEx Cup points awarded to the champion.
