Who Is Grant Horvat The Golf Star?

At 28 years old, golf content creator Grant Horvat boasts a significant digital following. With over 1.8 million YouTube subscribers and upwards of 1.3 million followers on Instagram, his content reaches far and wide.

He's also a fairly handy golfer, one with plenty of technical knowledge - which he uses to deliver engaging videos.

Horvat played college golf at Palm Beach Atlantic University and found fame when he travelled over a thousand miles to play a match against fellow golf content creator Garrett Clark.

The video went viral and propelled Horvat towards the upper echelons of golf content creation - and he's never looked back.

Horvat and Clark were members of the popular online golf team Good Good, who have been very successful creating content together, especially for a new generation of players.

While Horvat provided the group with a high degree of expertise, it was his warm personality that truly endeared him to golf fans.

The American left Good Good in 2022 and now has his own YouTube channel where he collaborates with other golf content creators and players.

In the past, he’s taken on players like Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler and Jason Day, giving himself a five-shot head start in their challenge matches.

As a former Korn Ferry Tour player, he's got plenty of talent himself, although it's on YouTube where he has excelled.

Big Collaborations

Grant Horvat signs autographs — One of the reasons why Horvat is so popular is that he has collaborated with so many big-name players

A key reason that Horvat has such a following is that he’s been able to collaborate with some of the biggest names in golf, including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

He's also a very relatable character and does a great job of displaying the differences between the best in the business and those of us who play golf for fun.

His ability to blend technical expertise with engaging entertainment is a key factor behind his massive YouTube following. One minute he's helping cure a slice, the next he's taking on a unique challenge.

As a young man in his late 20s, he appeals to a new generation of golfers who consume media differently than older players who might prefer a more straight-laced approach.

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He doesn't rest on his laurels, either.

In 2026, Horvat and fellow content creator Bryan Bros combined to create Your Golf Tour, a creator-led circuit with a $1m season finale.

"For years we imagined building a tour, but it felt out of reach," they said in a statement.

"Our vision is to create a structure for top players to perform under real pressure with significant stakes while remaining authentic to the YouTube format that we know and love."

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

Fergus is also a level-three qualified Rules official and referee.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?