YouTube Golfer Ryan Ruffles Earns PGA Tour Shot With The Q Win

BALLYMENA, NORTHERN IRELAND - AUGUST 17: Ryan Ruffels of Australia plays his second shot on the 18th hole on Day One of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics at Galgorm Castle Golf Club on August 17, 2023 in United Kingdom. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images) Getty Images Ryan Ruffles of The Lads YouTube channel won The Q Finale, securing a spot in the oneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic in dramatic fashion over Grant Horvat in a match that came down to the 36th hole. “This is really cool—to have some of the best golfers on YouTube out here competing.

Any one of us could have won, and Grant made a great run at it today,” Ruffles said during his victory speech. “What an opportunity as a YouTube creator to play in a PGA Tour event. ” Ruffles shot one under par during the second day’s competition, a four-person stroke play event at Pawleys Plantation in Myrtle Beach.

Contestants Grant Horvat, Luke Kwon, and Micah Morris all fell short of a late surge from Ruffles. Horvat held a two-shot lead with three holes to play, but Ruffles went one under over the final three holes as Horvat faltered, bogeying multiple holes. On hole 16, Ruffles made a 20-plus-foot birdie putt, while Horvat made a long par putt to stay at two under par.

Both Morris and Kwon made bogeys on the hole, effectively eliminating themselves from contention. “I don’t want to be in a cart with this guy! What the heck!