A YouTube star near the top on the DP World Tour. So here’s a YouTube style story

In honor of YouTube Golf star Brad Dalke playing on the DP World Tour, there’s only one way to report this.

In YouTube style.

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That’s how Dalke played. In the first round at the BMW International Open, Dalke shot a three-under 69 at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried in Munich, Germany, then became the only player to improve on his 66 in the second round on Friday, and is just two shots off the lead for the weekend.

This, of course, being a video related story, below are Dalke’s friendly videos, courtesy of the DP World Tour communications team.

However, this week he went with Dalke to the competition.

“I feel like I didn’t live up to my standards when it came to being Abbie’s husband during this whole process, and that’s killing me inside,” Dalke said. “And I hate it and I don’t want to be that way anymore. I want to be here for her a lot. I want to travel a little bit. And I think that in this life in general but also in this industry, you can be pulled in so many different ways. You have to record here, you have this bond here, you have to play golf with someone here – you have to go and do all these things to be with our family, and I just want to be with our family. I just want to spend time with my wife and be there with my wife, because if there’s anything I’ve been taught in the last eight months, it’s that life can change in an instant, and I don’t want to give up on that because I was leaving.

“I want to be here with her. I want to be there. I want to be around her. She’s my girl. She’s everything to me. She’s my rock. I hate the fact that she’s had to go through all this, and I hate the fact that she’s had to go through this a lot of the time without her husband. And I don’t want that to happen again.”

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This week, while playing in a field that includes major winners, PGA Tour pros, LIV Golf pros and DP World Tour pros, Dalke had a chance to show that he and his YouTube Golf colleagues can at least hang. Dalke, however, is accomplished. He played on a team that won a national championship while at the University of Oklahoma, and was runner-up at the 2016 US Amateur, before the yips in his swing slowed him down.

The YouTube game, however, helped him “learn to enjoy golf again,” he said Friday. And he said he felt pressured this week to represent that type.

“The thing is, there are some really good golfers on YouTube golf,” Dalke said. “I think we’re starting to show that with the way I’ve played so far, Ryan Ruffels the last few months [at the PGA Tour’s OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic]. A lot of guys have a really good golfing experience and playing in tournaments, and I’d like to say that I was a young golfer and then I struggled with driver issues for a while and I just couldn’t let it go. And luckily going to YouTube helped me learn to enjoy golf again and get through that tough time. And now I feel like I’m playing really good golf and have been for the last year and a half.

“And it’s good to be able to come out here and show that I can do it in the tournament. And obviously there’s two days left, a lot of golf left, but there was a little bit of pressure, but I’m proud of how I handled it the first few days.”

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Can the Dalke method work for others? He had thoughts on whether someone could play YouTube Golf, and then play professional events.

“[When I] I got a chance to play golf, I knew I needed to work on things, grind things out, and work hard, and it didn’t get better,” Dalke said. “It actually got worse, and that’s why I ended up on YouTube. So for me, honestly, in ways, especially with hitting, the less practice the better, the overthinking. Obviously I still have to make sure my swing is in the right spot, but not just going out and grinding five hours a day, hitting the ball well. Putting and recording, I’ve been putting in a lot of work since I’ve been trying to get that right.

“But for me, I like to go golf on the course; that’s how I get better. And obviously playing on YouTube, even when we’re filming, we play a lot of golf. It’s not for everyone, but for me, I feel like YouTube is almost better for my game because I go out there on the course, I play a lot of golf every hour. So I think it’s different for everyone, but for me, I think YouTube is the best in my game.”

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Could there be a future where players would choose YouTube instead of playing tour? In Dalke’s case, he is playing this week with a sponsor’s exemption, and will do so again later this month in the PGA Tour’s Rocket Classic and in mid-November – at a PGA Tour event sponsored by his friends at Good Good.

“YouTube has been great over the last few years,” Dalke said. “And I’m in a position where I’m doing well enough on YouTube, I don’t need to move on to the PGA Tour Americas. Korn Ferry, like, that’s not something I want to do because there’s not a lot of money in that and it’s very stressful and a lot of travel so it’s a point that I’m in a good place with YouTube. I’ve never been up.”

“But if I could come to an event like this and play well and somehow improve that or play in the Rocket Classic in a month, if I do well there and improve that, if I get a tour card, that would be great. That would be sick. I’m going to play 100 percent. That’s been a dream of mine since I was little to play competitive golf and finally feel like I’m playing golf. So yeah, I can play if I have a travel card, I will do that 100 percent.”

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Can Dalke repeat his performance on Saturday and Sunday? It is possible. Maybe not. He said he would start unexpectedly. He said he would try to have fun.

How YouTubey is that.

“That’s one thing I’ve learned a lot from YouTube is that when I’m out having fun, that’s usually when I play my best,” said Dalke. “So no expectations. Go have a good time. If I have a good day, amazing. If I have a bad day, that’s what it is. Golf. It’s a tough game. So just go out there and have a good time. No expectations and see what we can do.”

In X, Dalke pondered one thought.