1st November 2015
A Top 100 Golf Twitter Accounts list has been on my ‘to do list’ for some time.
There are so many Twitter accounts specialising in golf and so many nuances to the game that such a compilation will always, to a degree, be personal in nature. Trying to rank such a list is even more challenging. Nevertheless I have given a list and a ranking a go.
The number of Followers an account has can’t be ignored but is not the only measure of value. Accuracy, content, interaction, location and presentation are equally as important – at least to me.
Please let me know who I have missed out – there will be some – so perhaps we can develop a better list together over time.
To start us off here’s my Top 100 Golf twitter Accounts list:
1. @EuropeanTour – 186.8k
Outstanding coverage of the European Tour
2. @PGATOUR – 993.5k
US PGA Tour account
3. @GolfChannel – 512.2k
Official account of the US TV channel
4. @PGATOURmedia – 31.5k
Additional PGA Tour information
5. @PGAcom – 294k
Official site of the PGA of America
6. @NCGmagazine – 45k / @LadyGolferMag – 18.2k
British golf magazines from the same stable
7. @SkySportsGolf – 159.2k
Britain’s premier golf broadcasters
8. @McIlroyRory – 2.6m
Golfing superstar and Europe’s undisputed No. 1
9. @JordanSpieth – 805k
The star of 2015 with two major wins
10. @JDayGolf – 182.7k
Australian golfer who finally broke his major duck at the 2015 US PGA
11. @GeoffShac – 28.8k
Golfing journalist and author with popular website
12. @GolfMonthly – 71.4k
Magazine account
13. @GolfWorld1 – 44.2k
Magazine account
14. @TheTodaysGolfer – 29.9k
GB Magazine account
15. @ChallengeTour – 16.7k
Europe’s second tier Tour account
16. @ByTheMinGolf – 12.9k
Tournament coverage and provider of regular podcasts
17. @johnhuggan – 8,974
Respected Scottish journalist, never short of a (golfing) view
18. @BobHarig – 26.6k
ESPN journalist and analyst
19. @golf_com – 149.4k
Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine account
20. @GolfDigest – 275.5k
Leading US golf magazine account
21. @GolfweekMag – 78.7k
US-based magazine account
22. @alexmiceli – 10.4k
GolfWeek journalist account
23. @collegegolf – 9,270
GolfWeek’s US College account
24. @GolfweekRingler – 5,570
GolfWeek journalist Lance Ringler’s account – US College focus
25. @IrishGolfDesk – 12k
Journalist Brian Keogh’s Irish golf account
26. @chubby6665 – 84.4k / @TeamISM – 12.5k
Founder of ISM sports management company
27. @AlanShipnuck – 61.8k
US journalist for Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine
28. @GlobalGolfPost – 16.9k
Weekly online magazine account
29. @PGAEuroProTour – 8,988
British-based senior development tour feeding the Challenge Tour
30. @DaveLynndawg – 26.2k
Retired English Pro with humorous slant on golf / the world (Adult content)
31. @jcorrigangolf – 7,618
Daily Telegraph golf correspondent
32. @IanJamesPoulter – 2m
English Pro committed to his twitter account
33. @WestwoodLee – 777k
Leading English Pro who occasionally goes off piste on twitter
34. @Graeme_McDowell – 694.4k
Irish Pro with high quality twitter feed
35. @GolfiMagazine – 16.3k
Golf International magazine account
36. @GolfingWorld – 19.1k
Video-based account of the TV programme shown on Sky Sports
37. @4golfonline – 28.8k
Mark Crossfield’s popular coaching, product reviews and match banter / video site.
38. @EnglandGolf – 22.8k
England’s National golf body.
39. @ScottishGolf – 8,767
Newly amalgamated Scottish golf union
40. @GUIGolf – 2,783
Irish golf union account
41. @golfunionwales – 3,143
Welsh golf union account
42. @MMcEwanBunkered – 1,596 / @BunkeredOnline – 17.6k
Scottish journalist working primarily on Scotland’s No. 1 golf magazine
43. @secrettourpro – 19.5k
Professional golf insider
44. @VC606 – 1,461
Specialist on Official World Golf Rankings
45. @JustinRose99 – 462.4k
English Pro and one of the world best golfers.
46. @DarrenClarke60 – 303.9k
Northern Irish Pro and 2016 Ryder Cup Captain
47. @MichaelClayton15 – 4,185
Former Australian Pro now golf architect and writer
48. @AndrewColtart – 19.9k
Former Scottish Pro now making a name for himself as a Sky Sports analyst
49. @garyplayer – 223.9k
80 year old golfing legend
50. @WebDotComTour – 33.8k
US second string tour – keep an eye on tomorrow’s champions
51. @rhodesygolf – 3,744
British sports betting expert and odds compiler
52. @StephanieWei – 39.3k
US journalist who travels the world tweeting regularly
53. @bkgolfguide – 3,184
US golf historian Brent Kelley’s account
54. @AlDunsmuir – 14.5k / @GCM-mag – 7,536
Golf Club Manager’s Association in-house journalist and magazine account
55. @DPugh54 – 25.1k
Respected European Tour coach and Sky Sports analyst
56. @LukeDonald – 571.3k
English Pro who has been at the top of the game for the last 10 years
57. @MattFitz94 – 21.8k
The future of English golf
58. @ShaneLowryGolf – 86.7k
Interesting Irish golfer who has really broken through in 2015
59. @SharkGregNorman – 81.5k
Former World no. 1 Greg Norman and now US TV golf analyst
60. @JasonSobelESPN – 105.9k
61. @JasonDufner – 470.2k
US Major winning golfer
62. @bubbawatson – 1.4m
Another US Major winning golfer
63. @RickShielsPGA – 23.4K
British Pro with popular video blog
64. @iaincartergolf – 57k
BBC golf correspondent and author
65. @TonyJohnstone56 – 7,316
Former Pro, golf analyst and wildlife expert
66. @golfshake – 23.9k
Golf community website with a popular twitter account.
67. @Fehertwit – 462.7k
Former Pro from Northern ireland, now golf media personality based in USA.
68. @FrankNobiloGC – 65.3
Former New Zealand Pro, now US TV golf commentator.
69. @JohnPetersonLSU – 7,147
straight into the Top 100 with today’s ‘Happy Gilmore’. Maybe insane.
70. @Cannonball63 – 3,500
Renowned golf photographer
71. @golffile – 720
Golf photography company account
72. @LeeWybranski – 265
Golf championship poster artist
73. @b_dechambeau – 605
Exciting young US golfer; the 2015 US Amateur and NCAA Div. 1 Champion
74. @RandA – 16.6k
Official Royal & Ancient Golf Club account
75. @USGA – 102.1k
Official United States Golf Association account
76. @gcamagazine – 4,479
Golf Course Architecture magazine
77. @PaulAzinger – 136.4k
Former US Pro and respected TV analyst
78. @TigerWoods – 4.9m
Infrequent tweets from the second best golfer in history
79. @TheOpen – 270.2k
The Open Championship – Official
80. @TheMasters – 436k
The Masters Tournament – Official
81. @usopengolf – 154.9k
The US Open Championship – Official
82. @PGAChampionship – 52.6k
The US PGA Championship – Official
83. @THEPLAYERSChamp – 35.3k
The Players Championship – Official
84. @ETQSchool – 1,619
European Tour’s Q-School
85. @suzannepettersen – 93k
Norwegian ladies golfer
86. @LydiaKo – 33.4k
New Zealand’s golfing protege and Ladies World No. 1
87. @HullCharley – 27.5k
England’s great hope in ladies golf
88. @gcw – 109.7k
Golfing humour – photos and video
89. @GolfClubWanker – 16.2k
More golfing humour
90. @IMGgolf – 35.3k
Major golf management and broadcasting business
91. @sportingintel – 85k
General sport business account but certainly worth a look
92. @LPGA – 94.7k
US-based professional Ladies Tour
93. @LPGAMedia – 2,578
The LPGA Tour media account
94. @LETgolf – 23.8k
Ladies European Tour
95. @LadiesGolfUnion – 4,457
Ladies Golf Union; useful for GB ladies amateur golf
96. @womensgolfcom – 8,775
Online Women’s Golf Magazine account
97. @RyderCupEurope – 119.7k / @RyderCupUSA – 78.1k
The European and USA Ryder Cup Team accounts
98. @PresidentsCup – 29.5k
Official President’s cup account
99. @SolheimCupEuro – 8,936 / @Solheim_Cup – 5,849
The European and USA Solheim Cup Team accounts
100. @OlympicGolf – 4,247
Golf is in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
[Follower numbers were accurate as 31st October 2015]
ME.
Copyright © 2015, Mark Eley. All rights reserved.
This is a great list. I will have to check them out and see where they stand on my list. Do they all follow you?
Cheers
Jim
Thanks. No – only a few follow @GolfBible.
I follow you. It is tough to separate the good info from the bad. Your list definitely provides good info.
Cheers
Jim
Are you aware ME The Amateur is coming To Portmarnock GC in 2019 70 years after Sam McCready Beat Willie Turnesa in Final ! Best Regards, Eric C O’Brien
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Eric – I heard the rumour. Great for Irish amateur golf. Any word on when it may be confirmed ?