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The Event

The Thailand Golf YouTube Open Invitational is the first serious, individual-skill-based YouTube golf major in Asia. No teams. No gimmicks. No novelty contests. Just real golf, real handicaps, real prize money, and one Pink Jacket.

01 The Big Picture

What This Is

"The first one was fun. This one is serious."

The first Thailand Golf YouTube Open showed the world that golf's online community could come together and compete. It was loose, it was fun, and not a scratch golfer was in the field. But it proved something: YouTube golfers want to play real tournament golf.

The 2nd edition is the answer to that proof. We've taken everything that worked, stripped out the noise, and built something that belongs on the world stage — a genuine invitational that we intend to grow into a franchise, an institution, the Asian YouTube Major.

Some of the biggest channels in the golf content world have already committed. Multiple channels under 100k subscribers are in the field too. This isn't just a big-name showcase — it's a genuine open competition of individual skill.

02 Format & Structure

Individual Medal Strokeplay

This is pure golf. Individual medal strokeplay across two competitive divisions — A Division and B Division. Three rounds. 54 holes total. Lowest score wins.

FormatMedal Strokeplay
Rounds3 Rounds
Total Holes54 Holes
DivisionsA & B
Division Prize Decided By
Best Gross $100,000 Lowest raw gross score across both rounds
Overall Champion $250,000 + Banana Jacket Lowest net score (gross minus 85% handicap)
03 Handicap Rules

How Handicaps Work

We keep it clean, we keep it fair. This is how we level the field.

Accepted Handicap Sources

Official handicap from any governing body you are registered with (e.g. World Handicap System via national federation), OR your Handicap Tracker index. Both are accepted. One condition: it must be verifiable.

Tournament Handicap Calculation

Your tournament handicap is 85% of your official index. This is standard practice at competitive events and keeps the field honest. If your handicap is 18, your tournament handicap is 15.3 (rounded to nearest whole number).

Why 85%?

Because this is a competition, not a social round. 85% is the globally recognised allowance for individual strokeplay events under WHS guidelines. It accounts for the fact that competitive players tend to perform closer to their best.

04 The Banana Jacket

The Most Coveted Prize in YouTube Golf

The Banana Jacket

You cannot buy it. You cannot be gifted it. You cannot inherit it. The only way to own a Thailand Golf YouTube Open Banana Jacket is to shoot the lowest net score across 54 holes of genuine competitive golf in Khao Yai.

Handcrafted by Waddaplaya Golf, headline sponsor of the tournament and the most irreverent golf brand on the internet. One jacket. Made for one winner. Every year.

This is the tradition we are building. The jacket is the symbol. The champion is immortalised.

05 Event Schedule

Key Dates

April 9, 2026 — Check-In Day
Arrival, room allocation, player registration, and welcome briefing. Tournament shuttle (Alphard & Vellfire only) transfers players from designated collection points.
April 10, 2026 — Round 1
First round of medal strokeplay. 18 holes. Scorecards submitted at end of play. Live leaderboard updated throughout the day.
April 11, 2026 — Round 2
Second round of medal strokeplay. 18 holes. Leaderboard tightens. The field begins to separate.
April 12, 2026 — Round 3 & Closing Ceremony
Final round. 18 holes. Net scores calculated. Overall Champion and Best Gross winner announced. Banana Jacket ceremony. Champion crowned.
06 The Franchise Vision

Bigger Than One Tournament

The Thailand Golf YouTube Open Invitational is built to grow. The 2nd edition is the moment it becomes serious — the template for what a global YouTube golf franchise can look like.

Individual skill. Real competition. A genuine major atmosphere. A trophy that means something. We are building an institution — and this is its founding year as a serious event.

The Asian YouTube Major starts here, in Khao Yai, on April 10th, 2026.