Old School! Taylor Funk Takes To Vlogging

In the era of players regularly posting Snapchat and Instagram stories that vanish in a day and lack much storytelling substance, Taylor Funk is going old school by producting, directing, starring in and editing his on video blog items. The aspiring PGA Tour pro and son of Fred Funk's efforts to post travelog style items was inspired by Casey Neistat and Jon Olsson, according to Golfweek's Brentley Romine, who profiled Funk's efforts.

Romine writes:

That led to the pro golfer editing his own photos and videos, even watching footage of instructions on how to edit on Adobe Premiere Pro. The cinematography process is something he realized he enjoyed. And then it hit him: He travels a lot and has picked up video-making skills, why not document his journey in golf?

“They have travel vlogs out there and I travel (a lot) anyway, so might as well just record it,” Funk said. “(I) thought there was a little niche for life to the PGA Tour and background behind that. I kind of thought of it a couple of months ago and decided to try it out, see if it catches on.”

Funk has already published three vlog posts (a second one from Jamaica and one from Disney World) that combine scenery shots, action footage and commentary into an edited product. He records the vlog entries via equipment that includes a point-and-shoot Sony camera, a GoPro and a drone.

Funk's already been told he's wasting his time but you have to admire the old school creativity and time put into telling the story of an aspiring pro.

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