Claire Hogle the rising star within the golf influencer world

Claire Hogle breakthrough into the golf-influencing panorama had a “type of loopy” starting.

A San Diego native, Hogle grew up in a “{golfing} household”

and fell in love with the game earlier than beginning highschool.

From there, she took her sport to the collegiate stage at California State College San Marcos,

the place she performed for two-and-a-half “unbelievable” years.

However between the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and a shoulder damage, Hogle turned her consideration to content material creation.

“I had a small golf following simply from doing somewhat little bit of YouTube stuff in faculty, I had perhaps 20,000 followers, and I knew I may do one thing with it,”

Hogle lately informed The Publish. “In faculty, COVID occurred and I acquired an damage in order that route was form of fading away, and I made a decision I used to be going to offer golf influencing a attempt.

Claire Hogle is a former faculty athlete turned social media sensation.

Instagram/Claire Hogle Claire Hogle hails from San Diego and grew up in a “{golfing} household.”Instagram/Claire Hogle

“I wasn’t certain what would occur if it could work properly or not, and so I simply began posting some golf stuff and other people actually appeared to love it. It’s been tremendous enjoyable and it’s nice to see my arduous work paying off.”

Since becoming a member of YouTube in Jan. 2015,

Hogle has amassed greater than 4.6 million views on her channel,

the place she often shares educational movies together with her 63,000 subscribers.

Elsewhere on Instagram, Hogle — who has even drawn comparisons to the “OG Insta golf woman,”

Paige Spiranac — reached a significant milestone in June, surpassing 500,000 followers.

By way of deciding what golf content material to publish,

Hogle doesn’t abide by a selected technique and as an alternative appears to be like to see what her followers are having fun with.

Claire Hogle has amassed greater than 4.6 million views on her YouTube channel.Instagram/Claire Hogle In June, Claire Hogle surpassed 500,000 followers on Instagram.Instagram/Claire Hogle

“I type of simply play it by ear, I wish to see what individuals are liking, see what folks take pleasure in what I publish and what not, after which I’ll type of simply go from there,” she mentioned.

“I don’t have something extremely deliberate out or structured, I type of simply go to the golf course and get content material and the perfect of the perfect will make it to the web page.”

Waiting for the long run,

Hogle has considered what a possible return to the aggressive facet of the game may seem like.

“All all through highschool and faculty my aim was to play professional golf… I acquired a shoulder damage so it type of compelled me to alter course,” she mentioned. “I’ve undoubtedly considered contemplating enjoying professionally and even simply getting again into aggressive golf,

whether or not it’s newbie golf or something.

I actually, actually fell in love with golf due to the aggressive facet of it,

so, it could be tremendous enjoyable to get again into that and see how I may form my sport up and see what I can do in that space. We’ll simply need to see.”

Within the meantime, Hogle needs to proceed to “create significant content material,” and discover methods to pay it ahead.

Although Claire Hogle modified course attributable to a shoulder damage,

she has considered what it may seem like to play golf at a aggressive stage sooner or later.Instagram/Claire

Hogle

On her YouTube channel, Claire Hogle posts educational movies for her subscribers.Instagram/Claire Hogle

“Golf has given me a lot, so I undoubtedly wish to discover some solution to give again to the sport,

to people who wish to take up the sport, so undoubtedly some junior golf endeavors there,” she mentioned.

“However truthfully, something that actually touches my coronary heart, any endeavor that I actually, actually care about. It’ll be unbelievable to make use of my platform and assist make a distinction in that means.”

As her star continues to rise within the influencer area,

Hogle is grateful for the suggestions she’s obtained from followers and the way a few of her content material has impressed them to take up the sport.

“I get some messages and feedback [from followers and subscribers] that can inform me that I’m the explanation that they began enjoying, particularly on my YouTube,” she mentioned.

“I’ve been performing some educational content material and getting feedback that individuals are actually having fun with the content material,

that they’re going to go attempt it out on the vary or that they tried it and that it’s helped their sport a lot, that’s actually rewarding.

“And seeing ladies take up the sport, that’s tremendous enjoyable for me too,

as a result of once I took up the sport there weren’t very many different women so, it’s cool to type of construct that group.”