Bryan Bros Sued Over Claimed Stolen Your Golf Tour Idea

A Colorado company has sued YouTube golf's Bryan Bros in federal court, claiming the idea behind Your Golf Tour was stolen from its own pitch.

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Bryan Bros Sued Over Claimed Stolen Your Golf Tour Idea

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A Colorado company has sued YouTube golf's Bryan Bros in federal court, claiming the idea behind Your Golf Tour was stolen from its own pitch.

The lawsuit at a glance

Colorado company One Shot Ventures LLC, founded by Kevin Baum, filed a complaint on October 26 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, summing up its case in four words: "A business opportunity stolen."

The defendants are Bryan Bros LLC and Provisions Group LLC, the talent agency of founder Joe Gilliland. The suit, numbered 1:2026cv05518, was brought under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, and seeks an unspecified amount in damages.

LIV Golf and Your Golf Tour co-founder Grant Horvat are not named as defendants.

Why the claim is surprising

The suit strikes at the origin story of a tour built by two of YouTube golf's early stars.

According to the complaint, Wesley Bryan and Gilliland signed nondisclosure agreements that barred them from using One Shot Ventures' confidential information for personal gain or competing projects, and EssentiallySports reports the NDAs are attached to the suit and that golf.com has viewed them.

The filing says the parties met from early 2024 through the fall of 2024 while Baum developed a plan for creators, pro golfers and celebrities to compete in team and individual events, with Baum securing initial funding and proposing equity for all three parties.

The evidence One Shot points to

One Shot Ventures' complaint claims Bryan described himself as "all in" and believed the venture's best videos could earn around $50,000 each from YouTube advertising revenue alone — a figure that comes from the company and has not been independently confirmed.

It also says Bryan and Gilliland were expected to recruit other creators, with Bryan reportedly arranging meetings about a potential opportunity involving the PGA Tour.

The company claims Baum spent "countless hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars" on the idea, and says the Bryan Bros then appeared in LIV Golf's Duels in 2025, which it claims drew on its plan.

What Your Golf Tour has become

Your Golf Tour was unveiled on March 25, 2026, with 16 YouTube golfers playing four events, captained by the Bryans and Grant Horvat. Team Wesley won the second stop, worth $300,000, and a $1 million purse awaits at a finale at Wynn Las Vegas whose date has yet to be announced.

The complaint, however, does not explain how the original deal fell apart or confirm that Baum's idea matches Your Golf Tour, and no allegation has been examined or proven in court. Their channel now has nearly one million subscribers.

The stakes for creator golf

The dispute lands as creator-led golf grows into real business: EssentiallySports notes last year's Internet Invitational drew roughly 27 million YouTube views across six episodes despite offering no prize money.

Golf has seen bigger fights over the same question — the Premier Golf League sued LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in London's Commercial Court in April, seeking between $210 million and $630 million over a pitch it called a "bald facsimile," allegations the defendants have not accepted.

As EssentiallySports frames it, the outcome could shape how golf creators share ideas, form partnerships and protect plans.

What happens next

The court docket, last checked October 26, listed only the complaint and its attached documents, and neither Bryan Bros Golf nor Provisions Group had formally responded at that time — so every claim remains unproven.

The suit adds a legal layer to an already rocky stretch for Wesley Bryan, who was suspended indefinitely by the PGA Tour for playing LIV Golf's Duels: Miami in April 2025 and drew recent fan backlash over remarks about the Internet Invitational, per EssentiallySports.

Whether the creators' tour survives the fight is now up to a federal judge in Colorado.

Sources

  1. sports.yahoo.com › YouTube-Famous Bryan Bros Accused of Violating NDAs to Steal Business Idea to Launch Golf Tour: Report
  2. essentiallysports.com › YouTube-Famous Bryan Bros Accused of Violating NDAs to Steal Business Idea to Launch Golf Tour: Report

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