YouTuber Dalke two off BMW Open lead
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- Brad Dalke fired a six-under 66 in the second round at the BMW International Open in Munich on July 3, 2026, reaching nine under and moving two shots behind halfway leader Hennie du Plessis of South Africa.
- Hennie du Plessis leads at 10 under after backing up his opening 64 with a 69, one clear of a three-way tie for second featuring England's Jack Senior (65), Michael Hollick, and Mexico's Carlos Ortiz.
- Dalke, a contributor to the Good Good YouTube golf channel, is competing on a sponsor's exemption in his first ranking event in six years.
- The 28-year-old Dalke was a junior prodigy who won the 2015 Junior PGA Championship, finished runner-up at the 2016 US Amateur, and made both the 2017 Masters and US Open (missing the cut at each).
- Dalke said he was "shaking like a leaf" on his opening tee shot and feels a duty to "represent YouTube golf," though noted there's "no stress" because he's not chasing DP World Tour ranking points.
- Dalke's second round featured seven birdies and one bogey on the par-four 15th, and he will play Saturday's third round two shots off the pace at Golfclub München Eichenried.
Why it matters: A content creator playing on a sponsor's exemption has reached two shots off the lead through 36 holes at a European Tour event — Dalke's seven-birdie 66 puts a YouTube-channel crossover golfer inside the top tier of a DP World Tour field heading into the weekend, an unusual position for someone who hadn't played a ranking event in six years.
