What Rick does beginning at the 6:45 mark here is beyond astonishing. I’ve never heard a guitar played like this.
What’s in the bag of Rick Shiels, the PGA professional behind the No.1 golf YouTube channel in the world?If you’re a golf fan and you’ve never heard of Rick Shiels then chances are you’ve been living in a land without an internet connection and you think YouTube is an insult as opposed to the world’s biggest video-sharing platform.
Luckily we spent a full day getting to know the Lancastrian and his journey from the school stage to global golf star to help you.
Shiels is a PGA-qualified golf coach with more than three million subscribers, 750 million views, and 2,500 videos across his three YouTube channels – Rick Shiels Golf, H.I.T Golf, and The Rick Shiels Golf Show.
The Boltonian started creating videos in 2012 in a bid to attract more amateurs for lessons at Trafford Golf Centre and in the years that followed he became a global star and one of the most recognisable faces in the game. He’s also one of our Top 100 most influential people in golf.
Shiels, who is good friends with fellow YouTube star Peter Finch, started out by creating golf tips, but as his numbers grew he moved into course vlogs, matches, challenges against pros and equipment reviews. So what does a man who has access to almost any golf club and ball in the world actually choose to play?
