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Rick Shiels gives away holes, not shots, in golf handicap experiment

Guy Charnock and former Tour pro James Robinson join a match where each golfer starts on a different hole.

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Can I Beat A Tour Pro With A Head Start?

James Robinson has to play the whole course. Rick Shiels gets to skip the first hole, and Guy Charnock skips the first two. Lowest total wins, making the handicap in "Can I Beat A Tour Pro With A Head Start?" a matter of holes played rather than strokes allowed.

It is a neat question for this familiar trio: can fewer holes balance the difference between a former Tour pro, a PGA professional and a single-figure golfer? The match drew roughly 132,000 views in its first fifteen hours, the largest audience among Rick's six new uploads and the channel's busiest video right now.

The comments keep returning to Rick, Guy and James playing together. Several viewers single out the three-person format, while one proposes another variation involving Ben and Guy teaming up in a scramble. The handicap experiment has supplied some fresh match-making ideas.

Elsewhere, the week stayed close to the practical decisions golfers recognize: chipping from thick lies, choosing between a putter and a wedge, and assessing Costco clubs. The putt-or-chip upload is bringing in the next-largest daily audience, with the chipping lesson also among the channel's most active videos.

Across the channel, daily viewing is almost exactly at its usual level, and the subscriber count was unchanged over the week. Bryson DeChambeau added subscribers and Global Cycling Network had a busier viewing week, friendly context for Rick's steadier stretch. His new match provides its own talking point: giving someone a head start can mean letting them miss the opening tee entirely.

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What viewers say

I’m happy we get the classic trio again! These are my favorite videos
@Theamazinggolfballwackerguy24See it on YouTube
Boom!! Yes Rick, Guy AND James! Have a good weekend 🎉
@MrGaryp1989See it on YouTube
I want to see Ben and Guy in a scramble vs Rick solo vs James solo with some kind of handicap.
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Very good video Rick.
I love the videos where you, James and Guy play together.
😂😂
@raulmarcosgonzalez5540See it on YouTube
Love seeing the 3 of you out there! And I did enjoy the format.
@AceMRBSee it on YouTube
Love seeing these three gents golf together.
@Jeremy_0106See it on YouTube
Great round Rick, fun format too.
@JamesH333See it on YouTube