Rick Shiels has played with many world-class golfers since he started making videos on YouTube.
Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, and Ian Poulter have all been a part of his popular “10 under par” series.
Having spent plenty of time around top players, Shiels has noticed something they all tend to have in common.
The Englishman explained in a recent video that tour pros have one particular trait that actually makes him “quite jealous.”
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Rick Shiels wishes he loved practising as much as tour pros
It’s no secret that it takes countless hours of hard work to become a professional golfer, but that’s easier for some than others.
Well, Shiels has admitted that he does not enjoy practising golf, which is one thing that separates him from “great players.”
“I’ve definitely been playing a lot more and practicing a lot more. What I’d love to do is I’d love to love practicing. I don’t love practice,” he said.
“I wish I did because, ultimately, it’s how you get better, isn’t it? You know, when you see people you just absolutely love practicing, it kind of makes me quite jealous.
“When you see these great players, it’s scary. Sometimes, when I’ve chatted to these great players who practice, they get lost in it.
“It’s like they literally need someone to pull them away, and go, ‘We’ve got something else to do here now. We’ve got an interview or something. We’ve got a tee time to get to. It shows levels.
“But you see it in football. That was the big story of David Beckham when he was at [Manchester] United. [He would] go back after training. Ronaldo [would go back] after training. It doesn’t just happen, does it?”
Of course, every top player deserves credit for reaching that level, but perhaps those who don’t enjoy practicing deserve even more.
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Rick Shiels thinks amateur golfers should practice putting more
Rick Shiels named his putter as his favorite club in his golf bag and the one that he prefers to practice with.
“I love my putter. I love putting,” Shiels added. “Putting last literally became my… You know I was talking before about practising. I love putting. I love the thoughts and the science behind it, and the imagination. I just love it.”
Shiels then explained that he understands why amateur golfers are reluctant to practice on the putting greens.
However, he thinks that amateurs could drop up to six shots from their scores if they spent some time improving with the flatstick.
“It is, but I kind of get why people don’t practice it because when you first start playing golf, you lose balls with your driver and you shank it into the water or whatever, so as a golfer who’s first starting, that’s what you want to fix,” Shiels continued.
“You don’t lose balls on the putting green when you putt. But if you added up how many putts an amateur golfer has, it’s comfortably in the forties, probably getting close to 45. You can knock five or six shots off putting so easily.”
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