Rick Shiels talks about joining LIV Golf after years of consideration

Rick Shiels, a well-known YouTuber stunned many by signing a contract with LIV Golf. The person who is among the hottest golf influencers already had contact with the Saudis a number of years in the past.

 Though firstly he didn’t know whether or not to simply accept such a suggestion, over time he realized that LIV is a severe challenge, so he determined to simply accept their supply.

“To be trustworthy, conversations befell a few years in the past,” Shiels mentioned, as quoted by Todays Golfer.

“I used to be at all times fairly intrigued, however no person knew what it was like early doorways, so I wished to see how the occasions befell and the way it could all pan out.”

Rick Shiels went to the occasions

The well-known identify of the YouTube scene initially went to the occasions, not realizing what to anticipate. The controversial Tour is a totally totally different factor from all the pieces he has seen within the years behind, so he wished to see for himself the seriousness of this challenge. 

Watching PGA Tour occasions and Majors, going to LIV appeared completely totally different. 

Nevertheless, watching the occasions 12 months after 12 months, Rick realized that they had been doing nice and thrilling issues. This is among the the explanation why he wished to affix LIV, and to develop into an essential issue of their enlargement and development this 12 months.

“As soon as I began to go to occasions, it actually caught my consideration that they’re actually onto one thing right here. So we began speaking early final 12 months about how we might work collectively and do one thing thrilling. We had been hoping to try to give you the deal to start out on the JCB in the summertime, however that didn’t materialize so I mentioned let’s focus our consideration on ensuring that we hit the bottom operating in 2025 and ensure it’s the proper partnership.”- Shiels mentioned.