Is using this golf club cheating? 

20 yards 😆

@@RickShielsPGA haha, that’s a bit of a difference.😄

@@RickShielsPGA you are a good sport my friend.

@@RickShielsPGA rick the baby

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There was a point in the video where it felt appropriate for Rick to pull out the shears and have at it! Hahahaha

Is it weird that Im thinking if hes starting to look like Peter Finch? :o

Can we all put in to get Rick a new hat?

Couldn't work out what was different, I thought he'd had a haircut! TBF I think he has as well. Looks better without a hat

I think he should've had someone who is more novice test it also

@Til Death Do We par that's quite a valid statement. Always wondered how Dechambeau needed so much more of a pull back and follow through without it going off to the next tee. -Grateful weekend warrior

And that’s why it shouldn’t be legal

@@wesboothe6507 it shouldn’t be legal because you can putt better with it? Well, all the new drivers that let you hit further should be illegal too.

@@wesboothe6507 I don't understand the logic. Honestly, I think getting rid of the pendulum putters was the wrong call. Legal tech is there for anyone to use. If you think X gives advantage over Y, so it should be banned, then make tournament play hickory club only. Banning this would be the equivalent of banning baseball caps, because they protect a bald head from sunburn better than a visor. It's available to all, so it's your choice not to use it.

That's why I putt with a 48 inch long drive driver

I putt with a sea fishing pole. The gimme range is so big ive never had to putt with it

I agree. New things always take an adjustment period, but that's nothing to be afraid of. Of course, the gamble is if you put it in the bag and then they end up banning it. I'll hold off buying one until that argument shakes itself out.

If they ban it it will take years. IMO no reason to ban because it’s still not anchored.

Over all Rick's videos it's definitely his putting letting him down. I think this new putter might be the missing link.

Yeah his Putting is rather poor , so is his whole short game

He picked up a new putter and drained them compated to his normal 'comfortable' one. That in itself is grounds for a change or at least a further try out.

Manc accent, fancy and cultured?

I am also thinking about getting one for some time… but I just bought a new putter 3 month ago 🤨

You'll still be a hacker Big Al, whatever clubs you use

@@sillysausage4549 And you'll still be just a silly sausage. Why even comment? Keep it to yourself mate.

So what about the "anchor point" if it's legal to use an "anchor plane" that you could land a 747 on.

that what literally the whole premise of the video bro what do you mean “if”

Lol

5 beers make every put strait to you!

@@tistelnilsson 10 beers and the put looks like 3 balls going to the hole, and we all know with 3 you have a better chance of sinking one of them.

Lol nice. Still have my northwestern jc snead 105 yd or less wedge. Haven't used it in years tho!

I bought a NWestern lob-wedge from KMart in the late 80s when I started looping and the 60* was the latest thing. I used that until I wore out the bounce...

How funny I am 57 years old northeastern were my 1st set. I remember the 7 iron face breaking in half.

@@canuckeh5197 My first set from Play it again Sports was a Wilson Staff with the “Grip Minder”! Kept it 2 weeks and traded it in for a set made after Metal Woods had come out…

A friend got a set of Northwestern clubs, I tried the driver and could barely get the ball air borne. Terrible feel.

Don't understand why anyone wears them. Some countries might use the sun as an excuse, but in Britain? Adults shouldn't wear caps.

@@sandersson2813 it’s cause hats are stylish and some people just like wearing them

@@sandersson2813 some say it's to keep their hair from falling out 🧑‍🦲

watch his podcast for hatless glory

@@sandersson2813 or maybe people can wear whatever they want 🤣

Agreed, after 10 putts with his normal putter i feel like he really had the line down and just needed to put straight.

This right here… kind of an unfair bias

Yep, he should have started with the armlock putter on one hole, and with his normal putter on another hole.

Exactly the comment I was going to make!

Yeah same as what other dude did

True! Therefore better stick with the traditional one.. no ban for sure!

Damn so many tour players here can I get an autograph pleaseeee

Do you okay on tour or something lol. Why would you care what they ban?

@@James-xg5rh when you gamble people don’t like losing to illegal equipment

This

Yep

our Brit friends won’t get that!

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LMAOOOO best comment.

That is really funny

Well said! lol. Underrated comment

Literally what I keep saying. If you think it’s such a “hack” then use it yourself.

Which tour pro Schaffaule did. He got worse after switching.

I will never understand some of the rules. They have equipment to hit the ball a mile, but you worried about the tip of the end of the stick touching the body? It's silly really. If something was an advantage, EVERYbody would be doing it. You dont' see wooden drivers anymore...

what are the grips called? really want aa putter like this, but don't wanna spend £400+!

@@benatkins7382 just watch old footage of Bernhart Langer. before he switched to a belly putter.

YES!!!!!! Give the people what they want!

Micah/Grant/Garrett vs Rick/Peter/Matt va James/Mark/Gary

Yeah we need that

No we don’t

After using it for a while how has it gone for you?

Great. Extremely consistent. Will never go back unless the evil rules committee intervenes.

"Boardalain chiting". "Contruhversiuhl gulf cloob".

What I can’t get over is his pronunciation of the “G’s” at the end of words. Like puttin-ga

@@samiam619 His adding of r's to random words at the end. "I sawr it". Or the fact that H is not a part of his alphabet. This: "Fis". Have: " 'ave ".

@@ParleLeVu you've obviously never been to the North of England then.

@@JonathanHorlock And thank god for that. I'd go crazy.

You still have to read the green and hit it the right speed. The advantage of this putter is if you have a suspect action, it might help keep the club face stable. The pros who already have a consistent putting stroke, have nothing to gain by using it

You know something… you’re right! Ban Tiger Woods 😂

I think the balance is right. Ban belly putters and anchoring to the chest, but this looks OK.

More and more are switching it seems...but it won't help with reading greens!!

In 5-10 years most pros will use armlock. They just haven’t made the switch

Putt*

But the people that use armlock putters are the ones that couldn’t putt to start with.

@@sfst2 ah yes, like Matt Kuchar, the shittiest putter around...

@@sfst2yes they adapt and try new things to become a better putter. What i am trying to say is people that complain are the ones mad that people putt better than them with an armlock

@@brannerjr1897 so you are saying all the guys on tour saying it shouldn’t be allowed are just bad putters right? You must be like +10 handicapper with only 17 putts per round

Why not make the hole 4 times the size of everyone can play it? Because golf is a game and the point isn’t to make it as easy as possible, it’s to enjoy the challenge.

@@poocrayon4588 if the idea wasn’t the make the game as easy as possible then we would still be playing with wooden clubs? I guess you don’t agree with twist face on new drivers then? What about drivers where you can adjust the weight in the head? All designs that make the game easier and more enjoyable for both the average and elite golfer. Surely the more enjoyable the game is, and the better peoples golf can be, the more people we can get involved in the sport? 🤷🏻‍♂️

​@@HarryProffitt No I don't agree that those things make the game more enjoyable - driver heads should still be wooden. There is a point in time in which the tech makes the game too easy and fundementally changes it - golf is way past that but because there's money in club manufacture it keeps getting pushed. Other games like baseball had the sense not to swap to high tech aluminium bats just because they hit further - they leave that shit for little kids and womens leagues. What does hitting further with drivers really get us? Every course either becomes a pitch and putt or else they lengthen courses - and then I'm walking further to play the same shots that just travel a bit further while spending more money on clubs. And I'm supposed to be impressed with that and find it enjoyable? Before you think I'm some geezer I'm 29 and have only played a few years and when I play socially I always use persimmon woods and old irons and a simple putter - it is more enjoyable to me and the feel is way better. It's really not that hard - if it was golf wouldn't have been popular all this time. With new drivers you don't even have to middle it. I also don't agree that making everything high tech and easy af helps grow the game. How the f does having more expensive clubs grow the game or having more matinence fees for members because of bigger courses make people wanna become members? It doesn't. People that don't know anything about golf aren't playing because of 460cc drivers with adjustable weight and swivel heads, only some golf nerd would think that. That kind of tech has it's place but it's place is allowing senior citezens to keep playing as their physicality designs or for women to play with especially if it's mixed company. No normal man or teenage boy needs that shit to enjoy golf.

Bryson.... his putting pre arm lock was terrible. Post he became one of the best putters. I mean he was so bad before he was even trying things like that side saddle straight shaft technique lol if you Havnt seen it look it up

@@pipedown7969 I don't see any stats on pgatour.com where he is ranked in the top 10

@@ANtA585 he’s #10 in strokes gained putting all 2020 according to pgatour.com.

@@ZahraIsMyDog yeah but the other 9 dont armlock

@@birdiesnbogeys7380 yeah but dude just said Bryson isn’t top ten on the site when he literally is. That’s all.

it is an advantage, and everyone should be using either the evenroll or the bettinardi, but many are set in their ways for whatever reason, and would rather stay with whatever they are used to.

That’s an idiotic statement. Not “everyone” was using an anchored putter before it was banned.

Give it time, you'll see golfers giving this a try.

Same with any cavity backs he tests

@@MrLewyboy but nawww they’re “too ugly”

Bullshit banning these. It's already limited enough that you can't lock it over the elbow

Bryson is 30th this year, and finished 10th overall last season. Shut up lol.