Back before all of this – before all the followers, the videos, the notoriety – Rick Shiels was just an anonymous golf pro in Manchester, England, trying to drum up some business. Clean-shaven and fresh-faced, he turned to YouTube and posted videos with swing tips in hopes of attracting new clients.
“If you asked me what I did for a living, I’d tell you, ‘I’m a golf coach’,” Shiels explains, “because I’ll be honest, I was quite embarrassed to say I’m a YouTuber. At the time it was quite a stigma; it wasn’t a positive statement.”
