Can I Beat Rick Shiels With Only 3 Clubs (Stroke Play)

I challenged Rick Shiels to a match but I could only use my driver, pitching wedge, and putter…

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Today I’m going to be attempting to beat Rick Shields with only three Clubs with only my driver pitching wedge and putter I’ll have to play near perfect in order to beat Rick with his full set of golf Clubs this is going to be nine-hole stroke play scenario letting Rick use his full bag and I am using three clubs and I’ve chosen the driver the pitching wedge and the putter now this is stroke play we are playing from the blues so it’s a little shorter on some of the

Holes got an interesting par three I don’t know how this is going to go what do you think man I don’t know I think you’ve picked wisely you pick very wisely cuz obviously you can hit that a ridiculous long way what would you have chosen for me I would have loved you not

To have had a driver but then again you can hit your fivewood so far you then just needed a wedge I mean you could have gone driver and then any of your wedges and butter and it’s a good Choice cuz you’re not going to need anything super long you can hit that pitching

Wedge on how far total distance uh 185 if I really kill it so there’s one hole in this front nine it’s a par three is about the thick yesterday it was playing about 210 yards anything short or anything right is in the water yeah so that is where hopefully I can get some

Shots back it’s going to be a fun match yeah I’ve got all 14 clubs let’s get going let’s do it I was going to say what’s your tactic here is it to almost leave yourself a longer wed shot in I’m going to try I’m going to try I’m just

Going to get a little softer today can you be quite manipulative with that wedge oh with the wedge yes that’s I’m I’m a specialist with it I think so hopefully I can use that to my advantage all right here we go nice little driver down the left hand

Side oh baby perfect that’s really good Bryson’s probably going to have about 60 to 70 yards left into the flag from there again at this point there’s really no advantage on this whole Bryson kit driver pitching wedge and easily get it close I just need to get a good driveway oh pulled

It I shot from there yeah should be able to get through from there ah just pulled it a little bit wanted to fade it but didn’t quite get the fade you are in Prime position I think so I’ve slightly pulled mine but luckily I’ve got all 14

Club to try and rescue me what do you think you can shoot on this golf course by the way I I think it’s a very challenging golf course this I think anything in the 70s I’d be delighted with and I think of these te that we’re

Playing off I think yeah any mid mid to high 70s I think would be where I’m aiming for anything under par on this golf course just a great golf it’s a championship style test of golf what do you think you would what do you think your handicap would be if you could only

Ever Ed three clubs oh my gosh you know I think I’d be probably a three or four handicap I don’t I think you’d be less than that I do I’m get seven iron let the wind push it a little bit but I need to shape it going start it over those

Three palm trees on the right and then try and draw it back to the flag oh it’s not drawn Enough okay oh I needed to really swing that he’s okay I mean you can still get up and down yeah uh this today is going to be a really interesting test it’s 85 yards my full pitching range goes 175 what would you know nor hit from

Here what would be it’ be a 60° it’d be a nice little 60° but it’d be like a half shot oh it’s nice oh that’s absolutely Sensational if that has Spa I’d be so impressed that was such a shot felt like I cut spun it yeah that was really nice well done

Thanks well done I’ll take it oh my god let’s see how close he is he’s actually kept it short of the pin get give credit where credit is due there cuzz to hit that shot with a wedge for Bryson’s pretty good right I’m going

To get up and down here I’m on a side Bank I’ve got big bank to get up and over I have got the luxury of a 60° wedge I’ve got zero excuses oh that’s nice oh that’s nice a great effort wasn’t far off oh that was a really nice shot just ran on

The little B we’ll take that that was hard to get it to LIT that was hard to get it inside CL of the Bryson golf ball Le I don’t think I’ve achieved it but I’ve G myself a outside look for par okay par put here I feel like my goal

For this front nine or for this nine holes after knowing the holes if I can if I can shoot two overpar for these nine holes still think Bryson’s can shoot closer to level but at least I’ve put a good performance in so I don’t want to make any silly Bogies left to

Right not more much slope up or down just a nice Pace port and drop it in that left Edge more oh it’s a I think uh if I had 28 clubs it wouldn’t have saved me there up the hill breaking left just a nice little eight-footer

Nope hold it it’s not good either my first part of the day hello hello I want to see that drop that would have been a hell of a three would have but also we’re in competition mode in match mode good pot Bryson that’s a great way to start it out yeah

Yeah play one over through the first even I’ll take it that’s good mate that good hard on your three though Second hole Par Four it’s not a particularly long one here either it’s probably about’s it playing Bryson about 340 yeah 340 uh Bryson’s obviously got driver it’s his only Club choice to do that are a pitching wedge so a driver didn’t do much about that it’s a mammoth

Hit to get there I’m guessing the Miss is just like left Lees you have a little chip up the green a little under the wind it’s okay Dra Ball how that finished I don’t know could be the bunker probably that could be spicy with a pitching wedge uh I could chunk and run

It out I think you probably actually prefer to play that way would I would but yeah we’ll see okay I’m going to go that bunker on the left hand side that we can see Leave myself a nice length shot in yeah great ball thank you that was

Beautiful that is exactly where I wanted to try and put it I didn’t want to go for the green you know just I thought I’d lay up Leave myself a longer shot in I drive like that might earn you a coconut trip if I make a bird you maybe

There’s a little ledge that sits right in the middle of this green that ideally we want to carry it over so I probably got to carry this maybe even just like slly past the pin grab a bit Ah Rick I tried to force it you know

I just tried to force it you you tried to hit it too hard there yeah I could have done with maybe the 50 50° wedge fr’s avoided the bunker but you would have preferred to be in the bunker because he’s actually on the down slope here at the back edge of this giant

Bunker that sits to the short right of the second hole how five you got 56 and I got the perfect club for it pitching wedge some sort of magician to get out of This I think so that’s still pretty that much High because I mean what’s that play about 5° down oh my gosh this is the normal slope right here yeah so it’s like it’s like 10 15 yeah it’s a lot so what I did is I just tried to I imagined

What a 60° loft is I just opened it up to that and I just aim the face toward the flag and I just swung my normal swing I will take that every day of the week yeah that is impressive my friend to be able to get it on to be able to

Put your next shot your third shot very good right I’ve come over the green actually we had a lot of room past the pin that I didn’t think we had but I just come over the green I’m just on this little frame section here that’s a

Poor second shot for me I was in the I was in the driving seat really and I’ve now handed it back to Ryon but if we can get up and down here we don’t hopefully lose too much ground on him oh just felt like I was going to do

That off that live for some reason should have G less L there you go that’s really good I mean that’s that’s a great up and down for bogy ah great up needed that the first time and the LIE first time was better than that time made the wrong

Club Choice and then jumped it yeah it in yep yeah a bit annoying there middle of the Fairway 100 yards walk off with a five1 ft so 51 ft here pretty neutral and goes down the last 10 12 ft so I want to play this about 40 ft left to

Right straightens out goes a little right to left at the end overall left to right oh left that was good speed but right didn’t go as right as I thought it would wow okay I’ll take that pull that again as much as you not using all your

Bag you’re certainly using all of the hole well done level path of Bryson I’m too Over Now power five C up next that was a silly mistake for me I’m annoyed Myself I can it driver pitching wedge up here let’s see what we can do going right over that tree that should be good bounce a little left okay I’m going to from my last experience I can’t go too far left I’m going to go over that bunk on the right I

Think definely yeah I think I can be a tiny bit more aggressive down that right you have to be left not your friend get just a little left you should be able to lay up no problem there and have a nice little wedge in that’s the right the right

Shape of on started a bit too straight okay okay I’ll probably be laying up anyway so that’s fine okay we’re a bit a little bit blocked out here hell of a long way into the hole cut cut cut oh God jump very nice that’s done really well it nice

Shot yeah we’re up almost towards the front of the green there that’s a whole saving shot that is that really is that could have G terribly wrong so we got 13 38 got the perfect Club again for this the pitching wedge for most people that

Is the perfect club for this I know for you it’s not no my 10:00 pitching wedge right to here take it back to here goes4 145 so I’m going to have to go just under that it’s going to play like 136 is Downwind nice shot oh where not leaking oh my gosh it’s right on the edge great distance though well you’ve got a pin High shot allbe it maybe with a a bladed wedge or something with your putter for an eagle so it’s not too bad okay what a nice position this is

Finished in third shot into this beautiful par five and look at this rubbery around it looks like you’re in a different world waterfall in the background pins at the front 45 yards let’s put one close be honest I didn’t want to say it before the shot it’s not my favorite shot that

45 yards off tight Fairway fancied it though I didn’t want to say it before the shot but there a couple of different mindsets that okay big sloping to the right downhill as well two fo power is needed here I can’t afford to drop any more shots considering Bryson’s got that shot just

From off the green for a b eagle this red hold that a little bit either that or a huge misre up down up flattens and plateaus so I’m going place just over 20 ft it’s going right to left a little bit let’s see if I can knock this

In Regal get to to wonder that’d be sick break break break break it was right in the heart as well yeah it was a good okay P put now for par not much in it little bit right to left really really misread my last po stra oh Rick this is

Disappointing very disappointing bad bad first part to be honest I’m really what did you see in that so real quickly I want to hear what you saw on that I just didn’t give it enough time to read it I was come to this side at all I was I

Think I was just conscious of time and not spending too much time over it oh whatever and I was I I think I just did a snapshot read and didn’t really think cuz when you look back it’s like it do I literally read it like 3 4 ft out the

Left it yeah it’s a little less than that three over through three Bryson is one under four shot Gap fourth half four here not a long one on previous days Bryson has driven the green or got very close right over there it’s a blind shot and it’s all water on

The right yeah and it’s left doesn’t a really sticky situation so I feel like just hitting a pitching wedge pitching wedge right now is the way to go cuz if the pins on the left side there there’s no way I can get a pitching wedge close to the hole at all zero chance

So feel gol ever to hit pitching wedge off this feels so Wrong got to replace my uh divot there the players behind you be like who’s taking such a big divot out of this 5 14 okay that’s in a nice spot I got three iron pump it down there and see if we can leave myself off a little 100

Yard in I’m disappointed in my first three holes I really am we need to get it back on track here yeah nice that’s a great B it’ll work very nice thank you 177 guys I think I’ve got the perfect club for this again although this time it’s a full

Swing but the more nerve-wracking part is if I don’t execute this I’m going to look like a complete idiot it’s almost a little into the wind so I’m going to give this a little extra effort see how close we can get this good be the right distance uh little short you know what

I’ll take that that’s a great swing I don’t know what else to say I’m not complaining about that one bit I struck that perfectly I knew it was a little in the wind I knew it might not get there quite honestly it was a bad strategy I

Should have been over on the left side of the Fairway so I could have been closer give me a full proper pitching wedge second shot into this Par Four that a nice t- shot there 105 okay let’s try and execute a better second shot I’m

Actually going to go go for my Gap waste this time I’m going to play it with a little bit less don’t power I don’t need to hit this full I’m going to put it right between that palm tree and the and the P I like that myself a little for good Lu

You know what that’s fine sit yeah the distance I just I just all be it Little Bush want to be right left the pin I’m a slightly bit right but we’re okay I keep trying to get your divots but you just won’t oh don’t worry

I think up well we have a little longer putt than I wanted uh it was a great strike I didn’t chunk it it perfect just a little bit into the wind up there and couldn’t have my pitching wed 177 I’m not strong anymore oh oh

No I’m best there come on Rick I need to get this one back straight away really prob making B the first three certainly the last two very disapp there we go good birdie thank you that’s big big big needed that okay it’s more like it about to two over after

That bad start 6 ft on a 2 and 1 half% not good that’s a bad three I had a good putt there too didn’t break right dang I’m all square now two over two over o two shot swing next hole the one hole if there’s ever a chance

For me to really get some ground back on Bryson it’s this next hole it’s a path three and it’s a long One Bryson’s already got his golf club out without even zapping it cuz see the pitching W your driver yeah I just got the front edge of the greens 175 so 202 to the flag okay I’m going to have to pump this pitching wedge don’t even have a chance me get

Driver oh what would I have to do what luck would I have to have close well nice shot to the green nice firy just going to go those two palm trees just left for the FL oh that’s beautiful stop moving oh what a great shot okay thank

You that is a huge shot for Rick I have got to smoke this to get to the front edge all I’m trying to do is get in that little Inlet if I can get it there I’d be really happy here that’s all I got to be honest all I can

Do all that you could so uh I do not have the best lie you’ll see in just a second but all I’m trying to do is land it up in here and trickle it over the the mound so I don’t know how this is

Going to come out but I to just hit this 13 yards I got to open the face a lot hit up to the left let it trickle down be a miracle to get this up and down oh shoot that came out so hot woo all right hook around there come On that was right online though that was right online 30 foot here very real testing par three very happy to put it to here and and I think not far off the straightest Port I could possibly find on this green wow fake turning on the heat now

Fake this should be a right Edge right here little three-footer yeah boy one over now we’re all leaving uh he’s one over I’m one over so got a driveable hole coming up um I don’t know what I’m going to do on this next Hole got the match back to level one over a pair come on I really want to just let’s see if we got three Bs in a Row should be good yeah great shot very nice Yep this is an easy shot for me just had a nice little pitching wedge right out to the left have a nice wedge in make Birdie the hard way yeah that’s about it I can tell you’re

Hating not being a to e it long like this is like eats me alone this is like everything against what you’ve been working so hard I had a perfect pitching wedge exactly where I needed to be and I’ve got 105 in what a good test of golf

Though this is just a great way to test your wedge skill 105 down wi going to try and land this three four short so 101 100 yard shot I’m going to play this just just under 9:00 here see what I got sit down oh that’s pretty

Good I mean I’ll take that shot okay just at the front edge of the green here I was two yards or a yard further right I might have been slightly happier CU I could have got putter on it but just need this little bit of rough come on

See if we can Che this one close oh that’s a great shot thanks Paul he’s not giving me that one but that’s okay we’re playing stroke play compa his match I made this is be a bit of a dagger here 30 ft going right to left pretty [Applause]

Flat no way out of the short oh my gosh all right ah not too bad of a par though I’ll take it l it up there I’m not lagging this so come on lag it up there right come on then Rick three birdies on the bounce to get back to level par this

Will be quite impressive by the way after you Started oh son of a gun nice birdie jeez nice foul okay good putt I barely snuck in that right Edge he’s even par now and I’m one over it’s 180 um I’ve got to absolutely nuke this pitching wedge but I’m going to give it my full effort this is going to play like

190 that’s looking good he is playing some golf now Oh I thought that was noral what am I going to do now I thought that was so good that I’m I’m going to have to go long drivve swing here there’s nothing else I can do here cuz I got to cover the water okay yeah that’s all I can do agreed you

Could have hit it’s hilarious I got it on the green guys I’m happy I don’t know what else to say I’ll do it oh my God I mean that’s a really good put I hit that and I was like that’s got an amazing chance I got somewhat lucky

If this was been clean cut this might have ended up in the water I’m just on this little Fringe here I mean I’m to be honest I’m kind of vying up a a chi in I want to I do fancy four birds in a row that would be quite

The quite the story line whoa oh no get In it was inevit i’ had the power on my scorecard yet I’ve level power through six I’ve not even had a P my going down let’s be confident let’s be firm let’s give it a chance that’s good spe ah through S no par I was going to

Say that and one one over par down all right for par this is a massive swinger all right I’ll take that any day of the week par on that hole pull one over my baby’s back got the Old Faithful nice crank driver just smoke this drive

Not much wind a power 4 it sweeps around to the right we got this huge amount of water in front of us the more you’re willing to take on the more you rewarded obviously it’s a bit more dangerous as you start to encroach on more water Bryon I’m guessing you’re going for the

Line of the green are you uh a little left of that actually today I was in the bunker remember yeah so I’m going to try and be just a fraction left of that I don’t want a bunker almost wear that orange like a FL left of that even the

Two palm trees there not enough wind coming back it’s coming back it’s coming backway yeah okay I’m going to go just right the bunker that we see in front of us just right of that get on some nice dry land see if I can pitch it in and make Birdie all Right should be good I think that should be fine yeah I it’s held on The Fairway hopefully it has if not it’s just in a little bit of rough okay 130 yards I have just just creped into this first little bit of roof which is annoying I

Would like to it on The Fairway for this shot into the green just to get more control but it’s not too bad that’s a great lie i’ not really much difference there is it to to Fairway I can still spin this hopefully 130 y of a PIN to

Get it in that radius of 10 ft and try and box another be the number be the number oh wow what a shot I make looks like it’s a Little P but it’s a great shot that was nice Stellar that was Stellar good shot dud thanks all right

We got 54 and 45 so you got n yards 54 yards all right out of the rough it’s a pretty it’s a good Li this is going to be interesting I got to bounce it up throw it up land it just short of the green trickle on

Oh it finish good it’s a little long but like one more yard short and that’s perfect that was one yard away from my landing spot that is so difficult to do with that trajectory six so it’s like it’s like 17 and 1/2 ft here straight putts up and over

Here it’s pretty straight here and then I play off the upper straight putt I don’t go right or left of the hole I play on the upper straight putt so I aim always on the upper straight pot okay I I I mean I’ve left so many puts short this

Week oh that was a good roll too right on my line absolutely bummer stay at one over yep as I mentioned earlier I’ve not made a par yet through seven holes yet I’m only one over par I’m going to continue that trait so this is either going to be a birdie or a

Bogey I’m not going no he didn’t BR how you said you I might miss that purpose birdie or bogey miss that on purpose just cuz I’m so annoyed myself I left that short that was so online as well yeah you can miss it if you

Want all right in for par first par of the eight holes played so far and we have got an epic final hole coming up par five cracking hole and so far All Tied yep at one over par Yeah it is I’ve got a pretty big Advantage here just got to keep it out of the water wind’s off the right play right at that uh mower see what we can do come On I mean that’s fine up there probably on the top right Hill right yeah I’m trying to miss over there cuz if I look if I pull it to the American flag that’s going in the water that’s a very good chance to go in the water okay Rick so all led to this

Last hole versus Bryson versus Bryson this is a scratch match people are going to forget you only have three clubs this is a scratch come on straight down the middle of the all right that’s how you’re poor by the way I was on the first hole I think

You’re okay as long as it’s got over the stream that was a weird Drive I actually felt really good over that as well really that was like I didn’t even genuinely wasn’t even thinking about the water huh right do I go for the hero shop

Yes is it the hero huge cut 3-wood onto the green it isn’t it you don’t even know where I am too you know I could be in some trouble doesn’t Matter cut cut or it’s cutting I don’t know should have stay dry should I think it’s dry just slightly topped it I just slightly topped it I think it’s just in the bunker short that wasn’t far away when I saw it I’m like oh no and then it

Started cutting I’m like oh yeah and then it went over the bunker I was like oh no I don’t know I think it might just be in that bunker short ah not bad 165 to the hole it’s downwind I got to land this short I’m land this 10 yards short

So 55 shot out of the rough it’s going to be like a 10:30 pitching wedge right here super left to right slope got a finle this one oh it’s short Oh wow was going I thought that yeah wow that lie kind of pushed it to the right there too dang that’s the

Right side to leave it though the second shot did very well then to stay on this bank I’m glad it had that big kind of cut spin on it it’s an interesting onez that ball is very very much above my feet oh what a shot sit

Down oh H that’s not easy jeez that was H that was thought I just played that nice today that was a good try though okay well big Advantage here I’m going to try and get this up and down with a pitching wedge and uh shoot even par I want to beat Rick oh

No God I came out so Hot wow I didn’t expect it to that hard this lie allbe Bryson is much closer than I am after three shots these are both a birdie just off the right falling right to left I’d love to hold this I would love to hold it get it back to level par for a very

Interesting nine holes of golf come sit sit oh Shi oh no I went for everybody oh my gosh shorts how awful are you putting ni that’s frustrating one over for your nine one over not bad with three clubs okay to have the match also to be one over through nine holes a much

Longer put I wanted to have here for power on the ninth hole left to right slightly up the hill Oh striped it very good well you know what that was awesome two one overs I’m pleas I’m fairly happy we won over with 14 clubs to be honest with you you’ve done a great job with three clubs good match and again I think it rolls it back

For a rerun another time we got to do it again buddy