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GolfWRX adds YouTube Star Rick Shiels to Featured Writer Program

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GolfWRX, the largest online golf community in the world, has entered into an agreement with golf YouTube star and PGA Professional Rick Shiels.

As part of the agreement, Shiels will become part of GolfWRX’s Featured Writer Program, and collaborate with GolfWRX’s Editorial Team to create videos that are tailored to GolfWRX readers. His videos will be published on GolfWRX’s Front Page, as well as on Shiels’ popular YouTube Channel, which has more than 96,000 subscribers. GolfWRX attracts more than 2 million peak unique views per month, and more than 18 million page views per month, making it one of the most visited golf websites in the world.

“We like to align ourselves with the most influential people in the industry, and Rick is definitely one of those people” said Richard Audi, President and Founder of GolfWRX. “We love what he does in his videos. He’s a positive force in the industry, and does a great job educating and entertaining his golfers.”

Shiels, 29, is a UK-based golf instructor with more than 10 years of experience. He started making the YouTube videos for which he’s known four years ago. Like GolfWRX, he excels in unbiased testing of the most popular golf clubs. Recently, he set up his first golf academy in Lytham at the Quest Golf Studio, which is his home base.

“We’ve excelled at attracting top talent through our Featured Writer Program, and are excited to add Rick to assist us in developing more video content,” said GolfWRX Editor-In-Chief Zak Kozuchowski. “As a PGA Professional, he deeply understands how golf equipment technology and the golf swing work together. That’s been key to his success.”

GolfWRX’s Featured Writers Program currently boasts more than 100 contributors from around the world, and includes writers with specialized knowledge in all facets of the game of golf. Learn more about GolfWRX’s Featured Writer Program.

View Rick’s first GolfWRX Video here. 

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  2. Ed

    Mar 29, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    Finch/Shiels > Crossfield

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  3. Diego

    Mar 29, 2016 at 3:46 am

    Oh well. You hired the Prince.. The Real KING as stated already is one Mark Crossfield.
    Go and get him !!!!!

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  4. Geoffray

    Mar 28, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    Congrats Rick. Love your videos!

    And also love the fact that some haters are here to troll. That means that you are really a star and far better than them. Congrats for that too.

    The sky is the limit.

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  5. Pete Petersson

    Mar 23, 2016 at 2:23 am

    As long as you don’t bring Rob Potter with him, this just scrapes a pass.

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  6. Pete Petersson

    Mar 22, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    Unbiased?

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  7. Jengus

    Mar 21, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    Obviously couldn’t get Mark Crossfield on board! Rick is good but Crossfield is king

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  8. OregonGolfer

    Mar 21, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    Hmmm, GolfWrx email/news headline said they added “You Tube star RICH Shiels” – I thought maybe Rick has a brother who’s a writer LOL!

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  9. Stefan T.

    Mar 21, 2016 at 11:24 am

    Great addition to the Golf WRX community, Rick is the man.

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  10. ZQ

    Mar 20, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    Overrated. Blah blah blah type. Go try clubs yourself. Live your own life. Go play. Stop watching youtube vids of a guy sniping hooks and saying the clubs are so great

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    • cheesy-appendage

      Mar 21, 2016 at 7:28 am

      COULDN’T AGREE MORE. CHEESY.

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      • B. Parsons

        Mar 21, 2016 at 2:20 pm

        Couldn’t agree more. Did golfwrx do this to have a YouTube presence?

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    • dW

      Mar 21, 2016 at 9:17 pm

      Take a look in the mirror and get a life yourself. Talk about sniping. SMH

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      • ZQ

        Mar 24, 2016 at 9:29 am

        Perfectly content with myself and my golf swing & game which is far superior to Ricks. Msg me at BearQ on wrxforums, I’ll send you a vid. I’m sick of youtube ‘stars’ or social media fame, its artificial. They deserve zero recognition. Has Ric won any big events ever, does he have any major accomplishments? There are 70 year olds at my course that could school him. It’s nobodies like you watching a nobody like him. I’m just telling people that don’t know of him to not waste their time and go try clubs themselves, its sound advice. I’ve seen Ric shank Vapor Pro’s and blame the club for being too punishing lol, if you can’t even decently hit a short iron blade are you truly in a position to review clubs? No. I’ll snipe him all I want boi. Again message me, I’ll prove my swing/game claims.

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        • Mark

          Mar 28, 2016 at 8:10 pm

          oh no he hit one bad shot that must mean he is the worst player in the world, unlike yourself obviously who must hit everything perfect everytime. Also Rick is a teaching professional not a tour player so obviously your not going to see him win these massive events because he’s too busy helping other golfers out. Why don’t you show some respect to someone who helps out so many people!

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  11. Other Paul

    Mar 19, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    Welcome Rick. I think its actually a bit silly to have you on here because almost all WRXers probably watch you anyway, as one of the best equipment reviewers out there.

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  12. Teaj

    Mar 19, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    I try to catch up on Rick and Peter’s Videos weekly. Welcome to GolfWRX Rick

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  13. Chuck D

    Mar 19, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    Huge welcome to you Rick! I look forward to your thorough and real world reviews. Keep up the excellent work!

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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Scottie Scheffler leads the betting ahead of the second major championship of the year, with the World Number One a +345 favorite to get his hands on a second PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.

Here is the full betting board for the 2026 PGA Championship courtesy of DraftKings.

Scottie Scheffler +345 – (Check 0ut his WITB here)

Rory McIlroy +800 – (Check out his WITB here)

  • Jon Rahm +1300 
  • Cameron Young +1500
  • Bryson DeChambeau +1700
  • Xander Schauffele +1850
  • Matt Fitzpatrick +1950
  • Ludvig Aberg +2000
  • Tommy Fleetwood +2600
  • Collin Morikawa +3500
  • Brooks Koepka +3900
  • Justin Rose +4300
  • Russell Henley +4600
  • Si Woo Kim +4700
  • Justin Thomas +4800
  • Robert MacIntyre +5300
  • Patrick Cantlay +5300
  • Viktor Hovland +5400
  • Tyrrell Hatton +5500
  • Jordan Spieth +5900
  • Sam Burns +6000
  • Hideki Matsuyama +6200
  • Adam Scott +6400
  • Rickie Fowler +7000
  • Chris Gotterup +7400
  • Patrick Reed +7400
  • Min Woo Lee +7800
  • Ben Griffin +8000
  • Sepp Straka +8400
  • Shane Lowry +9000
  • Akshay Bhatia +9200
  • Maverick McNealy +9200
  • Joaquin Niemann +9200
  • Jake Knapp +9200
  • Jason Day +9600
  • Kurt Kitayama +10000
  • J.J. Spaun +10000
  • Harris English +10500
  • Nicolai Hojgaard +11000
  • Gary Woodland +11000
  • David Puig +11000
  • Michael Thorbjornsen +12000
  • Jacob Bridgeman +12000
  • Keegan Bradley +12500
  • Corey Conners +14000
  • Alex Fitzpatrick +15000
  • Sungjae Im +15500
  • Sahith Theegala +15500
  • Harry Hall +15500
  • Alex Noren +16000
  • Thomas Detry +16500
  • Marco Penge +16500
  • Kristoffer Reitan +17000
  • Alex Smalley +17000
  • Wyndham Clark +17500
  • Sam Stevens +17500
  • Keith Mitchell +17500
  • Daniel Berger +18500
  • Ryan Gerard +20000
  • Nick Taylor +20000
  • Rasmus Hojgaard +21000
  • Dustin Johnson +21000
  • Pierceson Coody +23000
  • Aaron Rai +24000
  • Jordan Smith +24000
  • Angel Ayora +24000
  • Bud Cauley +25000
  • Matt McCarty +26000
  • Jayden Schaper +26000
  • Brian Harman +27000
  • Taylor Pendrith +27000
  • Ryan Fox +27000
  • J.T. Poston +27000
  • Cameron Smith +29000
  • Ryo Hisatsune +29000
  • Michael Kim +29000
  • Max Homa +29000
  • Denny McCarthy +29000
  • Tom McKibbin +30000
  • Rico Hoey +32000
  • Matt Wallace +32500
  • Ricky Castillo +33000
  • Haotong Li +33000
  • Michael Brennan +34000
  • Max Greyserman +36000
  • Stephan Jaeger +37500
  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout +37500
  • Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +39000
  • Aldrich Potgieter +40000
  • Andrew Novak +42000
  • Patrick Rodgers +42500
  • Daniel Hillier +42500
  • Max McGreevy +46000
  • Billy Horschel +48000
  • Chris Kirk +48000
  • Ian Holt +49000
  • Casey Jarvis +49000
  • William Mouw +50000
  • Steven Fisk +50000
  • John Parry +50000
  • Nico Echavarria +52500
  • Garrick Higgo +52500
  • John Keefer+55000
  • Matthias Schmid +57500
  • Austin Smotherman +57500
  • Sami Valimaki +60000
  • Andrew Putnam +60000
  • Lucas Glover +62500
  • Daniel Brown +62500
  • Jhonattan Vegas +75000
  • Emiliano Grillo +80000
  • Mikael Lindberg +85000
  • Adrien Saddier +100000
  • Bernd Wiesberger +100000
  • Elvis Smylie +110000
  • Stewart Cink +130000
  • Kota Kaneko +130000
  • David Lipsky +150000
  • Chandler Blanchet +150000
  • Andy Sullivan +150000
  • Joe Highsmith +180000
  • Adam Schenk +200000
  • Travis Smyth +200000
  • Davis Riley +225000
  • Martin Kaymer +400000
  • Brian Campbell +400000
  • Padraig Harrington +450000
  • Kazuki Higa +450000
  • Jordan Gumberg +450000
  • Ryan Vermeer +500000
  • Austin Hurt +500000
  • Tyler Collet +500000
  • Timothy Wiseman +500000
  • Shaun Micheel +500000
  • Y.E. Yang +500000
  • Michael Block+500000
  • Mark Geddes+500000
  • Luke Donald+500000
  • Bryce Fisher+500000
  • Jimmy Walker +500000
  • Jason Dufner +500000
  • Jesse Droemer +500000
  • Jared Jones +500000
  • Garrett Sapp +500000
  • Francisco Bide +500000
  • Zach Haynes +500000
  • Paul McClure+500000
  • Derek Berg +500000
  • Chris Gabriele +500000
  • Braden Shattuck +500000
  • Ben Polland +500000
  • Ben Kern +50000

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Photos from the 2026 PGA Championship

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GolfWRX is on site for the second major of 2026: The PGA Championship from Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

The tournament’s location, just outside Philadelphia, and its status as a major championship mean GolfWRXers are in for a treat: WITBs from a strong field, custom gear celebrating the PGA Championship, and the rich culture of the City of Brotherly Love — we have noted a relative absence of cheesesteak-themed items thus far this week, but most of the rest of the usual suspects are well represented.

Check out links to all our photos below.

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How much each player won at the 2026 Truist Championship

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Kristoffer Reitan held his nerve at Quail Hollow on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour victory and the $3.6 million winner’s check that came with it. The Norwegian fended off a packed leaderboard on a dramatic final day, with Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard both taking home $1.76 million for their runner-up finishes.

With a total prize purse of $20 million up for grabs, here’s a look at how much each player won at the 2026 Truist Championship.

1: Kristoffer Reitan, $3,600,000

T2: Rickie Fowler, $1,760,000

T2: Nicolai Hojgaard, -$1,760,000

4: Alex Fitzpatrick, $960,000

T5: Tommy Fleetwood, $730,000

T5: Sungjae Im, $730,000

T5: J.J. Spaun, $730,000

T8: Ludvig Aberg, $600,000

T8: Harry Hall, $600,000

T10: Patrick Cantlay, $500,000

T10: Matt McCarty, $500,000

T10: Cameron Young, $500,000

13: Justin Thomas, $420,000

T14: Min Woo Lee, $360,000

T14: Chris Gotterup, $360,000

T14: Nick Taylor, $360,000

T17: Alex Smalley, $310,000

T17: Gary Woodland, $310,000

T19: Austin Smotherman, $242,100

T19: Rory McIlroy, $242,100

T19: Keegan Bradley, $242,100

T19: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, $242,100

T19: Kurt Kitayama, $242,100

T24: Patrick Rodgers, $156,643

T24: Pierceson Coody, $156,643

T24: Adam Scott, $156,643

T24: Andrew Novak, $156,643

T24: Harris English, $156,643

T24: J.T. Poston, $156,643

T24: David Lipsky, $156,643

T31: Brian Harman, $114,416.67

T31: Viktor Hovland, $114,416.67

T31: Alex Noren, $114,416.67

T31: Tony Finau, $114,416.67

T31: Nico Echavarria, $114,416.67

T31: Corey Conners, $114,416.67

T37: Sam Burns, $82,187.50

T37: Maverick McNealy, $82,187.50

T37: Akshay Bhatia, $82,187.50

T37: Taylor Pendrith, $82,187.50

T37: Matt Wallace, $82,187.50

T37: Andrew Putnam, $82,187.50

T37: Bud Cauley, $82,187.50

T37: Lucas Glover, $82,187.50

T45: Justin Rose, $60,000

T45: Daniel Berger, $60,000

T45: Ryo Hisatsune, $60,000

T48: Denny McCarthy, $50,000

T48: Aldrich Potgieter, $50,000

T48: Webb Simpson, $50,000

T48: Michael Kim, $50,000

T52: Mackenzie Hughes, $45,187.50

T52: Max Homa, $45,187.50

T52: Brian Campbell, $45,187.50

T52: Jhonattan Vegas, $45,187.50

T52: Matt Fitzpatrick, $45,187.50

T52: Chandler Blanchet, $45,187.50

T52: Jordan Spieth, $45,187.50

T52: Jacob Bridgeman, $45,187.50

T60: Xander Schauffele, $42,500

T60: Robert MacIntyre, $42,500

T60: Ricky Castillo, $42,500

T63: Ben Griffin, $41,250

T63: Sepp Straka, $41,250

T65: Ryan Gerard, $40,250

T65: Si Woo Kim, $40,250

67: Ryan Fox, $39,500

68: Jason Day, $39,000

69: Sahith Theegala, $38,000

70: Sam Stevens, $37,500

71: Hideki Matsuyama, $37,000

72: Tom Hoge, $36,000

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