Ep 177: Rick Shiels and Ru MacDonald from the European Tour talk golf in the UK during the Coronavirus pandemic

The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

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🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this 2 part podcast, Erik talks to YouTube golf sensation Rick Shiels and European Tour Content Manager, Ru MacDonald about golf in the UK during the time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Rick and Ru share their perspectives on how it has impacted their work and the golf community overall. Rick tells us what it is like having to navigate creating content from the comfort of his home during lockdown and Ru gives us an insight into how the Home of Golf, his native Scotland, is impacted by the nationwide shutdown and what it means for courses, and the sport as a whole, as we learn to adapt to this new normal. RICK SHIELS/// Instagram: @rickshielspga Twitter: @rickshielspga Facebook: www.facebook.com/RickShielsPGA/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/RickShielsPGAGolf RU MACDONALD/// Instagram: @rumacdona1d / @scottishgolfpodcast Twitter: @RuMacdonald / @ScotGolfPodcast Craving more golf content? Be sure to follow Erik on social media, and subscribe to his YouTube channel! ERIK ANDERS LANG/// Web: www.erikanderslang.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/erikanderslang Twitter: www.twitter.com/erikanderslang Facebook: www.facebook.com/erikanderslang YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/eriklang12 ADIDAS/// Web: www.adidas.com Social: @adidasgolf GARRETT LEIGHT/// Web: www.garrettleight.com Social: @garrettleight JONES SPORTS CO/// Web: www.jonessportsco.com Social: @jones_sports_co PRECISION PRO GOLF/// Web: www.precisionprogolf.com Instagram: @precisionprogolf Twitter: @preprogolf TAYLORMADE GOLF/// Web: www.taylormadegolf.com Social: @taylormadegolf VICE GOLF/// Web: www.vicegolf.com Instagram: @vicegolf Twitter: @vice_golf WHOOP/// Web: www.whoop.com Social: @whoop STUART KERR /// PRODUCER Social; @stuartlkerr

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0:00.0	All right whoop folks whoop w hohop I think you know what I'm talking about you've seen
0:06.0	Rory wearing it you may have seen me wearing it and I'm pretty much into this
0:09.9	wearable device wearable technology technology, wearable.
0:13.6	I like it.
0:14.6	At first I was like not sure if I was going to like having this thing on my wrist, but
0:18.1	I'm into it, mostly because of the incredible amount of information that it gives me about me and my life and how to
0:24.5	perform better. Like I'm not gonna ever be some amazing athlete but I do like
0:30.6	getting these feedback from my body. So basically it has inside of it this crazy
0:37.0	light that reads not only your heart rate but all sorts of other things about your body mostly the time in between
0:46.5	heart beats the heart rate variability that's key anyway provides personalized
0:50.9	insights on the performance of your sleep
0:52.8	and how recovered your body is and how much stress you put on your body
0:55.9	throughout the day from your workouts and the normal stressors of life.
0:59.0	Big key takeaway, walking 18 holes.
1:01.3	That's a workout folks.
1:02.8	No joke.
1:04.6	So anyway, when I get up, I look at my whoop score.
1:07.0	I try to see how I slept last night.
1:09.6	And I've tried to incorporate takeaways
1:11.3	to get better sleep sleep and especially when traveling
1:14.4	and stuff like that because rest is really important and the quality of sleep is really
1:18.9	key so you know it has all these you know suggestions for getting better sleep the biggest takeaway is
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