British YouTube sensation Rick Shiels this week revealed how Brooks Koepka had him removed from the VIP section of a Scottish nightclub during the running of the 150th Open Championship.

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The popular ex-professional has been a worldwide hit on social media, with many fans pointing to the manner of his presentation and demeanor.

A typical example of a recent comment reads, “in some way your videos have rekindled my desire to get back out and play again,” so it’s hard not to feel some sort of sympathy when hearing his latest podcast, despite the humor behind it all.

He starts the tale of last Saturday night, a day after the four-time major winner had missed the cut at St. Andrews:

“So it’s Saturday night, I’m out and having a nice time, just as I was Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night… St Andrews is a good place for this, lots of good places… shout out to Dunvegan who very much looked after me with a VIP pass, a shout out to Sounder Bar, which also looked after me, and also to an establishment called ‘The Vic’,” said the man who tried to break 75 on The Old Course just days before the big event.

“Now ‘The Vic’ is the place where you end up at the end of the night. I didn’t realise St Andrews had this establishment, which I absolutely fell in love with, okay?”

“So luckily enough I got quite friendly with the manager after spending just about every single day in there, I spent a lot of money in there… I’ve not checked my bank account yet… so I walk in, through I go and they tell me they’ve got Brooks Koepka upstairs in VIP… I think ‘sweet’.”

“So we go upstairs… it’s VIP, but it’s not VIP. It’s just a bit of a roped off area. Just IPs. So we get to the rope, there’s a security guard there, and it’s busy, quite popping. Then a guy in VIP, who I didn’t know, puts his hand up and says ‘these two can come in’. So I’m looking around thinking whatever, walking in, this is alright isn’t it, champagne everywhere, I’m having a good time. I’m thinking this is where I could turn into Shielsy in a minute!

“So I’m in there. I lasted, guy… a grand total of 90 seconds. I come in, it’s like a U-shape VIP bar. I go round the corner and end up talking to Sam Westwood, Lee Westwood’s son, who reckons he can beat me. I’m like okay, whatever, no problem. That conversation was short and very brief, and then I turned to my left and I see Brooks.”

“So I see Brooksy, here’s there, I’m thinking this is cool. I might introduce myself. Dream scenario… he will come up to me and give me a big hug and say,”Rick, love your videos pal, that was the dream, let’s have some champagne, let’s have some Sambuca.”

“He missed the cut. This was Saturday. I’m like, here we go, Brooksy. So I turn to him and he looks at me right in the eye and he taps the security guard next to him, the bouncer, turns back to me, points at me, points at my mate Neil, and then indicates to the bouncer to remove us from the VIP section.”

“I’m like, what have I done to offend Brooks Koepka?! So I’m like this is really embarrassing now… 90 seconds ago I walked in here like cock of the land and now I’m walking out with a tail between my legs.”

“This is now a feud… Brooks Koepka, why did you kick me out of VIP? What happened?!”

What a week ? @TheOpen pic.twitter.com/k7S2F5vOBM

— Rick Shiels PGA (@RickShielsPGA) July 18, 2022

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