ALSO: YouTube\u2019s $1 million Invitational was going so well \u2013 but then came the cheating accusations<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cA 3-handicap in the UK is a scratch in the US, and it\u2019s always been a thing. But man, don\u2019t play against the UK,\u201d he said on his Dan on Golf show. \u201cIf you\u2019re an American with a handicap, don\u2019t play against a Brit with a handicap, or an Irishman with a handicap, just don\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I realised is there\u2019s two reasons why the handicaps are so different. The first one is, at these clubs, they play medal competitions all the time. These gimmes just aren\u2019t a thing \u2013 You have seven feet for bogey, you\u2019re putting it \u2013 we played ball in hole the whole trip. <\/p>\n \u201cThey don\u2019t do this gimme stuff. They lose a ball, they go back and hit another one \u2013 The courses are just not rated hard enough, or they\u2019re rated too hard in the US. We played one off the back every time, around 6,700\/6,800 yards, and they were all rated like 72, 125. <\/p>\n \u201cThese courses where I\u2019m getting my teeth kicked in are rated a shot and a half easier than my home course. I see it with my eyes, this is 20 times harder.<\/p>\n \u201cYou will realise that those three-and-a-half footers that no one putts in the US, you\u2019re going to miss a lot of those. The differences in handicap I found to be totally insane.\u201d<\/p>\n Also on the show, Rapaport asked his co-host to tell him the last time he played a stroke play competition, and he couldn\u2019t say. I love the honesty, and it is absolutely intriguing. <\/p>\n Maybe none of this matters, and it is harmless, but what we are essentially being told is that many US golfers don\u2019t play by the rules of golf, and as a result, it skews their handicaps. If I picked up every three-footer, my handicap would be two or three shots lower, undoubtedly. <\/p>\n ALSO: Who is Paige Spiranac?<\/a><\/p>\n This is where I reach the Internet Invitational, the $1 million YouTube golf event for the most popular vloggers in the sport, which has taken said internet by storm, primarily because of alleged rules infringements.<\/p>\n Social media star Paige Spiranac, a former college player and pro, was accused of improving her teammate\u2019s lie in long rough, and when the accusation was put to her, she incredibly said she thought that was allowed. And guess who spotted her and reported her for improving the lie: Peter Finch, of the UK. <\/p>\n At the same event, Spiranac was somewhat taken aback when, under match play conditions, her team was made to finish a short putt. \u201cThat just shows you\u2019ve never played competitive golf\u201d, she snapped.<\/p>\n Also, at one stage during the marathon event that started with 48 golfers, Paige went around a group of the competitors, all American, and asked what their handicaps were. These were the responses:<\/p>\n \u201cThree\u201d (while shaking his hand like a scale)<\/p>\n \u201cFour, four-and-a-half\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSix, five, seven\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cZero, one\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFive\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll say like seven\u201d<\/p>\n Need I say more? It is all representative of this lax attitude. And before you say that it\u2019s YouTube golf and it doesn\u2019t matter, you might be right, but all of these things mirror the divide between US and UK golf culture. They are distinctly different approaches to the game and, in a short space of time, we have seen prime examples of it.<\/p>\n NOW READ: Is YouTube golf more powerful than we think?<\/a><\/p>\n NOW READ: Rick Shiels: People press the YouTube button on their television now \u2013 It has taken over<\/a><\/p>\n What did you make of the Internet Invitational cheating row? Did you watch the Internet Invitational cheating clips? Tell us what you thought on X<\/a>!<\/p>\n![\"internet](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2169138458-1024x682.jpg\")
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