Author Archives: Steven Coulthard

One of the easiest ways to score better on the course is to start using a consistent warm-up and swing routine before every round and practice session. Everyone’s routine may vary, but it is key is to prevent injury, prepare your body for the physical demands of golf, and establish a consistent and repeatable swing.Continue reading “Warm up before your round if you want to play your best!”

Golf is a challenging sport requiring precision, skill, and mental capacity.  Many golfers don’t realize that there is only a matter of degrees between a good shot and a disastrous one.  This is why it is so important to be properly fit for your set of clubs.  Golf is challenging enough without our gear makingContinue reading “My New Clubs Have arrived!”

Golf is a game that requires both physical and mental capacity. It is a sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, but as we get older, our bodies change, which can affect how well we play the sport and our enjoyment of the game. The loss of muscle mass and mobility isContinue reading “Strength and Balance”

I’ve spent countless hours on the golf course as a CPGA professional, both as a player and an instructor. The golfing season is short in the north, however, you are not required to stop playing golf just because it gets cold. During the off-season, there are many ways to stay active and improve your game.Continue reading “Its Cold Outside”

Well it looks like winter isn’t ready to give up quite yet. February 20th and its still snowing, but that’s ok. Now is the perfect time to start getting ready for the new season. We have a Simulator that is open to the public at the Smithers Golf and Country Club so there is noContinue reading “Winter Swing Work”

What an amazing and whirlwind this past 5 years has been. Career wise I have discovered a love for teaching golf. There is no better feeling than when you help a new golfer discover their swing. They have that aha moment and their face just lights right up. Every golfer has the ability to improveContinue reading “5 Years”

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, I have started working back at my Summer position at the Okanagan Golf Club. It’s still a couple of weeks until the course opens but there is plenty to do in the pro shop. I’m super stoked with my last TrackMan combine score (84.8), it is validating theContinue reading “New Clubs, New Season, New best Trackman Combine score”

My winter employment at Simplex Sportszone has allowed me to use a TrackMan throughout the winter for giving lessons as well as working on my own swing. Although I have been playing at a low single digit handicap, and have been for a fair while, I still had the problem with a big miss causingContinue reading “Winter swing work”

You know you are old when you have stories about when you were young and you could do all sorts of amazing feats, or how much different things were “back in the day“. I remember a day when I would go out for a 90km bike ride, then a 10km run and still have enoughContinue reading “Fitness after 40 Is hard”

The Plan To Play in a Senior Tour Event My Background Raised in Norman Wells NWT Canada until I was 5 years old where it is very cold and there are no golf courses, my parents thankfully moved us south. I then spent the rest of my youth growing up on the west side ofContinue reading “My First Blog Post”