Steve Tees Off Podcast

Taylor Kim has lived almost every side of competitive golf — junior golf, Team Canada, NCAA competition, professional events, coaching, and now another championship win.In this episode of Steve Tees Off, Taylor joins Steve after capturing her second PGA of BC Women’s Championship and talks about what it took to come from behind, stay patient, and win without feeling like she had her best game.That lesson is especially meaningful because it’s the same one she gives her own students: you don’t need your A-game to compete.Taylor takes us back to the beginning — learning the game from her father, travelling for tournaments as a teenager, dealing with the pressure and anxiety that can come with elite junior golf, and eventually representing Team Canada before earning a Division I scholarship at Kent State University.We also talk about her transition from player to coach, her work at Beach Grove Golf Club, coaching with the UBC women’s golf program, and why she believes women’s golf in British Columbia is in such a strong place right now.This is a conversation about more than being a player — it’s about the journey, the lessons, and helping build the next generation.Follow Steve Tees Off on Spotify for more golf stories, tips and conversations with the people shaping the game.Brought to you by: RiversideGolf.ca and Kings Links by the Sea

Why does Vancouver keep producing PGA Tour players?Returning guest Fraser Mulholland, President and Commissioner of the Vancouver Golf Tour, joins Steve Tees Off to talk about the competitive golf pipeline in BC and what it takes to move from local tournament golf to the professional game.Fraser shares what he’s seeing across the 2026 VGT season, which players are standing out, how the depth of talent is changing, and why competing under real pressure teaches golfers things practice simply can’t.We also get into the VGT’s long history of helping prepare players who went on to bigger stages, including Nick Taylor, Adam Hadwin, Adam Svensson and A.J. Ewart, and Fraser explains what he looks for when a young player starts to show that next-level potential.Plus:The state of the 2026 Vancouver Golf Tour seasonWho’s playing the best golf right nowThe next generation of BC golf talentWhy seasoned professionals still return to VGT eventsHow amateurs and juniors can get involvedWhat first-time players should expectThe Race to WaileaThe Vancouver Open and the biggest events on the scheduleWhy competitive golf in the Lower Mainland continues to growFraser also talks about what makes links golf different, how local sponsors help strengthen competitive golf, and why giving players meaningful opportunities to compete matters so much for the future of the game.If you follow Canadian golf, junior golf, amateur golf, the PGA Tour or the next wave of BC talent, this is an episode worth hearing.Follow Steve Tees Off on Spotify for more golf stories, tips and conversations with the people shaping the game.Brought to you by: RiversideGolf.ca and Kings Links by the Sea

Scottie Scheffler closed out the Tour Championship with another dominant performance — but the bigger story may be what the PGA Tour is changing next.Returning guest Tim Wilson joins Steve Tees Off to break down the Tour Championship at East Lake, Scheffler’s win, Viktor Hovland’s Sunday fade, Rory McIlroy’s charge, Ryan Gerard’s impressive debut, and the staggering amount of money now attached to professional golf.We also dig into the $33 million Scheffler earned across the FedExCup bonus and Tour Championship, and ask whether the current postseason format delivered enough drama.Then we look ahead to the PGA Tour’s major changes coming in 2028, including:A new Championship Series and Challenger SeriesPromotion and relegationA reworked postseasonMatch play over multiple weeksA 32-player pool stageA 16-player knockout bracketFewer exemptions and more emphasis on meritA format designed to create more unpredictability and better televisionTim and Steve also debate whether match play will actually improve golf viewership, whether fans will understand multiple end-of-season trophies, and whether a dominant player should be able to lose everything in a head-to-head format.Plus, we get into the coaching side of the game: what happens under Sunday pressure, why putting can disappear at the worst possible time, and what club golfers can learn from match play.If you follow the PGA Tour, Scottie Scheffler, FedExCup, golf coaching or the future of professional golf, this episode is for you.Follow Steve Tees Off on Spotify for more golf stories, tips and conversations with the people shaping the game.Brought to you by: RiversideGolf.ca and Kings Links by the Sea

Rob Houlding has spent more than four decades developing golfers from the junior ranks through national competition, Team Canada and the PGA Tour.In this episode of Steve Tees Off, Rob talks about how he found the game, why he moved from playing into coaching, and what decades of player development have taught him about what golfers actually need from a coach.We also get into the future of golf instruction — including technology, data, AI and the launch of GolfCoachOS, the platform Rob has been building for coaches, academies, players and families.Rob shares his perspective on why great coaching has to go beyond fixing a golf swing, why long-term development matters, and what he believes needs to change as the next generation of Canadian golfers comes through the system.Rob is a PGA of Canada National Teacher of the Year and Golf Digest World Top 75 International Teacher with decades of experience developing competitive golfers.A wide-ranging conversation about golf coaching, junior development, Canadian golf and where the profession is heading next.Follow Steve Tees Off on Spotify for more golf stories, tips and conversations with the people shaping the game.Brought to you by Riversidegolf.ca

Matt Daniel is back on Steve Tees Off — but this time, he’s got one hell of a story to tell.Just weeks after turning 50, Matt battled through qualifying and earned his way into the 2026 U.S. Senior Open at Scioto Country Club. Now he takes Steve inside the entire experience: arriving in Ohio, practice rounds, tournament pressure, the course setup, his pairings, and what it feels like to suddenly find yourself competing alongside some of the biggest names in golf.Matt also talks about what he noticed watching players like Padraig Harrington, Ernie Els, Steve Stricker and Stewart Cink up close — and whether the very best players really do have something the rest of us don't.Plus, the lessons he brought home from Scioto, some of the funniest and most surreal moments of the week, his recent Cultus Open victory, and the big question:After making it to a U.S. Senior Open, where does Matt Daniel go from here?A great conversation about competitive golf, confidence, longevity — and finding out exactly where your game stacks up when you finally get inside the ropes.Presented with support from RiversideGolf.ca.Follow Steve Tees Off on Spotify so you don't miss the next conversation.