Why Are We Here? Our Journey to Starting The Birds & The Tees

Have you wanted to start golfing but did not know where to start? At The Birds and the Tees, we want to create a space where you can come to love golf! Growing the game has been a goal of ours for a long time. 

Let us take you to the beginning of our golf journey. Since the age of five we have had a golf club in our hands. What started out as an activity to do together with our family has turned into a lifelong sport, lifestyle, and entertainment piece for our family. To this day, you will find us golfing together or with our parents and husbands. It is one of our favorite things to do together. When we started golfing, it was a very casual sport to do as a family. We took group beginner golf lessons at the age of five and learnt how to hold the club and the basics of the swing. As a five year old, the main goal was to make contact so the other pieces of it came together later on. 

Every summer we would go to these lessons until we were about thirteen years old. At this point, we transitioned into private lessons. Our golf coach has been with us for over ten years and is one of the influential people that led us to where we are at now. She brings so much motivation and positivity to both of us.

When we turned fourteen we started competing in golf tournaments. We joined a couple different junior tours in the area and competed in those for the next four years, until we were eighteen. We also competed together on our high school golf team. Once we graduated high school we went onto post secondary studies. We competed on golf teams at each of our schools and competed at the national stage against each other. Shaye even won nationals with our golf team the last year of school, a highlight she will never forget.

Just some of the amazing views at the golf course

For over the past five years we have both attained our professional status. We still compete to this day together and against each other. We both have worked for a few years in golf shops and teaching lessons. We have used everything we have learned growing up, at school and through our education to bring you tips and tricks to help with your golf game or get you swinging the club! Our goal is to increase the membership in golf and also promote for more people to start golfing. It has brought us to so many amazing places, and we know that if you start, it will do the same for you!

Our goal is to help you along your journey. We want to teach you more about the game of golf, what certain terms mean, and the etiquette behind the game. We want to help you become the best version of the golfer you envision yourself being. We will provide warm ups, cool downs and exercises to help you improve your flexibility, distance and accuracy throughout your game. We cannot wait for you to join us with all these exciting topics!