Golf has been a thread running through my life - sometimes as a passion, sometimes as a profession and often as a teacher.
My Journey
I have been on a conscious self-development journey for the last 10 years. The growth I have experienced and the tools I have acquired have become especially valuable over the last couple of years as I’ve navigated challenges both personally and professionally. I’m grateful to have built a foundation strong enough to meet those moments with awareness and resilience.
My path to this work hasn’t been a straight line. I studied Turfgrass Management at the University of Guelph and began my career working on golf courses. Entrepreneurship eventually pulled me in another direction and led me to start Ike’s Turf in 2012, followed by opening The Golf Club with my wife Terri in 2020.
Building businesses, raising a family, and navigating the challenges that come with both forced me to look more deeply at how I was living my life. For a long time I operated with the “rise and grind” mentality — always pushing, always working, always trying to be better. The pressure of trying to be the perfect husband, the perfect father, and a successful business owner eventually became too much.
In the summer of 2015 I found myself kneeling on a driveway, screaming and crying, “I can’t do this anymore.” It was in that moment I realized I couldn’t do this on my own, and one of the bravest things I’ve done in my life was ask for help.
What I’ve Learned
Throughout that journey I’ve come to believe that the growth we’re looking for in life doesn’t come from grinding or pushing harder. More often, it comes from slowing down and becoming more aware.
Aware of our story.
Aware of our patterns.
Aware of what is shaping how we operate in the world.
Over the years I’ve worked hard to dismantle some of the identities I carried - being a workaholic and a perfectionist and replace them with something healthier and more grounded.
Along the way I’ve developed a deep appreciation for life, strengthened my intuition, established healthier boundaries, and cultivated a quiet confidence that comes from trusting yourself.
My goal isn’t to give people answers. It’s helping people become their own expert.
When we learn to observe our lives honestly - to become a witness to our thoughts, patterns, and reactions, we begin to gather the data we need to grow. Through experimentation we gain experience and with experience we develop wisdom.
Why Golf & Growth
Golf has played a unique role in that journey.
Over time the golf course became less about chasing the lowest score and more of a classroom. A place where I could observe my reactions, build self-trust, and learn to respond with more maturity and compassion.
Handling the pressure of a difficult tee shot isn’t so different from having a conversation you know you need to have but would rather avoid.
Trying to control outcomes and expectations on the course mirrors the same tendency we have in life - wanting certainty in situations where the best we can do is show up and try our best.
Golf has an incredible way of revealing where we are not free in our lives.
Golf & Growth is a framework that uses the game as a mirror to help us see those patterns more clearly.
When we can see our patterns, we have a chance to understand them.
And when we understand them, we gain the power to change them.
Both on and off the course.
How I Work
My role isn’t to give you answers.
It’s to create a space where you can begin to see yourself more clearly.
Through honest conversation, reflection, and the experiences the golf course naturally provides, we start to notice the patterns shaping how you respond to pressure, expectation, and uncertainty.
From there the work becomes simple - not easy, but simple.
Experiment.
Observe.
Learn.
Over time you begin to trust your own intuition and develop the confidence that comes from becoming your own expert.