What is GTS?

Golf Tier System

The Golf Tier System helps golfers of all ages and skill level increase their enjoyment of the game, by measurably improving their skills, whether aspiring to reach competitive levels, or simply enjoying recreational golf.

While the World Handicap System (WHS) ranks golf players and addresses inequities between scores so that golfers with different levels of proficiency can compete fairly, it does not include the process to methodically measure or improve core golf skills. GTS fills this need with a uniquely adaptable, systemized approach for learning golf and measurable benchmarks of mastery.


Our comprehensive curriculum includes skills, drills, and quantitative practice sessions that polish our golfers’ game and improve their strategic thinking, by providing a quantitative blueprint backed by 40 years of research.

GTS is the systematic, holistic approach utilized at our world-class Golf Academies in Vancouver, B.C. and Henderson, Nevada, that that prepares our students with the solid foundation necessary to enjoy and excel in the game of golf.

And now you can have access to the same online version of our proven method to improve your golf skills, just as our Academy students do, no matter where you are.

  • Systematic Method

    Structured lesson that build on each other for continuous improvement.

  • Skills & Drills

    Practical exercises designed to refine your technique and enhance performance.

  • Quantitative Practice

    Tools to measure progress and improve strategic thinking.

  • Holistic Approach

    Understanding golf through math principles, strategic play, and detailed shot techniques.

Coach TJ

Founder & CEO

A Legacy of Excellence


Coach TJ is passionate about developing players for lifelong enjoyment of golf, from novice to elite level.   

She grew up in Vancouver, BC, Canada as multi-sport athlete, where her primary sports were golf, hockey and swimming.  Her passion for golf took her on a full-ride scholarship to the University of Washington, where she captained the team for 3 years, with 4 wins and 4 runners-up.

As an amateur golfer, TJ played on 5 BC Teams (placing in the top 4), placed 3rd (Bronze medal) in the Inaugural Americas Cup in 1978, and was top 2 member of Team Canada in 1983.  TJ was ranked 7th as a Junior and 4th as an Amateur in Canada, prior to turning Pro.  

During her Competing Pro career, TJ played in 4 Majors, including the 1986 U.S. Open.

Coach TJ began her Teaching Pro career at the Morris Country Club in Morris, Illinois, U.S.A., before returning to Canada to open the first Indoor Studio in Canada in 1990, in Richmond, British Columbia.  As an LPGA Life Member and a Certified Coach with over 44 years of teaching and coaching experience, her unique approach has helped over 10,000 students achieve their golfing goals.

Coach TJ has done it all, from training new to play juniors from the age of 3, to working with senior golfers playing at the National level, to traveling with her Academy students worldwide for competitions and ID Camps.  Coach TJ holds 17 Copyrights and 5 Trademarks, and is the recipient of the LPGA  Western Section Junior Golf Leadership Award for 2021, 2022, and 2024. 

She currently oversees the operations of her two highly rated Golf Academies, in B.C. Canada and Nevada U.S.A., where Golf Tier System is the foundation for assessing and developing golfers of all ages and skill levels.   

Master Shishir

Body, Mind, Spirit Coach

Master Shishir is a pioneer and mentor of holistic training and healthy lifestyle. He developed his internal strength and self-realization thru self-discipline and by over-coming personal, professional, family, financial and political crisis. He started Arnis martial arts training at age 8.

Since 2003, Shishir has been training amateur and professional golfers as a “Body, Mind, Spirit Coach”. Shishir has worked at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy and Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Master Shishir created “Quiet mind, Smiling Heart Meditation”, “Chi Golf”, “Sinawali Kickbox”, “Tai Chi Kung”. He has produced several DVD’s and books. He is a father of 4 children and was inducted in the Martial Arts all of Fame and was named International Grandmaster of the year in 2005. Master Shishir is also a certified Natural Healer and massage Therapist.

Master Oneal Mendosa

Fitness & Sports Performance Coach

Coach Oneal Mendosa and his “Mendosa Boxing & Training Academy” offers a unique, holistic approach to fitness and sports performance. Coach Oneal implements the importance of a strong mind together with a strong body. Over the past 15 years as a trainer, he has had a revolutionary fitness journey, in which he uses several mediums to create and perfect his style.