Meet Barry and Tammy Gibson!
Founder of Over50Golf, a golf performance coaching team who specialize in helping the over-50-golfer to play the best golf of their lives.
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The TL;DR for Barry and Tammy Gibson of Over50Golf
Barry and Tammy are a husband and wife golf performance coaching team who specialize in helping the over-50-golfer to play the best golf of their lives while improving their health and mobility.
Barry is a PGA of Canada Golf Professional with over 40 years of experience as a coach and mentor. Helping others with their golf is his passion. He is Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Certified and Dr.Kwon Level 1 & 2 Certified Golf Biomechanics Instructor. He suffered from chronic back pain for over 20 years, as well as arthritis in his shoulders and tried many forms of treatment and fitness training, all good and he continued with many today. But nothing had any long lasting positive change until he found a unique self-care fascia decompression technique called Block Therapy that changed everything. There is a better way to play golf without swing limitations and chronic pain, and to live your best golf life possible!
Tammy has been a coach and competitive amateur golfer for over 35 years. She is a Certified Block Therapy Instructor, Fascia Alignment Coach, Yoga for Golfers Instructor and Certified Jack Canfield Success Principles Trainer. She is also a five-time provincial amateur golf champion and fourteen-time national championship participant, being coached by her husband, Barry. She discovered, both in golf and in life, that getting better isn’t just about improving technique and getting in more practice. Achieving better performance on the outside needs to come from the inside, both in body and mind.
Okay, let’s get to know Barry and Tammy!
Name
Barry and Tammy Gibson
Profession / Title
Golf Coaches (Instruction and Mobility)
Business Name
Over50Golf
Industry / Niche
Golf coaching, golf instruction
My Business Was Founded In
2018
Current Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3 words you would use to describe yourself…
Empowering.
Approachable.
Ageless.
Tell us more about your business
We are a husband and wife golf performance coaching team who specialize in helping the over-50-golfer to play the best golf of their lives. Rather than just technical know-how, our unique approach combines golf instruction, mobility training and the body-swing connection into one simple to use system that is targeted specifically for the over 50 golfer. We work with golfers locally, in-person and online, both group and one-on-one coaching. We have worked with hundreds of golfers to take strokes of their game and help improve their health and mobility. Golf without the struggle.
People can find us on our website, over50golf.com, and on social media - Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
In one or two sentences, what specific problem does your business solve for your clients?
Over50golf helps golfers over 50 improve their game with coaching tailored to their bodies, abilities, and goals. We help clients build confidence and enjoy golf as they age, without feeling pressured to swing like younger players. We keep things simple.
Recent milestone you've celebrated in your business
A recent milestone for Over50Golf was significant growth in our online coaching client base, helping more golfers over 50 improve their game through personalized instruction, wherever they play.
What is a recent investment you’ve made in your business
Dedicating much more time to learning YouTube and creating high-quality videos for golfers over 50. We were motivated by the opportunity to reach more golfers, grow our online coaching client base, and build an additional revenue stream through monetization.
What changed after that investment? Why do you see it as an investment, not an expense?
We began attracting more online coaching clients and connecting with more golfers over 50 through our videos. We see it as an investment because the skills we’re building and the content we create continue to work for our business, helping us earn trust, reach new clients, and create future revenue opportunities.
What would you tell a new entrepreneur who's considering investing in the same thing, but is hesitant?
Start small and give yourself time to learn. You don’t need expensive equipment or perfect videos to begin. Focus on creating useful content for the people you want to reach, stay consistent, and use what you learn to improve. Building trust and attracting clients takes time, but the skills and content you develop can keep benefiting your business long after that initial investment.
Now for some fun stuff!
Always…
Always Keep learning and listen to what your clients need. Stay consistent, even when progress feels slow. Make time for the life you’re building your business to enjoy.
Never…
Never Let perfection stop you from getting started. Confuse being busy with making progress. Sacrifice your health and happiness for growth.
Advice for other entrepreneurs, who are slightly less far along…
Start small, serve your clients well, and build on what works. You don’t have to do everything at once.
Invest in skills that keep working for you, like creating useful content and building relationships. Give those investments time to pay off.
Build a business that fits the life you want. Sustainable growth should leave room for your health, family, and a round of golf.
What is a tool, resource, podcast, book or person you’ve invested in that’s added value to your entrepreneurial journey
Jack Canfield Success Principles Book and training with him.
Coach Now online teaching app that allows us to do remote online coaching. Streamlines communication with clients and gives them their own coaching space.
Favourite way to wind down after a long workweek
What else…a round of golf! It’s a chance to switch off, get outside, and enjoy the game that inspired our business.
Before starting my workday, I make sure to…
Take a few minutes to get focused, set our priorities for the day and identify the one or two things that will make the biggest difference in our business that day.
Best part of my work is…
Building something meaningful together while helping golfers over 50 keep doing what they love.
Last vacation you took (and where did you go)
A golf vacation south to work on our games and connect with old friends.
