About the Team
Team Canada, which began its full year integrated men’s and women’s programs in 2003, is an integral part of Golf Canada’s strong commitment to the development of Canada’s best amateur golfers.
Athlete selection takes place in November of each year and is based on objective performance results which are reviewed by committee. Players are selected to two teams, the National Squad and the Junior Squad.
The intention of the program is to provide the best possible support and services to athletes and assist them in attaining their long and short term goals. Quite simply, our mission is to produce the best amateur golfers in the world.
Each player commits to the program through an athlete agreement which is designed to create formal guidelines as to the expected behavior for athletic excellence. Standards for participation, anti-doping, amateur status, behavior and discipline, anti-harassment, travel, equipment and team uniforms are all clearly set out in these guidelines.
The Team Canada program is year-round in scope and encompasses fitness, sports psychology, nutrition, technique, equipment and international competition. Leaders in the field of sport science have been a part of building the program and continue in the ongoing execution of the program from the perspective of mental performance coaching, strength and conditioning, equipment as well as planning and periodization. A full-time national coach and part-time assistant coach work with each team.
Each player receives a personalized program tailored towards his or her needs and in turn each team member is expected to be fully committed to the program with the goal of becoming one of the top ranked amateur golfers worldwide. Competition schedules are reviewed and approved by the national coaching staff and tournament exemptions are sourced. A battery of physical tests is done three times per year, improvement plans are implemented and physical data is tracked on-line in a database. Mental performance evaluations and overall performance analysis are regularly performed in person by the Team Canada mental performance coach and through an on-line log service which tracks trends and increases awareness of performance needs. In addition, team members obtain the latest testing results, feedback and recommendations regarding clubs and balls to suit their swing and launch characteristics.
Members of Team Canada have the ability to be nominated to Sport Canada to become a carded member of the Athlete Assistance program, an initiative of Sport Canada to assist amateur athletes in off-setting expenses to allow them to focus their time and energy on elite performance. Tuition credits are also sometimes available through the Athlete Assistance program.
The Young Pro program is an extension of the Golf Canada’s National High Performance program which incorporates advanced coaching, sport science expertise, training camps and financial support. The intent of the comprehensive Team Canada high performance program – which includes an Amateur Squad, Development Squad and the new Young Pro Squad – is to aid Canada’s top up-and-coming athletes in all areas of their development, helping Canada produce the best golfers in the world. The Young Pro program was developed in partnership with the PGA of Canada and is funded in large part by the Golf Canada Foundation with generous contributions from founding partners Canadian Pacific and RBC, as well as supporting partners Citi Canada, Bear Mountain Golf Club and the Golf Canada Foundation Women’s Fund.
Meet the Coaches
Derek Ingram
Men’s Head Coach
PGA of Canada Class “A” member
Coach of Developing Competitors (certified)
A two-time recipient of the PGA of Canada’s Teacher of the Year Award (2003 & 2007), Ingram spent two years as Women’s Head Coach for Team Canada.
Prior to being named Women’s Head Coach at the end of 2009, Ingram served five years as Men’s Assistant Coach for Team Canada.
A seven-time winner of the Manitoba PGA Teacher of the Year Award, Ingram has been involved with Golf Canada’s High Performance Program for over 10 years.Ingram has been selected as one of the top-10 coaches in Canada by the National Post, Golf Digest and Golf Magazine, and a Top-50 Teacher in North America by Golf Range Magazine.
He also competed on the Canadian Tour for two years and was twice named Manitoba PGA Player of the Year Award (2003 & 2008).
A recent inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame, Ingram has also co-authored two books on improving golf mental skills.
A devoted family man, Ingram is married with two young sons.
Tristan Mullally
Women’s Head Coach
PGA of Canada Class “A” member
Coach of Developing Competitors (certified)
A native of Ireland, Mullally joined Golf Canada as the Women’s Head Coach in 2011.
Tristan Mullally is a PGA of Canada and GB&I Professional who has worked with Tour professionals and amateurs all over the world.
A career spanning 18 years has seen him inspire and motivate players to reach their potential and work in some of the biggest arenas in golf. Tristan was Canada’s Head Coach at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the 2015 Pan American Games and to the silver medalists at the World Amateur Team Championships. Mullally has supported players to almost 40 professional victories worldwide, including major champions and No. 1 ranked amateurs.
In 2013, Mullally was the first golf professional in Canada to earn the Chartered Professional Coach (ChPC) designation with Coaches of Canada. In 2015 he was awarded the PGA of Canada Ben Kern Coach of the Year award to go along with receiving the Petro Canada Coaching Excellence award in 2014—a first for golf in the history of this awards program.
Prior to joining Golf Canada, Mullally had coached a number of successful PGA and LPGA professionals in addition to elite level amateurs, including 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell.
A student of the game and former competitor on the Irish and Swedish Professional Tours, he has served as a club professional at many world-class resorts including Royal Portrush Golf Club, The Champions Club at Moyvalley and Vassunda Golf Club Sweden.
Mullally is a Class “A” member of the PGA of Canada and an Advanced Member of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland.
Robert Ratcliffe
Junior Squad Lead Coach
PGA of Canada Class “A” member
Coach of Developing Competitors (certified)
Originally from South Africa, Robert Ratcliffe draws on a wealth of experience having played and coached golf all over the world. A Class ‘A’ member of the PGA of Canada and a Class ‘AA’ member of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, Robert is currently the Head Coach of the Men’s National Junior Team for Golf Canada, a role which has him working with Canada’s top junior golfers.
Ratcliffe has received several awards for his work over the years, including the 2009 PGA of BC Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017 PGA of B.C. Coach of the Year Award. In 2013 the PGA of Canada recognized Robert with the Ben Kern Coach of the Year honour.
Ratcliffe was the first golf professional in Canada to complete certification in the PGA of Canada’s NCCP CDC Coaching program, the first program worldwide recognizing the difference in training and competency between a golf instructor and a golf coach. This certification, along with prior experience, propelled him into the position of Olympic Coach for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China.
Based at the National Team Training Centre at the Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria BC, Ratcliffe is married with three children, one of whom plays collegiate golf in the NCAA.
Matt Wilson
Junior Squad Women’s Coach | Director of Next Generation Performance
PGA of Canada Class “A” member
Coach of Developing Competitors (certified)
A native of Newmarket, Ont., Wilson captained Team Canada at both the 2015 and 2016 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan and assisted Team Canada coaches at various training camps as well as the 2016 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship before joining the program in 2017.
He is the recipient of numerous teaching and coaching recognition awards, most recently being named by the PGA of Ontario as 2018 Golf Coach of the Year. Golf Digest named Wilson one of the Best Young Teachers in America and US Kids Golf honoured him as a Top-50 Kids Teacher (2014 & 2015; honorable mention in 2011 & 2012).
As an accomplished golf coach, Wilson has an established track record of successfully elevating the performance of developing competitors as well as facilitating personal-best performances at the Junior, NCAA, Amateur, and Professional levels.
He has most recently served as Director of Instruction at La Rinconada Country Club in Los Gatos, California (June 2014 to present) where he managed a junior golf development program that supports eight national, 14 regional level athletes and 30 club level athletes with holistic, year-round programming. He has also coached multiple athletes competing full-time on the LPGA and Symetra Tours, and has been a volunteer assistant coach with the Stanford University men’s golf team since January 2015.
Wilson earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from Long Island University in Brooklyn and was a NCAA athlete and captain on the men’s golf team. He is currently working towards a Graduate Certificate in High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership from the University of British Columbia.
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All Time Roster
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Team Canada Selection Criteria
For Team Canada (Men’s & Women’s National Squads and Boy’s and Girl’s Junior Squads), please review the selection criteria below:
- Team Canada Selection Criteria – Men’s National Squad
- Team Canada Selection Criteria – Women’s National Squad
- Team Canada Selection Criteria – National Junior Boys Squad
- Team Canada Selection Criteria – National Junior Girls Squad
Team Canada International Event Selections
For the team selection criteria to represent Canada at international competitions, please review the links below:
- International Team Selection Criteria – Men
- International Team Selection Criteria – Women
- International Team Selection Criteria – Junior Boys
- International Team Selection Criteria – Junior Girls
- 2019 Pan American Games – Team Canada Internal Nomination Procedure
- 2018 Youth Olympic Games – Canadian Youth Olympic Team Internal Nomination Procedure
- 2016 Olympic Games – Team Canada Internal Nomination Procedure
Team Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program
For information on Team Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program, please review the link below.
Partners
Golf Canada would like to thank our partners for their generous support, assistance and dedication to the Team Canada program.
For more information on becoming a partner of Team Canada, please contact Craig Sharp – Managing Director, Business Development & Partnerships at csharp@golfcanada.ca, 905-849-9700 x. 210
Proud Supporters
RBC proudly supports golf around the world through high profile relationships with the PGA TOUR and Golf Canada. RBC is the Official Banking and Financial Services partner of touring professionals Jason Day, Graham DeLaet, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Adam Hadwin, David Hearn, Brooke Henderson, Matt Kuchar, Graeme McDowell, Ryan Palmer, Morgan Pressel, Brandt Snedeker, Nick Taylor, and Mike Weir. As the title sponsor of both the RBC Heritage and the RBC Canadian Open, RBC also supports emerging Canadian golfers through Golf Canada’s grassroots developmental programming, their Canadian Amateur Golf Championships and high performance national team. RBC is one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies and among the largest banks in the world, as measured by market capitalization. For more information, visit rbcmakeyourmark.com and rbc.com/golf.
Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP)(NYSE:CP) is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to eight major ports, including Vancouver and Montreal, providing North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is a low-cost provider that is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit www.cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of Canadian Pacific.
From the game’s top Tour players to PGA and LPGA teaching and club professionals to accomplished amateurs everywhere, Titleist is committed to providing golfers worldwide with golf equipment of superior quality and performance. The industry leading Pro V1 and Pro V1x, NXT Tour, NXT Tour S, Velocity and DT SoLo golf balls provide real performance differences to meet the wide range of golfers’ needs. From tee-to-green, Titleist golf clubs are also performance driven. The 915 D2 and D3 drivers, 915 F and Fd fairway metals and 915 H1 and H2 hybrids along with the Vokey Design SM6 wedges and Scotty Cameron putters can be found at the top of the leaderboards and in the bags of serious golfers across the globe. In addition, the 716 AP1 and AP2 irons are the most technologically advanced irons ever produced by Titleist, and are complemented by the CB and MB Forged series. PGA of Canada Club Professionals devote their careers to helping you play better golf. And when it comes to choosing the highest performing equipment for their own games, more choose Titleist. It’s the brand they recommend and the brand they trust themselves.
FootJoy. It’s about comfort. It’s about performance. It’s about tradition. For nearly 150 years, FootJoy has been committed to creating superior golf footwear, gloves, apparel, socks and accessories that will enhance your on-course experience. Second to none, FootJoy is the choice of those who love the game, from young to old, from amateur to top professional. For more than 55 years, FootJoy has been the leading golf shoe on the PGA Tour. This proves, when given a choice, the best golfers in the world choose the best golf shoes in the world.
The adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, offering a broad portfolio of footwear, apparel and hardware for sport and lifestyle around the core brands adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade and Reebok-CCM Hockey. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the Group employs more than 55,000 people across the globe and generated sales of around € 17 billion in 2015.
Official Partner Club
ClubLink is engaged in golf club and resort operations under the trade-mark “ClubLink One Membership More Golf®”. ClubLink is Canada’s largest owner and operator of golf clubs with 54.5, 18-hole equivalent championship and eight nine-hole equivalent academy courses at 41 locations, in Ontario, Quebec and Florida. ClubLink is also engaged in rail, tourism and port operations based in Skagway, Alaska, which operates under the trade name “White Pass & Yukon Route.” The railway stretches approximately 177 kilometres (110 miles) from Skagway, Alaska, through British Columbia to Whitehorse, Yukon. In addition, ClubLink operates three docks primarily for cruise ships.
Official Training Centre
Located on southern Vancouver Island – a region known for its year round golf climate, stellar fishing opportunities and strong local food movement – Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa offers two outstanding courses that combined represent the only 36-hole Nicklaus Design golf experience in Canada. The Mountain Course, a Jack and Steve Nicklaus Co-Design, features impressive landscape and dramatic terrain that lead to breathtaking 180 degree views of nearby Victoria, the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. The Mountain Course is a par 71 playing at 6,925 yards, set atop a 1,100-foot mountain and has been assigned a slope rating of 142 from the back tees. The 18-hole, par 71 Nicklaus Design Valley Course, a spectacular golf setting that is nestled in a pristine natural 102 acres of mature forests, measures just under 7,000 yards. Surrounded by 3,000 acres of parks and hiking trails, Bear Mountain is one of the few golf courses in North America that offers an authentic natural setting so close to a capital city. More than a resort and an incredible residential community, the Ecoasis owned and operated Bear Mountain is home to Golf Canada’s National Development team, the high performance training centre of Canada’s National Mountain Bike team, and construction recently commenced on Canada’s largest indoor/outdoor clay court tennis facility supported by Tennis Canada and Tennis BC. The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa rounds out the amenities offering guests a luxurious getaway with outstanding fine dining options, the award-winning Sante Spa, and the Bear Mountain Golf Academy.
Sport Canada works to help Canadians participate and excel in sport. As part of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Sport Canada strengthens the unique contribution that sport makes to Canadian identity, culture and society. The Government of Canada is the single largest investor in Canada’s amateur sport system, providing funding through Sport Canada programs including the Hosting Program, the Sport Support Program (SSP) and the Athlete Assistance Program (AAP). Sport Canada works with many partners, including provincial and territorial governments, Multisport Service Organizations(MSOs), National Sport Organizations (NSOs), Canadian Sport Centres (CSCs) and other organizations.