Jeff Chambers was coaching in the Western Canada Summer Games, but he was not coaching the province he calls home. 

Chambers was the coach for the Yukon golf team and explained that he was named the coach for Team Yukon after it was found out that he would not be coaching Team Saskatchewan. 

"I just thought no problem. I'll be here to support because I have three of my own players who I coach on Team Saskatchewan," he said. "When the main Chef de Mission for the games themselves heard that I wasn't coaching, he had remembered me from the past and knew it was my home town. They knew Yukon wasn't able to send down anybody, so they put a request out.

"I thought it was a great opportunity to get to meet some kids who don't get regular access to regular coaching. I know I could show them the best times ever, so I decided to take it on." 

Chambers said that for him teaching the kids was a rewarding experience. 

"I've had a very rewarding career in golf with coaching and every year I think it's as good as it can get and then the next year seems to get better. This is just one of those opportunities that came," he said. "To have an opportunity to help out some kids that don't necessarily have that opportunity, how could I ever say no." 

He said that teaching Aimery Barrault, Ethan Candow, and Taylor Shorty was easy, as they were willing to learn. 

"There's so much to do, but you have to pick your battles and see what is most important," Chambers said. "With one of the boy's, it's been working on their driving and understanding how to impact the ball in a certain way. It's helped him considerably. To see him drive the ball compared to him hitting zero fairways the first day was remarkable. One day the big question they had was how do we hit out of a bunker. They don't have any bunkers where they are from, at least not with sand in them. We had to learn that for the first time, and I saw an up and down. Ethan had a tough little sand shot, and he got up and down and just to see the look on his face was priceless." 

"There has been so much, but I just try and do-little bits with them just to keep them going, so there are loving it, they're learning," Chambers continued. "The one dad that was there said his son learned more in an hour than his whole lifetime, so to hear things like that and just seeing the kids expressions, they are just loving it up, so I do what I can, and it's been really good though." 

Comparing the three golfers first rounds to their third and final rounds, each of them saw improvements. 

Aimery Barrault improved by one shot to finish seventh overall in the Games. Ethan Candow improved his score by eight strokes, and Taylor Shorty improved by four strokes. Chambers said that just reaffirms the growth he saw from them. 

"Skill level wise, I definitely see the difference in all of them which is really hard to put in a competition, but they're still nervous," he said. "They got off to some rough starts because they are nervous out there. The one boy it's his first major competition ever, to get here and to get in the games and putting team colours on and getting your name announced and playing against great players it's a little overwhelming. They came with wanting to have a good time, and that's what our goal was to enjoy and just get better, and I'm pretty sure we are going to see a few shots taken off the board. They are going to walk away with the experience of a lifetime, which is always number one to me." 

Chambers said as much as he was cheering for Team Yukon, he was still cheering on Team Saskatchewan especially his three students Alexander Swinnerton, Ella Kozak, and Autumn Neiszner. 

"I had three of my students out of the five qualify for the national junior, which took place last week. They worked so hard to get to this point, and it's good to see them out there," he said. "Everybody knows me in Swift Current, so they see me walking around without the green and the other coaches that I've made relationships with over the years they said it looks different. They just think it's fantastic, that I am able to to do that with the Yukon and, it's just a cool feeling." 

Chambers said that though he taught these kids for less than a week, he was able to form a bond he hopes he can continue. 

"it's really special. We've formed an unbelievable bond so quickly. It is a really cool feeling to see our relationship build so fast, it happened quick, and already I'd do anything for these kids." 

Chambers added that the three kids are invited back to Swift Current anytime for lessons, hope he can help teach them one day in the future.