Dan Schmidt
Founder | Lead Analyst | Former Aspiring Pro
Dan’s golfing “career” began with promise, peaked with confidence, and concluded with a long stretch of reflection. Once a regular presence on the competitive circuit’s more boutique leaderboards, he developed a reputation for aggressive play, creative interpretation of course management, and an unwavering belief that the next round would be the one that turned everything around.
While formal results never fully captured his potential (or his explanations for them), Dan’s time in the game has given him a deeply held understanding of golf’s many variables, particularly the ones that can’t be measured, explained, or repeated.
At The Tee Times, Dan oversees all technical analysis, offering expert breakdowns of professional tournaments, player performance, and equipment trends. His reviews are informed by years of firsthand inexperience, a sharp eye for detail, and a willingness to draw conclusions others might hesitate to publish.
He remains an active golfer, ongoing competitor, and enthusiastic provider of unsolicited advice and autographs.
Trent Bartlett
Co-Founder | Editor-at-Large | Previously Ubiquitous
Trent spent many years at the centre of Australian sports journalism, building a career on access, authority, and a remarkable ability to meet deadlines under varying levels of external pressure and ethics. Known for his confident reporting style and instinct for a headline, he became a familiar voice across multiple platforms before stepping back to reassess the pace, and visibility, of modern media life.
His experience spans newsroom leadership, long-form commentary, and the careful navigation of stories that required both nuance and a working understanding of legal boundaries. He brings to The Tee Times an editorial perspective shaped by years of decision-making, where timing was critical and phrasing occasionally even more so.
As Editor-at-Large, Trent is responsible for tone, direction, and what he describes as “narrative integrity,” a concept he applies with flexibility. He has a particular interest in shaping stories that linger slightly longer than they should, asking questions that are adjacent to the obvious, and ensuring that every piece reads as though it knows exactly what it’s doing.
These days, Trent prefers a lower profile, a shorter commute, and the relative calm of golf journalism — where the stakes are manageable, the consequences are limited, and the current articles can appear higher in search engine results than those of his previous conduct.