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Originally Posted by 14and18
There has been lots of good advice above, but I can add two more thoughts...
1. Play in as many competitive tournaments as you can (high school team, local junior tour, local amateur events, etc). Its important to get used to playing under pressure.
2. A kid that I coached in ice hockey just graduated high school, is a scratch golfer, and his dream is to become a tour pro or a club pro. He went to school in North Carolina at Methodist College. They have a major there called Professional Golf Management (PGM). He has already told me how many great courses he has gotten to play, that he has an internship at a golf course lined up, and he is attending the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando this month, as part of his course work.
Best of luck to you!
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Indeed, there are some perks to being a PGA Club Professional. Like free admission to every PGA event each season, not to mention the exclusive benefit of being able to get comp'd golf at just about any non-resort course in America. And should one find himself in the right circumstances, there's several professional tournaments each season geared primarily for club professionals within his respective PGA section.
It is a labor of love, especially with all of the hard work and hours early on. But if you can gut it out, you can work your way into a nice position later on within the industry as a good club professional, with lots of connections and perks to take advantage of.
January 24th, 2007, 03:33 PM
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