How to Become a Golf Instructor 1-2-3
If you enjoy playing golf, why not take your hobby and turn it into a profitable business? You can become
a golf instructor and teach golf on a full-time or part-time basis without the high overhead of other
traditional businesses.
Run your golf instruction business from your home as an independent instructor or open a golf school with
multiple instructors teaching golf lessons to a variety of different ages and skill levels.
Yes, many golf courses often staff their own golf pros. However, good independent instructors can build a
thriving business through referrals, and can often better accommodate the scheduling and location needs of
their clients. Independent golf instructors are more mobile, allowing them to even provide stance and swing
training from students' homes.
Golf Instruction Business
Plan
Get rewarded for helping others play the game. Convenient part-time or lucrative full-time business. Work with
individuals or groups. Can be a great referral-based business.
How to Start a Golf School
Aspiring golf teachers can obtain training and certification through the PGTAA (Professional Golf Teachers
Association of America), either with their home study course online or their 5-day on-site program. Training
and certification will not only prepare you to teach students, but also give you the right qualifications for
teaching jobs at colleges, high schools and golf courses.
Even if you are a skilled golfer and know how to teach golf, starting your own business can seem
overwhelming. Although this field can be very rewarding, many pros don't know where to start.
Jeff Carreira, Vice President
of National Golf Schools has put together a business start-up guide for people who are interested
in starting their own golf instruction programs. In fact, this guide has been used in PGA education
seminars.
He shows you how to launch your golf instruction business and how to find students. Jeff
also educates you on teaching procedures and policies, how to manage your golf school and how to secure
contracts with golf facilities. This step-by-step guide makes becoming a golf instructor and starting your own
business much easier.
Rent It!
Start a Golf School: Quick-Start Guide
Golf Instruction Business Resources:
Find golf students on Skillshare. This website helps teachers and students connect in a variety of different
areas. They let teachers list their classes for free.
Opportunities are not limited to just adult golf lessons. You can even start a business teaching kids to
play golf. For example, TGA Premier Junior Golf is a franchise that offers after-school golf programs, camps,
tournaments, lessons and parties.
