IN the UK
Head Pro
PRO
Asst
Average figures?
I believe assistants are doing well to earn over 20k but could be wrong?
Head Pro
PRO
Asst
Average figures?
I believe assistants are doing well to earn over 20k but could be wrong?
Golf pros earn how much?
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SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Depends on the club. Some get a retainer and run the Pro Shop themselves, some are employed on salary and sometimes get commission on sales. Assistants don't normally earn much over minimum wage plus some extra from lessons.
You don't see many well off Club Pros unless they are at very good clubs and are very good teachers.
You don't see many well off Club Pros unless they are at very good clubs and are very good teachers.
bigslice
Tour Winner
I here some clubs give there pro 20k others 54k
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
May not be earning a fortune,but people have to work a lot harder to earn less money.
Depends on the club and their set up. Would be surprised to see some assistants earning £20k without an awful lot of lessons and some prize money in local comps
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
I dont believe the OP was asking if they worked harder than others for their money.
chrisd
Major Champion
At ours I think that the retainer is about £15k but I don't know how much that's bolstered with incomes from lessons, sales etc etc
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
I don't think anyone becomes a pro at a golf club for the cash, put it that way.
We don't have a retained pro at the moment, but Ive been told the club the other side of town pay a £30k retainer and he also gets about £50K from lessons.
pron one of the highest earning club pro's up here thats for sure.
pron one of the highest earning club pro's up here thats for sure.
bobmac
Major Champion
Don't forget the head pro has to pay the assistants wages out of the retainer.
And if you think the shop profits will make him/her rich, the average profit on a £500 set of irons is about £50.
Not forgetting insurance, electricity, stock, etc etc.
And if you think the shop profits will make him/her rich, the average profit on a £500 set of irons is about £50.
Not forgetting insurance, electricity, stock, etc etc.
I work with an ex head pro and he earns a lot more offshore now, also says he has a better quality of life.
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What's the mark up on Mars Bars and bottles of Lucozade sport?
bobmac
Major Champion
Pennies
Three
Tour Rookie
Probably about 30% of what they used to earn before Jones, Weaver and the rest of them wormed their way into power.
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Simbo
Tour Rookie
My mates a head pro, don't know how much he actually earns but his mark up on a box of a dozen pro v balls is about £6.50
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
The Pro at my Members Club gets a fair retainer but as you say he pays the wages for his assistants. He runs a very good Pro Shop with quite a high turnover of stock. Where he does well is lessons, he is normally fully booked a month ahead and only does hour lessons for £50. He runs a few group lessons and his assistant does some junior coaching. He also gets a shinny sponsored Honda car that gets changed every six months.
I work in a Pro Shop where the head Pro gets a salary and commission on sales, assistants are also paid by the company. He gets his lesson money on top of this. But, it's not eye watering money.
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Not at Turnberry:lol:
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guest100718
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Well if you can by 8 litres of bottled water for a euro in a shop ... the mark up for a tiny bottle in the pro shop must be a lot.
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not sure of that but I know the pro at my old club gets their bottled water from costco (about £3.30 for 40 bottles of water) and sells them in the shop for £1 a bottle ... nice 91.75p mark up a bottle lol
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Depends on what they are being charged by the wholesaler
