Your golf pro

Might I refer you to another thread re perceived value.

I'd love to know which boring threads, you don't have to read them.

I was a sailing instructor many moons ago, and could easily charge (and did) £50 an hour , and more sometimes (this was over 10 years ago. I'm no Olympic sailor, but I knew my subject inside out, and could always bring out the best in people, particlarly in the specialist area that I was freelancing in.

My 'style' did not suit everyone, but those that it did, appreciated my input.

I'd suggest talking with your guy and putting a plan of action into place. Let's face it, most of us don't put in anywhere near enough practice in between lessons. Ironically, myself included! Consequently the 'Pro' probably gets very bored giving yet another lesson to a golfer that thinks that a lesson is a quick fix.

I'm not suggesting that the above is you (god forbid). But you understand my point.

Ultimately it's a free market and you are free to choose whoever you want as your teaching pro.

FWIW how much per hour does your garage, plumber, electrician, accountant, solicitor, (prostitute!!) charge! :D

PS (Please take that last one as its meant)
 
"Qualifying as a PGA professional is done via two routes. The first, and most popular, is by becoming a registered assistant at a PGA recognised golf facility where trainees complete a three year Foundation Degree in Professional Golf Studies, accredited by the University of Birmingham. The degree involves working through study guides, assignments, residential weeks at the National Training Academy at the PGA's Belfry headquarters, exams and attaining coaching awards. Among the subjects studied are golf coaching, sports science, equipment technology, business management, marketing, golf rules and tournament administration.

The second route into the PGA is via a three year BA Hons Degree in Applied Golf Management Studies at the University of Birmingham. The AGMS is the first degree of its kind in the UK and is ideal for golfers interested in pursuing senior managerial roles in golf."
 
Still confused is this guy someone who was a good golfer and took over the shop or is he a PGA pro most PGA pros don't play or pratice enough so a lot of them will admit they would struggle to break 80 but that has no reflection on there teaching ability a lot of young guys who are pga pros would still have a hope of being a touring pro so they would be sharper and be able to play to a higher standard guys on tour would prob be no better giving u a lesson than some guy who cant break 80.
Mike
 
Being a great golfer, doesn't automatically make you a great teacher. My old man is a phyisicist, yet he couldn't teach me a thing during my 'O' Levels. He just couldn't get his head around how 'basic' it all was, and couldn't explain things simply. As it was, he'd always question why.

He also thought that some of the stuff we were being taught was 'incorrect'.

Expert; but no teacher!
 
surely if you are the club pro you should be PGA pro qualified?? otherwise we could all say we where pros :D

Are you after his job like pokerjoke :D
 
dont know the difference between club pro and pga but i assume a pga pro would be alot more money.
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So is your "club pro" PGA qualified or is he a shop keeper? If not, does he have any coaching qualifications?

I'm not sure you know the answer to this yourself.
 
There are other golf pro qualifications,however i believe the PGA is the most recognized but i may be wrong,i did look into it recently and to be a PGA pro you had to be a four hp or less and you had to have some o levels,also you had to play one of there chosen courses in a certain number of shots,and it costs an amount of money,it also takes 3 years to qualify,but a good job non the less.
 
If you have no idea who he is or what he does, how can you make sweeping statements about him and Pros in general??

Here's another sweeping statement for you: if anyone gives money to someone who says they are a teacher and not have a clue if they can teach or how they are going to teach that someone then they are an idiot!! :p
 
What are you on about if someone advertises lessons by saying "lessons with your pro"and you book a lesson how the hell do you know before hand how hes going to teach.
 
It's that time of year again....less daylight, less time to play.... so, we end up going slightly loopy and making a complete backside of ourselves when posting on a forum.

Now when is PJ going to give us his views on Custom Fitting ?

Is this Flopshot revisited ?

:p
 
Before getting to the point of having a lesson with him I'd want to know what he has done previously, whether he is qualified to teach. Then I would want to chat to him and discuss what I'm looking to achieve and and assess whether the answers I got made me feel confident enough in the guy to want to hand him some of my money.

If possible I'd ask others who have been to see him to see what they thought of his teaching. If, as you say, the guy struggles to break 80 he'd have to have a bloody good rep as a coach for anyone to want to be taught by him.

These thoughts aren't exclusive to golf pros, it's just common sense.
 
Before getting to the point of having a lesson with him I'd want to know what he has done previously, whether he is qualified to teach. Then I would want to chat to him and discuss what I'm looking to achieve and and assess whether the answers I got made me feel confident enough in the guy to want to hand him some of my money.
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I'd just chuck him £20 have the half hour lesson and take it from there. It's not like I'm gonna be spending £1000's OR practicing whatever he tells me :D
 
"Qualifying as a PGA professional is done via two routes. The first, and most popular, is by becoming a registered assistant at a PGA recognised golf facility where trainees complete a three year Foundation Degree in Professional Golf Studies, accredited by the University of Birmingham. The degree involves working through study guides, assignments, residential weeks at the National Training Academy at the PGA's Belfry headquarters, exams and attaining coaching awards. Among the subjects studied are golf coaching, sports science, equipment technology, business management, marketing, golf rules and tournament administration.

The second route into the PGA is via a three year BA Hons Degree in Applied Golf Management Studies at the University of Birmingham. The AGMS is the first degree of its kind in the UK and is ideal for golfers interested in pursuing senior managerial roles in golf."
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Um, I meant from the outside eg: I don't look at the numpty in my local proshop as someone who has a degree, he has trouble getting the price right on a mars bar and hardly seems like an enthusiatic/proactive/dynamic business man... in fact I wouldn't give him a job working the till at Tescos!
 
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