Pga/Pgm 3.0 Qualifying Level
5 Qualifying Level Courses - ANSWER - PGA/PGM, History of the PGA, PGA Constitution, Rules of Golf, Professional Career
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Number of people that play golf every year - ANSWER - 40 million, 25 million at green grass, 10-15 million through tournament spectating and media
Revenue generated by golf - ANSWER - About $84 billion of goods and services in a single year with total economic impact of $190 billion, 2 millon jobs with wages around $60 billion
PGA of America - ANSWER - Largest working sports organization and it is not for profit
Number of PGA Professionals - ANSWER - 29,000
Head Golf Professional - ANSWER - owns/operates the golf shop at a PGA Recognized facility or supervises and directs the golf shop and instructional services at the facility
Assistant Golf Professional - ANSWER - employed at a PGA Recognized Facility and spends at least 50% of the time working on golf operations, instructions, business planning, club repair, and more
Director of golf - ANSWER - manages total golf operation of a PGA facility including golf shop, driving range, carts, and supervision of Head Golf Pro
General Manager - ANSWER - manages golf operations, course maintenance, clubhouse, food and beverage, etc
Director of Instruction - ANSWER - manages and supervises the total teaching program at a PGA Facility or golf school
Teaching Professional - ANSWER - golf instructor/supervises golf instructors at a PGA facility
Career ladder - ANSWER - movement from job to job with upward movement ideally
Career lattice - ANSWER - cross pivots and lateral movements that could lead to more senior positions
Golf facilities - ANSWER - There are 15,000 golf facilities that account for 900,000 jobs
Two paths that you can take - ANSWER - PGA/PGM or a college program
Number of years per level - ANSWER - 3 years per level and 9 years total is considered acceptable progress
Where did golf start - ANSWER - Scotland
Who was the first "Doctor of the Game" - ANSWER - Allan Robertson
September 9th, 1901 - ANSWER - group of 50 professionals got together to make an association for the London area
Goals of the 1901 group - ANSWER - promote interest in golf, protect and advance mutual and trade interest of all members, hold meetings and tournaments periodically for encouragement of younger members, institute Benevolent Fund for relief of deserving members, act as an agency for assisting any pro or club maker to obtain employment, effect any other objects of a line nature a may be determined from time to time by the Association
1st meeting to create the PGA - ANSWER - Held by Rodman Wanamaker on January 17, 1916
The first PGA - ANSWER - 7 man committee that was chaired by James Hepburn and their first meeting was on January 24, their job was to create the Constitution and By-Laws
Robert White - ANSWER - first national president of the PGA
1916 to 1923 - ANSWER - Number of golf courses went from 752 to more than 1900, over the next 7 years it went up to 5856 (4613 private, 543 munis, and 700 privately owned daily fees facilities)
First big time private country clubs - ANSWER - Olympia Fields and Medinah Country Club
Jim Barnes - ANSWER - Won the first PGA Championship in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club
Arnold Palmer - ANSWER - First golfer to play "pro" and not have Head Golf Pro responsibilities
Tournament Players Division (TPD) - ANSWER - Created in December of 1968, would eventually become the PGA Tour
Dewey Brown - ANSWER - First African American to become a member of the PGA (September 1, 1928)
Women and the PGA - ANSWER - 1979 women were allowed to join the PGA and pursue PGA membership
Barrie Naismith - ANSWER - First female class "A" PGA Pro
Number of female Class "A" Pros - ANSWER - 983 by the end of 2017
Sue Fiscoe - ANSWER - First female PGA Section President to be elected (2005) and eventually first female on the Board of Directors (2009)
John Shippen Junior - ANSWER - First homebred American golf pro and first African American to play in the U.S. Open
Bunn - ANSWER - First Native American to play in the U.S. Open
1930's - ANSWER - 1st slow motion filming of the golf swing became available
Horton Smith - ANSWER - In the 1950's brought about the PGA education idea
Karsten Solheim - ANSWER - Created the Ping 1A Putter which was the first player [Show Less]