PGA Tournament Golf A

Catalog description

For students enrolled in the PGA Accredited Golf Management Option in RPTM This is a course that will be offered in the fall semester only for students pursuing Professional Golf Management which seeks to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to play golf at a high enough level to become a PGA Professional. The primary focus of the course will be on golf movement skills, on-course performance, and mental training for performance. At the completion of this course, students will be equipped to better evaluate each aspect of their golf game and design effective practice strategies that ultimately lead to his/her tournament performance. In addition, students will have the necessary knowledge of how to track his/her performance, and also how to most effectively implement proper practice and training programs that result in improved performance. There are a couple of other unique features of this course. The PGA requires this course to have an 8 to 1 student to PGA instructor ratio. Because of this, the students work with the faculty members and PGA Professionals from the Professional Golf Management Program and also the PGA Professionals from the Penn State Golf Courses. Additionally, students have regular access to the Golf Teaching and Research Center and the Penn State Golf Courses and their practice facilities, also a PGA accreditation requirement.