Can't become a PGA Professional? Get USGTF certification!

What happens if you're not smart enough to be accepted by a university? Join a community college! Voila! Stick around for a few years, drink lots of beer, ogle chicks and attend class once in a while and, by God, you can have a shiny little piece of paper with a gold stamp saying you are an educated person.

Want to have the "ultimate" career, giving golfers lessons, making up to $100 an hour while basking in the sun and hanging out on a beautiful golf course? Well, normally, one would want some sort of legitimate certification, stating they have some qualifications so that you can feel confident that the instruction they are receiving is indeed worthwhile.

And that's why thousands of golfers patronize their local PGA Professionals.These people had to pass a fairly rigorous and time-consuming procedure to obtain PGA certification. These guys (and women) have to do more than just swing a good stick. They have to go through loads of classes and pass coursework to obtain their certification. Passing the requirements is not enough for the PGA of America. PGA Professionals have to maintain their points each year by attending classes on rules, teaching and even classes pertaining to business. PGA Professionals lose their certifications for failing to stay up to date with what the PGA wants. Like certified public accountants, classes are an ongoing fact of life. And by the way, the title is PGA Professional, not "golf pro" or "club pro!" They've earned it, so use it.

And, yes, these folks have to demonstrate they can play some golf.

Hey! Want to teach duffers, make a few bucks and bypass this mess and time
consuming process? Just go to The United States Golf Teachers Federation
(USGTF) and sign on the dotted line. Hang out for a week, show you can
shoot under 83 for 72 holes and pay $150 and you too can be a "certified"
golf instructor. PGA requirements are time consuming. Plus, they have
requirements. The USGTF is much cleaner, simple and easy. Can't cut it at
an accredited university? No problem! Just find a community college and if
you can pay your tuition, they will even throw in a steak dinner.

There are many, many great golf teachers in this world who are not certified by anyone. Golf is not rocket science and God knows that it doesn't take a great intelligence to be a PGA Professional. But when you do get lessons from a PGA-certified instructor, he is at least an individual who is serious about the game and serious about teaching. This person has decided it is a livelihood and is willing to go through the steps of keeping certification. When you see someone who has some funny bunny certificate that says he is a "golf instructor," take it with a grain of salt. Their standards are not the same as the PGA.

And that guy who couldn't hack it with the PGA probably is sending his son
to a community college.

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