One of the most enjoyable things you can do with your career is to spend it teaching others to do what you love. If you love to golf, imagine how enjoyable your career would be if you spent it teaching others how to play. Luckily, there are many golf professional jobs that are teaching-related, including teaching at a golf school, working at a club or a community center, running your own business, or even working at a resort or on a cruise ship. Here are a few golf professional jobs to consider if you think you would enjoy teaching others to golf.
Teaching golf courses: There are a couple of different ways to get into teaching golf courses. For instance, there are a number of golf schools that focus solely on teaching students everything they need to know to work in the industry, whether they intend to play professionally, or go on to teach. As an instructor at a golf school, you would be teaching only students who feel just as passionately about golf as you do. You could also teach golf courses for universities or community colleges. Many students at regular colleges enjoy golf and want to learn to play better, or even want to minor in the sport. Another possibility is that you could work as a golf coach at a high school.
Many young students enjoy extracurricular activities, whether they are a cherished hobby or something that the student wants to pursue professionally when they grow up. Working at a golf club: Since golf is such a popular sport, you will find that most cities have a number of golf clubs, and most of these have a need for instructors who can teach basic courses or give members private instruction. These are also great jobs for anyone who wants to share their passion with others, because again, you will be only teaching people who are truly interested in golf. Plus, as an instructor at a golf club — especially if it is a club in a white collar or wealthy neighborhood — you should be able to expect respectable pay rates and a good clientele.
Working at a community center: Many community centers or recreation centers like to offer a full spectrum of classes that community members can take: swimming lessons to ballet classes, and everything in between, including golf classes. These sorts of classes typically last a month or two, and are designed to be affordable for residents. Most likely if you are teaching at a community center or a rec center, you will be teaching primarily beginning students, with perhaps a class or two of intermediate who choose to continue on with you after the first class ends. As a result, these golf professional jobs are best for golf experts who are patient enough to teach beginners, who might or might not have true skill, and may not catch on to the techniques very easily.
Running your own business: As any entrepreneur knows, running your own business is always a very rewarding career. Any time you can teach something to others, you have a great opportunity for your own business, whether it is yoga, golf, or some other type of instruction. Most likely, if you start a golf instruction business, you will be giving private lessons to fairly well off patrons. Your business may start out slow, and is likely to grow via word of mouth from happy clients. You should have a relative degree of control over your hours, and quite a bit of control over lesson rates and the clients you choose to accept.
Working on a cruise ship or a golf resort: To get your fill of teaching and also your share of adventure, consider working on a cruise ship or a golf resort in a desirable location. Golf is a popular tourist sport, so as a golf expert and an instructor, you have valuable skills that qualify you to work in the tourist industry. Just think of the exciting career you would have. Not only would you be doing what you love, but also you could be doing it in some pretty exciting places! As you can see, if teaching golf is your calling, you can find quite a few golf professional jobs that will allow you to share your passion with others. All of these careers are quite different, with some offering greater independence, and others offering more stability or greater pay.