CPGA Professional

[moochie]

How does one become certified as a CPGA Professional?

[Nat Williams]

you need to pass your playability (which you can only go for if you work full time in a proshop)

once you pass that you need to pass a few courses, and put in your years of service (3 years @ a pro shop)

Once all the schooling is done, and the 3 years in the shop & the playability is passed (shop years don't count until your playability is passed) you become an A class professional.

Passing just the playability will also give you cpga status, but not make you an A class.

i think i covered everything there...

[John]

You need a business diploma from a recognized institution, doesnt have to be golf management in particular but you do need formal business training to get it. It's also 2500 hours under your pro i believe.

[GolfOttawa]

www.cpga.com
Look under how to become a member!

[East Coast Golf]

position does not have to be in a pro shop..just at a golf course where you are overseen by a cpga pro... I was a starter, marshal, bag drop and cart attendant all before I turned pro..all those years counted toward my eligibility.

The year you turn pro counts towards your 3 years as an apprentice, so then you need so many seminar hours and have to take the courses and tests after the 3 years to become class A.

www.cpga.com has all the info.

["Richard"]

or a manager at golftown

Let me guess, you found out CPGA pros play for free on golf courses...

[East Coast Golf]

Let me guess, you found out CPGA pros play for free on golf courses...

[golfgearguy]

CPGA... Can't Play Golf Anymore

["Richard"]

what do you mean?

[golfgearguy]

C - Can't
P - Play
G - Golf
A - Anymore

No time to play !!! Working 50 + hours a week... do you think they want to stick around the golf course....rrr..work, a little longer?