Once you gain access to the Qualifying Level of the PGA Professional Golf Management (PGM) Program, there’s a lot of reading to do. Lesson 1 is a Brief History of the PGA of America followed by a reading assignment online at pgamagazine.com. The following article was first published in April of 2006, the month of the […]
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My teaching career as an Assistant Golf Professional at La Paloma Country Club in Tucson is still very much in its infancy, but one of the most common questions I’ve received in my short time there is “How do you read greens?” Great question! At the Golf Academy, we learned that when it comes to
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Congratulations to Billy Hurley III on his 1st PGA Tour win! The Naval Academy grad made a 27-footer for birdie on the Par 5 16th hole to seal the victory at the Quicken Loans National ten months after losing his father to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A nun walked into the Mother Superior’s office and plopped down into a chair. She let out a sigh, heavy with frustration. “What troubles you, Sister Theadore Linda?” asked the Mother Superior. “I thought this was the day you spent with your family.” “It was,” sighed the Sister. “And I went to play golf with my
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William Francis “Billy” Bell was a very busy man back in the late 1950s and early 60s. After having a hand in designing what would become America’s two most popular public golf facilities, San Diego’s Torrey Pines in 1957 and Tucson’s Randolph Golf Complex in 1961, Bell ventured up to Phoenix and started working on Papago Golf Course.
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