Qualifying for the PGA Through the PGA Golf School
Qualifying for the PGA Through the PGA Golf School
There are a number of ways to qualify for the PGA Tour. Some players have successful amateur careers and get invited to be part of the tour. Some get involved in the US Open qualifying system that offers tour cards to any amateur that places in the top 10 of the US Open. Some get involved in any of the qualifying tours that operate as training grounds for future professionals.
Many go through the PGA golf school known as Q-school or qualifying school. The PGA golf school is a series of qualifying tournaments set up in a tiered structure. As you move up through the tiers more and more players begin to fall to the wayside until a select number are left standing at the end of PGA golf qualifying school and those players get their tour cards.
Qualifying school can be a difficult experience for many prospective professional golfers and many of them do not make it to the end. The other side of the story is the ones that try repeatedly to get their tour card only to fall short every time. Some of the persistent ones do break through and for them the victory is sweet but the qualifying school is just a warm up for the real PGA Tour and the real tour is definitely more brutal than qualifying school.
PGA Instructional Schools
There is also a network of PGA sanctioned PGA golf schools located across the country that teach the game of golf to thousands of eager students every year. There are only a select few schools that call themselves PGA golf schools and you can find information about them through any internet search. There is also a very long list of PGA golf schools that are run by PGA teaching professionals and while they are not the main teaching school run by the PGA they are run by PGA professionals.
Probably the ultimate PGA golf school in the world is the PGA Village located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Here you will find a golfer's heaven that includes PGA grade courses, the golf hall of fame, and the ultimate golf school in all of the world. Each year thousands of golfers come from all over the world to play golf and take lessons at this facility. It may seem like a vacation but these guys are going to school and they are learning from the best teachers that the game has to offer.