These workshops have been designed to help and support all PGA Professionals, whether fully qualified or not, to run a retail and business operation. The dates for the workshops are:
- PGA Professionals’ Day South – Kings Hill – 28th January
- PGA Assistants’ Day South – Kings Hill – 29th January
- PGA Professionals’ Day East – Essendon – 30th January
- PGA Assistants’ Day East – Essendon – 31st January
- PGA Professionals’ Day West – Mendip Spring – 5th February
- PGA Assistants’ Day West – Mendip Spring – 6th February
- PGA Professionals’ Day Midlands – Kings Norton – 10th February
- PGA Assistants’ Day Midlands – Kings Norton – 11th February
- PGA Professionals’ Day North – Normanton – 13th February
- PGA Assistants’ Day North – Normanton – 14th February
- PGA Professionals’ Day Scotland – Deer Park – 24th February
- PGA Assistants’ Day Scotland – Deer Park – 25th February
- PGA Professionals’ Day Ireland – Moyvalley – 27th February
- PGA Assistants’ Day Ireland – Moyvalley – 28th February
The first date at each venue is for PGA Professionals running the operation and the second date is for PGA Assistants and Trainees assisting the operation.
For the PGA Professionals’ Workshops:
- Maximum ten PGA members per workshop
- Workshop agenda set by attendees
- Ten attendees mean a truly customised learning experience dealing with your challenges
- Personal action plans and appropriate support agreed at the end of each day
- A great opportunity to get bespoke business support for a fraction of the price
This is a new type of workshop where you will be given the opportunity to attend with your own ideas and challenges, and receive a personal one-to-one consultancy with golf business experts. Whether you want to make more profit, change your store layout, improve your customer experience, secure your position at the club, get more out of your staff or just have a better work-life balance, you will go away with a personal action plan to address the needs of your business and make 2020 your best year ever.
This is a great opportunity to spend a day with one of the best golf business specialists in the industry – Peter Durham, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience from running golf businesses, both large and small, and has already helped many club professionals to be more successful in both their business and personal lives. His knowledge combined with the PGA business support team means that you are getting the very best advice from those who know and care about you and your business. He will be supported by the expert Business Relationship Officers, who have a wealth of knowledge to assist you on the day.
Costing only £75 these workshops represent incredible value.
Numbers will be strictly limited to a maximum of ten at each workshop so that attendees benefit from a customised experience. These workshops are designed for Head Professionals or those in charge of the retail/coaching business within a facility.
Don’t leave 2020 to chance: book your place TODAY to secure a brighter, more profitable future.
You can also send your assistants/trainees to this unmissable event the following day, where they will learn new skills and knowledge and return motivated to make a real difference to your business.
For the PGA Assistants’ Workshops:
- Maximum ten PGA Assistants or Trainees per workshop
- Learn the secrets of the UK’s most successful club professionals
- Personal action plans and ongoing support agreed at the end of the day
- A great opportunity for ten delegates to spend quality time with successful golf industry experts
- Come and learn how to be the best and have a prosperous career and great lifestyle as a club professional
“This is a great opportunity to learn the secrets of a successful club professional in this ever-changing retail landscape”
Running from 9.30am to 3pm, these workshops will highlight the exciting opportunities that on-course golf retail now represents in today’s climate.
We guarantee that you will return to your club feeling highly motivated and equipped with new skills and the knowledge to become a successful golf retailer.
As the groups are strictly limited to ten delegates, you will have a truly customised learning experience and will leave with a personal action plan as well as ongoing support. The aim of the workshop is for all delegates to go away with a clear understanding of what they need to do to become successful club professionals with thriving businesses and a bright, secure future.
This is a great opportunity to spend a day with one of the best golf business specialists in the industry – Peter Durham, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience from running golf businesses, both large and small, and has already helped many club professionals, assistants and trainees become more successful in both their careers and personal lives. His knowledge combined with the PGA business support team means that you are getting the very best advice from those who know and care about your future.
Costing only £60 these workshops represent incredible value.
Workshop Content
The content will be based around the following:
- Treating your head professional’s business as your own
- Are you capable of deputising in your head professional’s absence?
- What roles do you currently play in supporting their business?
- Creating an exciting retail environment
- How to generate more coaching and retail sales/leads through intelligent customer engagement
- How important is continuous membership engagement in a successful business?
- Knowing and managing your best customers’ expectations
- Marketing and database management
- Cashflow and stock control: the make or break for all businesses
- How to thrive, not just survive in this changing retail landscape
- The importance of exceeding the golf club’s expectations
- Why it’s essential to be part of the new member induction process
- The importance of achieving a good work-life balance throughout your career
By the end of the day, you will have a clear understanding of the exciting opportunities that a club professional position represents as a career choice. You will also learn new skills and be highly motivated to put them into practice.