Becoming a Golf Tutor

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm PGA member Jay Golden and I'm going to give you a few tips on how you can become a golf tutor. I think that a tutor is more like a coach as opposed to a teacher. For example, when you played high school sports or little league or some other organized game, you had a coach or a manager or a tutor, and basically they would say, "Okay, catch the ground ball, okay you hit now, alright you go out and catch fly balls, you do this and you do that." As opposed to teaching you how. They didn't say, "When you catch a fly ball put your elbow here and do this and," maybe if you were at a higher level you did, but, if you want to be a golf tutor, I strongly recommend coaching as opposed to teaching. If you're trying to tutor someone maybe children, a few children, let's say, just let's see you putt. Go ahead and putt. Now, chip. Hey let's hit some pit shots. Let's have a little contest. Let's hit some sand shots. Let's take some full swings and hit on the driving range. Let's see who can come closest to that sign. Who can hit it the furthest. You could do some fun games and drills. Have putting contests. Try not to teach. It's very difficult to teach. I know there's a great desire to teach. But, it's very difficult to teach. Have fun. Coach, games, every aspect of the game not just hitting, not just putting. And you're going to go a lot further. Now if you do want them to learn, as opposed to an inexperienced teacher teaching them, go to a PGA member. If someone has him name, and PGA after it, you know that they went through a lot of learning, a lot of stringent tests and for the most part, they know what they're talking about. You be the coach. You be the tutor. But, if you want them to learn, go to a PGA member."