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What is a golf coach and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025
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There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a golf coach. For example, did you know that they make an average of $21.34 an hour? That's $44,388 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 20% and produce 48,800 job opportunities across the U.S.
ScoreGolf CoachUS Average
Salary
3.5

Avg. Salary $44,388

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level
8.0

Growth rate 20%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity
3.8
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22%

Asian 5.48%

Black or African American 9.00%

Hispanic or Latino 13.40%

Unknown 5.61%

White 66.29%

Gender

female 23.13%

male 76.87%

Age - 34
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 34
Stress level
8.0

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level
8.4

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance
7.3

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Golf coach career paths

Key steps to become a golf coach

  1. Explore golf coach education requirements

    Most common golf coach degrees

    Bachelor's

    72.3 %

    Master's

    11.7 %

    Associate

    10.7 %
  2. Start to develop specific golf coach skills

    SkillsPercentages
    CPR43.54%
    Practice Sessions6.29%
    Role Model5.67%
    Tournament Schedule4.67%
    Skill Development4.03%
  3. Complete relevant golf coach training and internships

    Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New golf coaches learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a golf coach based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real golf coach resumes.
  4. Research golf coach duties and responsibilities

    • Provide guidance for individual athletes and assist them in achieving spots within elite summer rowing programs in Philadelphia.
    • Provide instruction, guidance and leadership to a high school golf team
    • Provide a structure classroom with well-define expectations, organize routines and positive leadership.
    • Evaluate and assess fundamental skills and ability and develop core fundamental basic volleyball skills.
  5. Prepare your golf coach resume

    When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your golf coach resume.

    You can use Zippia's AI resume builder to make the resume writing process easier while also making sure that you include key information that hiring managers expect to see on a golf coach resume. You'll find resume tips and examples of skills, responsibilities, and summaries, all provided by Zippi, your career sidekick.

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  6. Apply for golf coach jobs

    Now it's time to start searching for a golf coach job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

    1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
    2. Consult your professional network
    3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
    4. Watch out for job scams

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Average golf coach salary

The average golf coach salary in the United States is $44,388 per year or $21 per hour. Golf coach salaries range between $27,000 and $70,000 per year.

Average golf coach salary
$44,388 Yearly
$21.34 hourly

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A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2020
Pros

Getting to know people and applying different methods that will make people understand their individual situations and what needs to be done to improve. Everyone is different and every golf swing is different so there are many ways to encourage people to improve and be satisfied on what they learn.

Cons

Bad weather days that would prevent me from helping other people.


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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Cons

Not much I don't like but if I have to decide then I would say my dislike would be kids who don't think qualified or not good enough for sports since parents don't encourage them enough, which I would help them see how much fun and talented they can be not matter what anyone says


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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2019
Pros

Working with individual players in one on one lessons. That's when I get a real chance to find out what knowledge the athlete is bringing to practice, who taught him that, and how and why it may work or not be the best technique available. I am about as nuanced a coach as you could get. The game of football is one of mental fortitude, discipline, and preparation. Raw athleticism, circus catches and big hits or helmet to helmet collisions.

Cons

I don't like parents getting involved or attempting to persuade coaching decisions such as play playing time and depth chart seeding. What I would allow for is any of my concerned parents (at any potential public school) who wouldn't ordinarily come watch practice and see the way the coaching staff interacts with your student athlete as we will go through a proper tackling methods clinic for LB/defensive backs, different types of blocking for the offensive and even the multiple defensive pash rush techniques that are now able to be implemented by a modern football coach.


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Updated January 8, 2025

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