Classes of golf pros.

[microcrayfish]

So I was looking through a list of local pros in my area and there was a variation in their "class", ranging from trainee and provisional, which I get, then from Class A to Class AAA. Does anybody know what this actually means and what's needed to achieve the different 'A' classes? I'm not in the US by the way so I'm not sure if we use a different system here or not.

[Fourputt]

Those are the levels that the PGA of America uses to classify teaching and club pros. That is a different organization from the PGA Tour.

[microcrayfish]

Those are the levels that the PGA of America uses to classify teaching and club pros. That is a different organization from the PGA Tour.

I realise that it's for teaching and club pros. What I'm trying to find out is what makes a teaching pro a class AAA as opposed to a class AA or a class A.

[Fourputt]

I realise that it's for teaching and club pros. What I'm trying to find out is what makes a teaching pro a class AAA as opposed to a class AA or a class A.

I just Googled it and I don't find any such rating as AA or AAA. There are a bunch of A classifications, but all have a number after the A (A1, A3, etc.)

The link is here: PGA Classifications

[michaeljames92]

We have the A,AA,AAA in Australia and obviously New zealand. I believe it has something to do with the experience of the professional but how they get more "A"s I am not sure. Our club pro is a AAA PGA member and has been for 30 years. Next time I see him I will ask how he gets that rating

[Ben]

So I was looking through a list of local pros in my area and there was a variation in their "class", ranging from trainee and provisional, which I get, then from Class A to Class AAA. Does anybody know what this actually means and what's needed to achieve the different 'A' classes? I'm not in the US by the way so I'm not sure if we use a different system here or not.

Yeah, your NZ system is different from ours. There is only Class A here. You reach your Class A by going through the three levels of training. Literally called Level 1, Level 2 and lastly Level 3. It starts with a

Playing Abilities Test . Pass that and you pay your way in with your first year of dues also you pay for your Level 1 bookwork. At that point you are classified as an Apprentice. Info from pgalinks.com if anyone is interested in more details: http://pgajobfinder.pgalinks.com/hel...o.cfm?ctc=1678 Playing Abilities Test .

[camwow]

on the pga website you can go to a link and search for your nearest pro.
it comes up with a list of names, what club they are at, and they have ratings such as A, AA, AAA. i'm not sure how it is worked out or anything though.

[microcrayfish]

I asked one of the teaching pros at my local driving range and he told me that they acquire points for doing certain things such as attending seminars and the like which count towards their rating. I thought it might have something to do with teaching ability but it doesn't seem to.