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  1. Is there a platform like an Indeed or LinkedIn to apply for these type jobs or do I have to directly contact them to see if they need anyone? I tried looking for them on Google and couldn't find any of them that fit this description and is also located close to where I live.
  2. Hi everyone, I want to know what kinds of part-time jobs are offered seasonally that closely relate to golf. I'd like to know how much experience is generally needed. I've never worked in a paid job before so I wonder how detrimental lack of connections is for working. I'd also like to know what I would exactly be doing there as well.
  3. You can think that I'm an entitled college student all you want, but no. I'm not saying that I want free golf. I believe that more public courses should have college rates. I believe that if you want to play golf as a college student you have to pay the price to get on the course. I hope I've made my position clear to you. 🙂
  4. Would you reconsider that thought if they've fulfilled at least 2 of the 3 that you've mentioned? I've honestly never thought that even the slightest amount of music can be problematic for others. The restaurants are all closed down during COVID so it makes sense for the golf courses to not be flexible during this time. Thank you for the thoughtful response nonetheless. I'd also like to mention, unimportantly, that there are a handful, besides the golf courses funded by the university, that offer student rates. Including the only one throughout the county. Hard to believe, but they are a thing. Rates & Fees
  5. Give me a rough estimate of how many videos you get per month and how many people are currently in your program. I've never taken lessons from a PGA pro before so this will be my very first if I sign up. Should I expect every practice session, after I get feedback from one of the pros, to have incremental improvement? You'd never know if you get a lesson and after, for example, two weeks I'm not seeing that improvement I wanted. How often should I send the videos per week?
  6. If I have more questions regarding things that are outside my swing, is it best to post them on TST or Evolvr? I want to make sure that I go to the appropriate site for help just like the difference between going to a doctor and a hospital. For example: I want to know the difference between a flop shot and a pitch shot but going online there isn't one agreed definition. If I decide to cancel and I change my mind a few months later, do I have to follow the payment method again ($59 for first month and $49 for the month after that)?
  7. I practice but don't play on the course. But I'd love to play the 18-hole locations. I also have a Excel sheet that keeps track of all the rates available from every public golf course in my county. The average cost is around $30-$40 on a Weekday (excluding Friday) Afternoon. Thank you for the explanation. I've already established a club at my university for that specific purpose. There are multiple challenges to being a new club including fundraising, recruiting, reputation, etc. COVID certainly hurt a lot of people. I'd say that if the club shows up with good numbers regularly, then perhaps the golf course can negotiate for any further discounts. I've done a survey on what my members are available to come out and practice/play. The popular answers are that they would like to play on weekday evening or a weekends all day. I think weekday twilights could be the potential first step into getting discounts on college rates. Yes, some of them will be there for four years, but there's a chance that every new freshman class will people that play golf. My university is well-known for being a commuter school and there's a good chunk of the student body that's from my county and neighboring counties. There is less than 10% of the population in my county that's between the ages of 18-24 (~100K-150K+) and I'm sure there's plenty of them who would like to play. It's not like all 100K of them are going to go on the golf course and at least play a round every year. Not trying to make an argument, but just throwing that out there. Thanks. English and Writing weren't my favorite subjects in high school.
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  9. I don't claim to be an expert in the golf industry and stuff like that. This is just a perspective that I've developed, did a little bit of research, using intuition, and came to a conclusion. I also wanted to find a place where I could talk about it (besides the real world of course) and gain some insight into strengthening the perspective. Right off the bat, at no point am I advocating for rates based on personal background (involving race, gender, ethnicity, etc.). I believe in making the game of golf more inclusive and accessible than the previous years. The First Tee of Silicon Valley, Northern California Golf Association's Youth on Course program, and Special Olympics of Northern California are perfect examples of such efforts. In regards to college rates, the latent demand for golf is pretty high. According to a survey conducted by NGF in 2016 (see page 5 of PDF), the interest rate for 18-29 year olds is the second highest coming in at 25.3%. Those that have incomes lower than $30K make up the highest of with 22.9%. https://cdn.cybergolf.com/images/1867/2016-Golf-Participation-in-the-US.pdf What's preventing them from coming out to play could be a variety of reasons. The price, duration, lack of presence around the area, etc. It's best to spread the game of golf the non-traditional way. Entertainment Venues such as Topgolf have also fed the latent demand group because non-golfers won't feel daunted picking up a golf club and swinging a ball. In fact, it's reported that those who tried out Topgolf have expressed interest in traditional golf than those who haven't tried it. The Good and Bad of Strong Latent Demand | The Q Latent demand is a measure of "non-golfers" who say they're interested in playing golf. But how many have some previous... Public Golf Courses has seen a rise of beginners (regardless of age and gender) partly because it's one of the fewest sporting activities anyone can do at the moment. If the golf industry and its golf courses plan to sustain the financial success post-COVID, they must find ways to keep them and also to ensure that they don't regularly spend their dollars on other sporting options and entertainment options. College rates and membership packages tailored towards their needs is one part of a process of growing the game. Although college rates may look like a drag in revenue, it doesn't benefit the golf course but this may not be such a bad thing at the moment. I've called the head pro of Santa Teresa Golf Club because it's the only course in my county that offered student rates and, also, I wanted to get a percentage of college golfers that played on the course year-round. He told me that college students is the smallest demographic (smaller than the juniors). He also told me that they don't have any plans to market this rate to the masses. This suggests that even if you display a rate for a specific group on your website, this doesn't mean that college students will "pack the course" and you're probably not going to get a ton of them coming out anyways. To be fair, there aren't a lot of Student Orgs the are Golf Clubs around the county so that could be an explanation for why there aren't a lot of college students coming out to play. So I think if golf courses want to generate more revenue through college students and the population from the latent demand, it's about how we can get them to become more committed. College students are typically available to play in weekday late afternoons and evening and all day on the weekends. Why not offer a student rates/membership that's only applicable for the twilight rates, for example?
  10. Good evening everyone, Overall, I think it's fair to say that COVID isn't the right time to discuss for any discounts due to the golf courses getting packed every single day. I think it would best to attempt proposing it when COVID is completely over. I want to get to all of your comments and have been following this thread closely, but I'll respond to the first parts of this thread. No I haven't and I don't plan to because my major doesn't necessarily require it. There's only one golf course in my county that offers the student rate: Santa Teresa Golf Club offers a $19 student green fee available starting the weekday afternoons (including Friday). This is definitely an opportunity to take advantage of, but if there is a coalition that's advocating for the inclusion of college students, I will absolutely get behind it. In regards to colleges starting a sponsorship deal with the local course, that sounds awesome I'll see if I can find the right people to talk to of course. I was hoping I could play the green fee at least once a week. Obviously, I'm not going to practice every single day. The golf course I proposed to offers one of the cheapest rates in the county. I know I'm not going to regularly play Pebble Beach or anything like that. Super Twilight Golf is actually pretty good because that's the time when things aren't as busy compared to playing on Saturday Afternoon. College Students have a ton of other options for part time jobs and I don't see how it benefits me compared to joining clubs that are focused on my major. Sure, some of the skills from seemingly unrelated fields can be applicable for life, but I don't see it. So thanks, but I'll pass on that opportunity. As in an NCAA/NAIA scholarship? I'm not good enough to play and because of my age I'm way too old for that and besides only 7% of high school golfers go onto play intercollegiate golf. Off the rails is right. I fail to see how some of these questions have anything to do with being against the idea of college rates. All I can simply say is, If you don't want that burden of supporting the family on you, don't have kids (and don't marry a wife). Plain and simple. We all have to make sacrifices once in a while. If they're worried about how their going to provide for the families, then why is the golf industry doing so well? If that's what they have to deal with, then it's on them to figure it out. College students are transitioning into adults. If you were to put them in the same position as what you're describing here, I'm willing to bet that the pressure would be too much to handle. You're misunderstanding my point my dude. I'm not saying that they have the same opportunities to make money, but the options for those opportunities between both groups have are drastically different. Most golfers are those with college degrees and college degrees are the key to earning more money. What are the chances that a current college student (pursuing a degree) would have a chance to work as a full-time software engineering job compared to a 40-year old that has a software engineering degree? I'll wait...
  11. This is just from my perspective as a college student. The fact that most public golf courses don't offer college rates is baffling to me. I've proposed this to the head pro of the municipal golf course and found his reasoning for not offering it to be flawed. In part of his reasoning of why he doesn't want to extend the rate to Afternoon and Evening Times, he said along the lines of: "Why would we want to cater to you guys? Our course is open to anyone, and they're welcome to use it at anytime". But this is only true if you can afford it. The authors from "Sociology of North American Sport" calculated up into a table where it involved sports such as basketball, baseball, tennis, and golf and included the household incomes. The data shows a positive correlation between participation in sport percentage and household income. In other words, those a significant percentage of those who play these sports come from high-income households (A PDF Attachment is attached if you want to look at it. It's located on page 111). This begs the question: If public golf courses proclaim to welcome the public to utilize the facilities, how is it in any way welcoming to college students when the socioeconomic perspective says the opposite because they're required to pay just as much as the 40-year old that has the money? This is unfair to the college student compared to the adult because their only opportunities for obtaining money to play golf are either from part-time jobs (excluding golf courses for this instance), internships, or from their parents whereas the opportunities that the 40-year old gets pay significantly way more money than the college student. The fact that the student has to pay as much as the 40-year old is absurd. I'm willing to bet that the motive behind senior rates and junior rates are similar. There was a time where the cost to play at Pebble Beach was around $5. Back in those times anyone, no matter your background, can play on the course at any day, any time. In defense, the value of $5 is different before than now. But let's assume, for the sake of example, that Pebble Beach decides to continue offering one rate today. You're probably not going to see as many juniors and seniors playing on Pebble Beach if that happened because this sends a clear message saying that if you don't have this amount, you can't play. The same logic can be, without a question, applied for having rates for those that are in college. It's not so much that they doesn't want to play on the golf course nor do they want to quit altogether. They would now have to confront paying significantly more than the junior rate (now the regular rate) which causes them to make two decisions. Suck it up and pay the rates or focus, play less frequently, or quit altogether. Anyways, I welcome your input.
  12. What's the minimum camera quality will you guys consider watching? The rear camera for my phone is 2MP and the front camera is 0.3 MP. I only have one camera and a tripod, so I can't record the side and behind at the same time. Is that OK?
  13. Has there been studies, surveys, data, etc. about this? I'm really curious because I can't imagine literally every golfer going on to play 9 more holes after playing their first 9 holes. I tried to find it using my university library's OneSearch tool, but I couldn't find any.
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