Recognised and Certified Teaching Professionals
Our apprentices are important to us! The education program of the Swiss PGA is awarded with the highest certificate (gold level) by the PGAs of Europe.
High Level Further Education
Regular further education days with top qualified national and international experts ensure the highest education standard of our teaching professionals.
Our motto - "Growing the Game"
A cornerstone for successful coaching is the three year education undertaken by every PGA professional, which is finished with the successful completion of the comprehensive final examinations.
In order for coaching to remain successful knowledge must be continually broadened and matched to the demands of the golf market.
The Swiss PGA offers a wide range of possibilities of further education including courses from the ministry of sport (official diploma), from Swiss Golf (masterclasses) and through further education days organised by the Swiss PGA.
In addition the association recruits the help from many of the worlds leading experts in golf to pass on their experiences and knowledge to our members – helping them to then further improve the coaching of their clients.
Further Education
Find below the events of the further education program:
| Title | Date | Registration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022_FED Day Long Driving with Lee Cox | 15. Aug -15. Aug 2022 | 05. Aug 2022 |
Education apprentices
Swiss PGA apprentices
Within the framework of the three year education program, the students complete EELs modules (European Education Level System Summary) as well as J+S (National High School for Sport in Magglingen) and the Swiss PGA specific modules.
Whoever wishes to begin the Swiss PGA education must fulfill the following criteria before starting the program:
- Minimum Age: 18
- Maximum Handicap of 4.4 for Men and 6.4 for Women
- Successful completion of the ‚Playing Ability Test‘ - 2020 Swiss PGA PAT Regulations
- English language niveau: First Certificate
- Swiss Nationality or Residence Permit B or C
- Confirmed contract with a Golf Club
- Completed apprenticeship or High School Diploma
Course Fees CHF 10'000.- (for three years). Every additional year – CHF 1'500.-
Membership Fee CHF 330.- for the 1st year, CHF 440,- for the 2nd and 3rd year
The dates of the apprentice courses will be regularly updated.
| Title | Date | Registration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss PGA Apprentices' Championship 2022 - Engadine | 23. Aug -25. Aug 2022 | 08. Aug 2022 | |
| 2022_J+S Leiterkurs (Tenero/Losone) | 24. Oct -28. Oct 2022 | 17. Oct 2022 | |
| 2022_Autumn Days (Holzhäusern) | 31. Oct -01. Nov 2022 | 24. Oct 2022 | |
| 2022_Final Exams (Holzhäusern) | 02. Nov -03. Nov 2022 | 24. Oct 2022 | |
| 2022_Greenkeeping Module (GC Thunersee) | 09. Nov -10. Nov 2022 | 01. Nov 2022 | |
| 2022_J+S Module Golf Fitness (Magglingen) | 19. Nov -20. Nov 2022 | 19. Oct 2022 |
Youth + Sport
The education system for apprentices, teaching professionals, junior coaches and J+S leaders in Switzerland is modular. The smooth team work between the associations and the ministry for sport ensures a high quality education and further education for the members of the PGA. Golf is an official element of the Jugend + Sport program of BASPO since 2010.
The modules J+S basic education, J+S further education 1 and further education 2 (coaching juniors) are mandatory for all apprentices. During the three year education the apprentice will complete around 20 days of J+S courses.
This provides the basis and the opportunity for a career as a trainier. Those who specialise can complete the Swiss Golf Trainier A and a professional career training education through J+S.
Sport Teachers Association
On 29th of August 2013 the teaching professional education, together with the national trade certificate, made an important step forward. The Sport Teachers Association was found from the IG Sports Teachers, including the Swis PGA as one of its members. This association delivers the education of the SBFI (State Secretariet for Education, Research and Innovation) and in doing so receives the state recognition of the vocation. In the meantime 15 Swiss sports associations and career sport organisations came together to form the trusteeship ‚sportartenlehrer.ch‘.
A new committee was voted in at the founding meeting, at which our president Bruno Griss and examination commission member Markus Rath were present. Markus Rath will now represent the Swiss PGA on this committee.
