Tee up your career in golf management

The Golf Industry Management program includes one co-op work term. Georgian has a strong network of co-op locations at all the top golf courses and golf businesses throughout Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. 

We can help you land a co-op job at your local hometown golf course, or a dream co-op at locations such as Banff Springs, Cabot Links, or St. George’s Golf and Country Club.

In Canada, we have had students work from Vancouver to Nova Scotia and everywhere in between. Internationally, students have worked throughout the United States and overseas in Scotland. The sky is the limit!

Yes, co-op work terms are paid.

The idea behind co-op is to give students the opportunity to gain real-life work experience in their industry. We expect students to be treated like any other employee at the company. Learn more about co-op at Georgian.

In the Golf Industry Management program, the co-op semester is the summer after your first year of studies. It runs from late April to the end of August.

Rather than rush back to school for September, the fall semester following co-op (semester three) is offered online, allowing you to continue working until the end of the golf season. This semester starts at the beginning of September, but is delivered in a way that allows you to both continue your employment while simultaneously progressing through your semester studies. Faculty has designed this semester as a unique learning opportunity.

Yes! The program is designed to prepare you for a career in multiple facets of the golf industry.

Although most of our grads choose to work at golf courses, many pursue off-course industry positions. Examples include working at Golf Town (the largest specialty golf retailer in Canada), and as sales representatives, club fitters, and in administration roles at equipment manufacturers.

Yes! Students in Georgian’s Golf Industry Management diploma program are eligible to receive equivalencies for a number of courses within the PGA of Canada Training Academy. Full details can be found on the PGA of Canada website.

Please note, although the program provides many course credits in the PGA Training Academy, a number of additional credits are required to obtain class A status.

Absolutely! Although focused for those working towards a future career in the golf industry, the Golf Industry Management curriculum includes many general business courses that can be used in careers outside of golf.

The program includes universal courses such as Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Business Technology, Customer Service, Leadership, Sales, Event Management, Human Resource Management, Communications, Networking, Management Principles, and Governance. These are all valuable courses and the skills and knowledge you gain can be used in any career path.      

No. Although the majority of students join our Golf Industry Management program because they’re avid golfers, we often welcome students with no golf experience at all. In fact, some of our most successful graduates were not the best golfers!

Regardless of skill level, a keen interest in the game is important, as the program content assumes some basic knowledge of the game.

We often find that the experienced and better golfers, quickly connect with the those somewhat new to the game and help them along.

Students in our Golf Industry Management diploma program hone their skills in our state-of-the-art indoor golf instructional lab.

Two hitting bays, a putting green, Trackman, E6, HD Golf, Quintic Ball Roll, club fitting systems and a golf library are what you will find inside the golf lab.

The golf lab is run by our students – and they’re paid to do so!

Yes. More than $3 million in bursaries and scholarships are available to Georgian students each year to help pay the way to graduation.

This includes general awards open to all Georgian students, as well as program-specific awards for Golf Industry Management students. You can afford this!

Georgian has both a men’s and women’s varsity golf team. Tryouts are held at the beginning of fall semester. Both teams have been very successful over the years.

We have relationships at a number of Barrie area golf courses. Depending on the facility, you’ll be offered either free green fees, or green fees at a significant discount. Get ready to bring your golf skills up to par!