UMES PGA PGM

Executive Summary

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Professional Golf Management (PGM) Program will provide supervised competitive level productivity coaching to allow the golf minded youth an opportunity to explore golf as a career avenue. Not all participants will become professional tournament golfers. While all sports present their teachable moments, golf, by its very nature, provides a learning experience with regular ebbs and flows. This model has the potential for replication in all the local high schools to provide an equitable, balanced, and a sustainable model that could create a renewed Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Part of the instruction set will include sessions of personal productivity coaching on how to get and stay organized, and how to manage time more effectively to achieve goals and objectives.

Objectives

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Professional Golf Management Program will address beginners, collegiate, and professional bound managers and coaches with the Success Through Evaluation Program (S.T.E.P.) development course. The purpose of a Player Development Program is to improve and expand the skills and scholarly knowledge of golfers in an environment tailored to the needs of the diverse demographics and underserved communities by maintaining golfer interest and commitment to growing the business of golf. The High School Summer Development courses, conducted by the UMES PGM Golf Academy, will also introduce friendly competition to spot talent for the pathway to Division 1 college golf.

Mission Statement

Serve the ethnic diverse communities with five core values of honesty, integrity, respect, responsibility, and etiquette while creating a safe and equitable sanctuary for all to learn and develop.

Keys to Success

Productivity coaching will always start with honest praise of our students and community participants. As a productivity coach, all UMES Player Development and UMES Golf Academy leaders will give a clear perspective on how good the participants are performing, identify key areas that may need improvement, and provide motivation to improve on those areas. As a coach, avoid being judgmental.