PGA Golf Management

Facilities

Penn State Golf Courses
All Penn State Golf Management students are members of the Penn State Golf Courses. This membership gives each student full playing and practicing privileges on both the Blue Course and the White Course, along with the ability to make advanced tee times.

Golf Shop
For three consecutive years, Penn State Golf Courses was awarded the Golf World Business Magazine, a Golf Digest publication serving golf retailers, the “100 Best Golf Shops” Award. Golf Management students learn from this “Model Golf Shop,” which was also recognized by the Philadelphia PGA Section as a “Merchandiser of the Year” for four (4) consecutive years.

Practice Facilities
The Penn State Golf Courses practice facility is set up to simulate all of the necessary practice situations that might be found on any course. The practice facility at the back of the practice range contains multiple hitting tiers, a chipping and pitching green, green-side bunkers, fairway bunkers, and uneven lies. These areas are for the use of PGM students and Penn State golf teams only. The Penn State Golf Courses practice facility also includes two large putting greens, one at the clubhouse and the other by the Golf Management office.

Club Repair Facility
The Penn State Golf Courses also has its own club repair facility. All Golf Management students have complete access to this building. The club repair room contains all the necessary tools to re-grip, re-shaft, and adjust lie, length, loft, and swing weight of any club. This is also the facility used each fall for our club repair workshops conducted by a Golfworks master club repair specialist.

Golf Teaching and Research Center
The Golf Teaching and Research Center is for the exclusive use of our Golf Management students, in addition to conducting golf relevant research. The indoor space includes motion capture systems http://www.qualisys.com/video, analysis equipment and software, ball flight monitors http://www.flightscope.com, multiple hitting stations, synthetic putting green, golf-specific exercise equipment, as well as faculty and intern offices.

Please contact us if you would like to be a part of this state-of-the-art facility. The Golf Management Program will continue to accept donations as we strive to further game improvement research and provide superior learning environments for our students.

PGM Office and Student Lounge
The PGM Office and Student Lounge serves as everyone’s (students and faculty) second home. Our new location is the 7th floor of the Donald H. Ford building. Our PGM students have full access to the faculty and staff of the PGM program. The student lounge includes multiple computers with Internet access and the internship database system.