Becoming a Certified Instructor

Teaching Background: Current PGA or USGTF standing or two years experience as a golf teaching professional (and currently teaching) is recommended prior to becoming a NGCI. USGTF members must have a handicap of 7 or below. Non-PGA and non-USGTF members must show documented proof of a handicap below 7.

Obtain a Teaching Facility: You must have access to a teaching facility with an adequate driving range and preferably a golf course where you can both teach Natural Golf programs and sell Natural Golf equipment. In order to meet Natural Golf’s facility requirements, the teaching facility may have grass stalls or mats, a short game practice area (preferably with bunker) and a putting green. Natural Golf will structure and maintain an agreement between its corporate office and your facility, which will be coordinated through you after completion of Certification School.

Complete a Natural Golf Application: An informational application is available online (see link below). Once submitted you will be placed on our list for contact regarding our Certification schedule.

Attend a Certification School: This multiple-day school includes classroom instruction, a demonstration and playing exam, fitting workshop and candidate instructional presentations. Prior to attending, you must have the ability to teach, explain, and demonstrate the Natural Golf Single Plane Swing and be able to explain the ways in which it differs from the conventional golf swing.

Note: PGA Members receive continuing education credit hours for attending the Certification School.

Equipment

Once a teaching professional becomes an independent contractor for Natural Golf, he/she needs the proper teaching tools. A fitting and demo set is required to teach Natural Golf instructional programs. Both club sets are comprised of a carefully chosen assortment of clubs varying in shaft models and flexes. Since Natural Golf sells custom fitted clubs, the fitting system is designed to capture a student’s swing characteristics needed to build the appropriate set.

The fitting and demo equipment is included as part of the Certification cost. This is the Company’s way of investing in a Certified Instructor. Likewise, the financial investment made toward Certification is an instructor’s way of investing in Natural Golf and the services, advertising and promotion it provides.

Summary

Natural Golf takes pride in its highly qualified group of Certified Instructors. We look closely at a given geographic area in order to assess its saturation point and the level of customer demand before establishing a new teaching site. That said, Natural Golf is continually looking for new qualified teaching professionals. As our client base expands, so too must our number of instructors. We hope that you have found this information helpful.

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