Golf Representative Career

It just always seemed like something that I had to do. Ever since I was ten years old I’ve been playing, practicing, and talking about golf. I always have had a love for the game, but I never really thought about how stressful and painful it made my life. Even at ten I thought my future had already been planned for me. I was already thinking of life as a professional golfer. I was certain that I would go play golf for a big college, and instant fame would soon follow. It wasn’t until the last couple of years that life has changed for me.

*Ring, ring, ring.* I was nervously sweating and pacing around the room. It seemed like it took forever for him to pick up. Then all of a sudden a clear, short, deep, authoritative voice said, “Hello.” It startled me a bit, then I replied, “Hey Jim this is Andria. I was calling you because you told me to call you in March and I was wondering if I could work at Lincoln Greens Golf Course this year?” Jim replied, “Sure.” Unanticipatedly I heard, “Click.” Just like that I got my first job and from that moment on my life had changed for the better.

The many things I learned this month of November could really be transferable to the professional sport industry. I simply learned how to run a registration table consisting of parents, spectators, tourists, and potential golfers. Those specific skills could certainly be transferable to my future as a sport manager because it shows that I have increased my level of communication to a high level. It also shows that I know how to communicate with people in and out of a sport setting. However, the most important thing that I learned this month as well as the entire semester which could be transferable is the amount of hard work and dedication I put into the game of golf. I simply worked nearly 60 hours a week setting tee holes, marking holes,

My whole life I've wanted to go to college and play golf for a Division 1 school. After my long and hard journey, I'm hoping to go to SFA this fall and play golf. I never realized when I first started playing golf that it would be this tough. It's been an emotional roller coaster for me and I can't wait to see what college golf has in store for me.

As a Professional job hopper, Roger did not focus on one career like most people or follow any specific career path. He worked in various industries for short periods at a time, then moved to the next employer. Always seeking for that “dream job” because it never really existed, except in his mind. Additionally Roger describes his childhood a living hell while overcoming his inner demons, trying to fit into

Growing up, I did not have a dream job in mind. Whenever someone asked me what I aspired to be, I had no idea how to answer. “I want to work.” The vague answer always left my lips whenever someone probed me about my future. As college approached, I did not have a clear idea of what I wanted to pursue, and I was at a mental crossroad. This is where Montgomery College fit perfectly into my life. After I graduated from high school at the age of 15, I made the decision to attend Montgomery College and figure out my career path. It offered me a space where I could explore my passions and discover exactly what I wanted to do.

Growing up I held several types of jobs throughout a wide range of businesses. Having a family of mostly small business owners, I have always felt that I also wanted to build my own business. I worked for my dad restoring antique cars, my grandfather at his golf course, a local car dealer detailing cars, and also at our hometown funeral home as a funeral service associate. Of all the work I did, I enjoyed being at my grandfather’s golf course the most. It covered 178 acres and there were always multiple types of work that could be done. Being able to work over across a large area of ground with multiple tasks at hand proved to be both rewarding and stimulating.

As I stood on the 16th tee at The Farm, I thought about all of my surroundings. Most days, I take the beauty around the golf course for granted. On this day, I took a moment to reflect on all the beauty and the effect it has on all of my different senses. I was able to see, hear and feel many different things throughout the golf course.

When I started this internship with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour I wasn’t quite sure what to expect within the field of sports management. I always thought that sports management meant being in the front office for a team holding a more administrative role. My idea of what a sports manager did was such things like organization and management whether it be on an individual basis or team oriented. I imagined them being the guys in suits that the camera pans to while in the press box chatting it up with some potential investor. As you can see I have a very narrow view of what it meant to be a sports manager because as a fan of the sports the distinction between the various roles tends to be skewed. Sports management was a degree to me in which I had the ability to talk about sports all day, and be involved in a hands on manner. Sports have played a major role in my life up to this

The article that I chose to read and write about is titled,”In Sports Business, Too Many Hopefuls for Too Few Positions” written by Ken Belson. This author discusses how stressful it can be after obtaining a Sports Management degree. This article goes far and beyond to discuss how those were affected, which as a result, ultimately had to change their lives forever. One of those that were affected in particular was a man named Jason Martin. Jason attended the University of South Carolina to pursue in the sport and entertainment management program to hopefully earn a career that fits him. During his last semester to earn his bachelor's degree, he ended up taking an unpaid internship at the Family Circle Cup, a women’s tennis tournament, helping

Many people wonder how professional sport players decide to choose their jobs and what specific things they in their works. Michael F. Klabough, a current PGA professional in Green Spring Hunt Valley Club, graduated from the major of Systems Engineering but turned to be a golf professional. His stories show his personal pursuit and his special understanding toward life.

My long term personal mission in my career is to own and run a hugely successful eighteen-hole PGA certified golf course. I envision my shorter term career goals as being stepping stones to this. Being financially comfortable and secure, eventually having enough capital to invest in a business is a major focus of mine. Honing my skills as a golfer and a golf professional to the master level will serve me well in making business connections. Finally, acquiring business acumen by studying and learning from the professionals in my life already will give me what I need for running a business. By

He does recognize the fact that he still wants to be comfortable and not have to worry about money constantly with his new job as a counselor, but that this value is no longer as strong as a priority. His values such as finding meaning and caring for others are now what he hopes to guide his life and his choices. Over attended to this values were the main causes of his dissatisfaction with his life and his career. He realized that his current job is not satisfying the values he now finds important and this is causing him great dissatisfaction, the benefits of financial prosperity is no longer enough to make him push aside his need for meaning in his work. It is also important to note that with some effort he did acknowledge that though his how life he has never life above his means and has always made a considerable effort to save so if a catastrophe did happen he would have enough money to live for at least 5 years without working at all, and in addition to that he has networked so well that if he needed to have another job or make more money in an emergency situation he would always be able to. His end plan to satisfy the values that he sees as the more important is to become a counselor. He knows that through his passion for counseling he will always be able to find meaning in his work and even if he is not making as much money as much as he has been,

I will not be targeting based off of income because as an affordable course, any class of person can play at Golfer’s Paradise. I will also not target based off of behavior, specific to only one class of professional golfers, because any skill level of golfer is allowed at Golfer’s Paradise. It will be a public golf course, not private like a Country Club which limits who can enter their course.

Looking back on my sophomore and junior years of high school, I had a very difference idea of how my life was going to turn out. I worked three days a week on my school’s radio station, WBMT, and played guitar during my free time. I was going to major in business and minor in communications and hopefully pursue some career in music production and management. From middle school until late high school, that was the way I was going to affect people, through music. While I had worked as a camp counselor, and had experience working with children, it just wasn’t a path that I thought I could turn into a career. As I grew up and had new experiences, I began to reevaluate my plans for myself.