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Education Opportunities

The current PDR (formerly MSR) cycle began June 16, 2022 and will run through June 15, 2025.

The Minnesota Section PGA has various opportunities to attend seminars and educations virtually and in-person throughout the year.

Upcoming Opportunities:

PGA HOPE Training
Monday, March 11, 2024
Braemar Golf Course / Dome
$0 registration fee

PGA Hope Instructor Training at Braemar Golf Club and inside the Dome in Edina, MN. The Minnesota PGA is teaming up with PGA REACH to provide specialized training to our PGA Professionals on adaptive golf training. Attendees will be trained on the best and most effective methods for coaching wounded warriors, veterans, and those with physical limitations. Students will be better prepared to engage the veteran communities in which they serve and engage in PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) programming. The session will be a combination of classroom and practical, hands-on training with a National Trainer.

All PGA Members who are involved in a PGA HOPE program must be a PGA HOPE certified instructor. Unless you attend a training, you are not a certified instructor.

**7 PDRs available for all PGA Members in attendance

Schedule of Events:
7:45am – Registration and Coffee
8:15am-12:30pm – Classroom Trianing
12:30pm-1:15pm – Lunch Provided
1:15pm-3:00pm – Hands-on Training

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SPRING TEACHING & COACHING SEMINAR
Monday, April 1, 2024 – 8:30am – 1:00pm
Bunker Hills Golf Club
$40 registration fee

Join us for the Minnesota PGA Section Spring Teaching Seminar on April 1st at Bunker Hills GC in Coon Rapids, MN.
The seminar will include presentations from:

  1. Nationally Known Golf Instructor Chris Como
  2. Justin Kraft on the effects of Social media on Teaching and Coaching

The Seminar will take place in the North Ballroom at Bunker Hills Golf Club. Lunch is included in the $40 registration fee.

**4 PDRs available for all PGA Members in attendance

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Rules of Handicapping Seminar
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 – 9:00am – 12:00pm
at Minnesota Valley Country Club
$0 registration fee

The Minnesota Golf Association is hosting a Rules of Handicapping Seminar on Wednesday, April 10 at Minnesota Valley Country Club in Bloomington, MN. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the World Handicap System and highlight the revisions made to the system in 2024. Golfers, committee members and club staff are welcome to attend. Please reach out to Stacy Sazama (stacy@mngolf.org) at the MGA for any questions.

** 3 PDRs available for all PGA Members in attendance.

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Pro’s in the Snow “Bokklubb”

A SERIES OF WINTER MEET UPS
CONNECTING THROUGH BOOK REVIEWS

*EARN 1 PDR POINT PER MEETING*

GOAL: To foster and enrich the PGA Community of Professionals during the off-season while growing personally and professionally together.

WHO IS INVITED: Anyone associated with the Minnesota PGA who wants to connect with others and grow through reading and discussion. The way to sign up each month is by suggesting a book for the group to read at the link below.

WHEN: Monthly (middle of the month), each off-season, November through March.
Weekdays – 4pm – 5:30 pm

WHERE: Breweries, Coffee Shops, Restaurants in Metro Area (TBA before each meeting)

HOW IT WORKS

  1.  A month in advance, book suggestions are submitted and voted on via a google doc link.
  2. Must be able to attend the next book review session if you make a suggestion.
  3. The suggested books should be less than 300 pages.
  4. The suggested book with the highest voting average on the deadline is the one selected.
  5. Whomever has their book selected is assigned as the discussion leader that month.
  6. Each person reads the selected book and we meet to socialize and discuss!

February Book Suggestions:
Deadline to submit suggestions – February 5th
Note sent to group announcing the selection – February 5th
Book Review Get Together – February 28th 4pm-5:30pm at Hackamore Brewing in Chanhassen

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