by David Gould | Jul 1, 2026 | News, Uncategorized
By David Gould, Staff Editor People whose job it is to follow the golf instruction industry have struggled to keep up with the USGA-run U.S. National Development Program over the three years of its existence. Principal reason for that is the...
by David Gould | Jun 1, 2026 | News
The largest expense that most golf coaches absorb in their businesses are revenue sharing or rent/lease payments. A coaches’ employment situation will likely determine if they pay one or the other (70 percent of our coaches reported paying one or the other this past...
by David Gould | May 12, 2026 | News
By David Gould, Staff Editor Two of the four coaches employed by Proponent member Kenny Nairn at Eagle Creek Golf Club no longer work a lot of weekends. The two veteran staff members, Liam Sullivan and Adam Andrews, “leave the clinics and the Saturday...
by David Gould | Mar 23, 2026 | News
As has been the case for many years in our annual Operations and Compensation Survey and again in the 2026 results, less than half of all coaches’ revenues come from one-on-one private golf lessons. This year’s survey found that 43 percent of member...
by David Gould | Mar 9, 2026 | News
Our 2026 Operations and Compensation Survey breaks down overall revenues for the entire membership and by position type. Overall, member coaches averaged $210,139 in revenues last year. They also averaged $32,978 in key expenses that included revenue split back to the...
by David Gould | Mar 3, 2026 | News
We’ve harvested the comp-and-ops information so generously provided to us by Proponent members and packaged the data for your review—our latest edition of the annual summary runs 31 pages. Most members who study the complete report will scan the answer set...
