Community Golf Instructor

England Golf and partners across Great Britain and Ireland are collaborating on a pioneering R&A-backed Community Golf Instructor Programme. 

If you want to deliver beginner golf activity to groups in your club, schools or community, then this course is for you! 

Community Golf Instructor Course

The new Community Golf Instructor training programme has been set up to create a dedicated new workforce to help grow the game in communities across the British Isles, with the focus of getting golf into schools, communities and more beginner activity into golf clubs. 

Once trained, instructors will be able to lead beginner and introductory activity independently, working in a paid or voluntary capacity, without it affecting their ‘amateur status’ as a golfer. 

Community Golf Instructors will also receive access to an extensive range of supporting documents that will help Instructors carry out their role. Along with this, you will receive access to an online peer community to share your success stories and ideas, but to also pose questions to fellow Community Golf Instructors.

You must complete a UK Coaching Safeguarding and Protecting Children (SPC) Course as well as completing an England Golf DBS Check in order to become a fully approved Community Golf Instructor. 

These are an additional cost (for those that do not already have them) and the cost varies depending on whether you will be working in a paid capacity (DBS £59.50) or as a volunteer (DBS £11.50), and SPC Course costs start from £35.

Should cost prohibit your ability to book a course please get in touch at training@englandgolf.org. Once this is acquired, you will be added to the SafeGolf register (link) and also receive contingency Public Liability Insurance.
 

It is not essential for you to have a background or existing knowledge in golf.

All we ask is that you are passionate about the benefits of sport and are willing to develop the skills to create a welcoming and inclusive environment and deliver fun, engaging games and activities. You must be 18 years of age to undertake this course.