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Jobs in Golf: 12 Careers in the Game — and Which Ones Let You Stay an Amateur

Golf is hiring. Here's what the jobs pay, where to find them, and the question every competitive amateur should ask before saying yes.

AmateurGolf.com Staff· · 8 min read

Golfers play the fairway at Poppy Hills Golf Club during the Northern California Senior Championship at Pebble Beach.

The short version

  • The U.S. golf industry supports nearly 1.65 million jobs and $80.1 billion in wage income.
  • The average golf course superintendent now earns $121,238 a year, up 10.6% in two years.
  • Most golf jobs do not cost you your amateur status. Working as a club or range professional, giving paid lessons, or joining a PGA does.
If you love the game enough to spend your weekends chasing a state amateur title, you've probably wondered at least once what it would be like to work in golf. The good news: there has rarely been a better time to ask.

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