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Golf Course Management

Scotland`s Rural College (SRUC)

Venues

Off Campus

Content

This course is designed to help you develop the skills you'll need to begin a career as a golf course manager. It will give you a sound knowledge of greenkeeping practice, as well as teach you how to manage both human and financial resources.

You'll learn management skills specific to golf facilities, as well as the biological management of the course itself through modules on soil science and plant protection.

Content includes: Understanding Golf Tourism; Managing Structures and Non-Turf Areas on a Golf Course; Project Management; Managing Turf Playing Performance and Human Resource Management.

Entry Requirements

2 Highers plus English and Maths at National 5 or NC Greenkeeping or other relevant national qualifications at SCQF Level 6.

Start Date

September

Qualification

HND

Study Method

Distance and Flexible learning

Course Length

3 years

Department

Golf

SCQF Level

8

Website

www.sruc.ac.uk

Career Sectors

Agriculture

Aquaculture and Fishing

Arboriculture and Forestry

Earth Studies

Environmental and Rural Resource Management

Environmental Services

Horticulture and Landscaping

Work with Animals