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Go To University and Become a Professional Golfer
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A New Kind of Golf Course
Come on you up-and-coming stars go to university and become a professional golfer!
The University of Birmingham is to offer an honours degree in golf to help develop the sport's next generation of superstars.
It plans to team up with the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) in what is thought to be the first partnership of its kind in the world.
The three-year course is called Applied Golf Management Studies.
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Tiger and Duval Did It
 | It will see 25 would-be professionals combining academic studies with tuition in every aspect of the game from September 2002.
It is designed to ensure that those capable of academic study, and who also exhibit special sporting skills, are capable of achieving their potential in both spheres.
"There will be both academic rigour and a vocational slant."
Studies will range from historical perspectives of golf to analysis of swing theory.
Psychology lecturers will help students develop the mental toughness essential for success in the modern game.
And experts from the School of Metallurgy and Materials will provide enlightenment about the latest equipment technology.
Students will also be taught golf event management and schooled in financial performance assessment methods.
Those who gain an honours degree will, on satisfactory completion of three placements, be eligible to become PGA professionals.
Applicants for the course will be accepted from the UK and overseas, but all will need to have at least two A-levels (C grade or better) - plus a handicap of four or less.
Birmingham is close to the Belfry, this year's Ryder Cup venue near Sutton Coldfield and the home of the PGA's National Training Academy.
The new course is designed to go a step further than the scholarships offered by US colleges to students with sporting talents.
The PGA hopes it means talented young golfer anxious to begin their career with a solid academic grounding will no longer be lost to the professional game.
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