What education and training is needed to be a professional golf player?

education is not needed unless you want something to
fall back on. the average salaries is 150k

range 50-600k/ year sponsorship, competition, adverts ect..

for ed maybe kinesiology to learn you’re movement and physics
for the actual judging and hitting

Do something, anything to make enough to live on while you pursue your dream. Getting on with a pro-style golf course with good resident Pros and maybe that hosts an LPGA tournament is a good place to be I would think.

Meanwhile - while you’re paying the bills - golf every chance you have - and learn some pro courses. Look if you can be a “par” golfer on even one course you might make some noise during an amateur tourney and hey, maybe get invited to the big dance?

There’s a whole grading system in place as well - determined on success and scores… so you might have to look that up.

Being a “Golf Professional” isn’t necessarily the same as being a “Professional Golfer”. Golf Pros generally work within the golf industry as instructors, Golf Course Managers/Director’s of Golf etc. Professional Golfers play the game to make a living. To become a Golf Pro you need at the least to have a diploma in golf management from a community college. These courses teach everything from course maintenance to club repairs to running local tournaments to managing a golf course. To be a Professional Golfer you need the skill to play the game at it’s highest level.

There are a couple of misconceptions in your question. One just has to be a terrific golfer who gains tournament experience by playing. Today ,a lady to get on the LPGA, has to go through qualifying school to gain her right. It isn’t necessary to be a college graduate. Several players now on tour have no degree, nor did several of the original LPGA members. No player is paid a salary per se. They may have a sponsor or earn money for playing a brand club or ball and wearing some clothing manufacturer’s gaments. Their earnings have to pay for their transportation, caddies, living expenses, and incidentals all of which are the result of the places where they finish in each tournament. If they do not make the cut they earn little to nothing.