PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - PGA REACH has awarded scholarships to 10 students through the PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship Program for the 2019-2020 academic school year. These $8,000 scholarships are designed to improve the recruitment and retention of talented and motivated students from diverse backgrounds, who are pursuing PGA Membership through PGA Golf Management University Programs nationwide.
The PGA WORKS initiative is designed to evolve the demographic composition of the golf industry's workforce and the PGA of America's Membership. Scholarship recipients will pursue fulltime undergraduate studies at one of the 18 accredited PGA Golf Management Universities during the 2019-2020 academic year, with an ultimate goal of obtaining PGA Membership.
"PGA REACH is proud to award these outstanding students with a PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship, as they pursue their dream of earning PGA Membership and a college degree," said PGA President Suzy Whaley. "We congratulate them for their academic success, and we're delighted that they represent an exciting future for the game and our industry."
Scholarship recipients were selected on the basis of: Academic record; demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities; honors and work experience; a statement of goals and aspirations; unusual personal or family circumstances; an outside appraisal; demonstrated active participation in the game of golf; and playing ability.
The 2019-2020 PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship Program recipients:
Simpsonville, South Carolina
Coastal Carolina University
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2021
Coastal Carolina University
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2022
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2022
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2021
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2021
Coastal Carolina University
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020
New Mexico State University
PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020
To ensure success and perpetuity of the program, as well as objectivity in the selection process, PGA REACH retained Scholarship America as a third-party administrator. Scholarship America is the nation's largest designer and manager of scholarship, tuition assistance, and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals.
