Grow Your Game, Advance Your Career: The WNYPGA Mentorship Program

Looking for Guidance? Let’s Bridge the Gap.

Navigating the journey to becoming a PGA Class A Member is incredibly rewarding, but it is also demanding. Balancing long shop hours, lesson books, tournament operations, and your PGM portfolio can feel like a heavy lift.

The WNYPGA Mentor Committee was built to take the pressure off. Our veteran members are here because they want to pay it forward; not judge where you are at. No question is too small, and no hurdle is too specific.

How a WNY Mentor can help you:

• Portfolio & Education: Demystifying the “book” work and breaking down milestones.

• PAT Prep: Strategies for managing the mental and physical grind of the Playing Ability Test.

• Career & Work-Life Balance: Learning how to manage relationships at your club, advance your career, and protect your personal time.

“The best advice I ever got didn’t come from a manual; it came from a 15-minute phone call with a veteran Head Pro in our section who had been exactly where I was standing.”

Share Your Experience. Shape the Future of the Section.

Remember the professionals who helped you earn your badge? Now is your chance to be that person for someone else.

Many veteran members hesitate to sign up because they worry about a massive time commitment. But mentorship fits your schedule. It doesn’t mean hours of mandatory weekly meetings. Whether it is a quick 10-minute phone call to review a portfolio task, a coffee at a Section meeting, or long-term career advice—you choose how and when you give back.

Why become a WNY Mentor?

• Strengthen the overall quality and community of the Western New York Section.

• Earn MSR credits for your time and leadership.

• Keep the traditions and standards of the PGA strong in our local clubs.