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Recent Newsletters:   Fall 2011     Spring 2011

Dream of managing a golf course? Our program, the only one in the northeast, builds skills in turfgrass management, while providing insight into operating the course as a business. Work on our 18-hole golf course as well as numerous athletic fields as part of your learning experience.  Put your knowledge and skills into practice through paid summer internships.  The golf economy is huge and still growing and all our graduates are employed.

Bachelor Degree Program Summary

The Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree program in Golf Course Management is designed to prepare future management personnel for the growing number of golf courses in the region and the nation. This program is unique and the only program in the Northeast that is designed so that students develop skills in the science of turfgrass management as well as become proficient in the business and communications aspects of the job. Our curriculum is intended to give students extensive hands-on experience in the classroom, laboratory, as well as working on our 18-hole golf course or numerous athletic fields. Additionally, students gain credits and invaluable paid working experience during four required summer internships at facilities across the country. This allows students to seamlessly transfer into turfgrass management careers upon graduation. Currently, SUNY Delhi graduates have a 100% placement rate and are working at some of the country’s most prestigious properties around the world.

The golf economy in the U.S. is a $76 billion industry. The golf industry is larger than the newspaper industry; larger than performing arts and spectator sports; and larger than the motion picture and video business. The total economic impact of golf in America in 2009, including direct, indirect and induced impacts, was $195 billion.

Want to be a golf course superintendent?     also see the GCSAA (http:www.gcsaa.org)

The following represents just a sampling of some of the career and transfer options available to SUNY Delhi students following the completion of their degree.


Career paths:

• Golf Course Superintendent
• Golf Course Irrigation Technician
• Golf Course Pest management/spray Technician
• Turf/Golf Industry Company Sales
• Golf Course Construction/renovation foreman.
• Golf Course General Manager