Yeungjin College Park Golf Management Department, 9 Pass the Level 1 Instructor Qualification Exam

Yeungjin College (President Choi Jae-young) Park Golf Management Department has risen as a prestigious institution for nurturing professional talents in park golf by producing a large number of Level 1 Park Golf Instructors just two years after the department was established.

The college’s Park Golf Management Department recently announced on the 6th that nine current students passed the Level 1 Park Golf Instructor certification exam conducted by the Korea Park Golf Association.

Yeongjin College Park Golf Management Department participating and competing in the 1st Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister's National Park Golf Tournament held last October.

The eligibility criteria for the Level 1 Park Golf Instructor certification exam were originally given to those who had been members of the Korea Park Golf Association and had obtained the Level 2 Instructor certification for at least one year. However, with recent amendments to the association’s regulations, the criteria changed to “those who have completed at least 2 credits in park golf recognized by the university and are recommended by the department head or the university president.”

Following this revision, Yeungjin College’s Park Golf Management Department was given the opportunity to allow students to apply directly for the Level 1 Instructor certification without taking the Level 2 exam. Recently, 2 second-year and 12 first-year students from the department took the association’s certification exam.

The Level 1 certification exam was conducted with a written test in the morning and a practical test in the afternoon. Nine students passed by scoring at least 60 points on the written test and completing an 18-hole game in 60 strokes or less.

Kim Ok-hee (57, 1 year), who entered Yeungjin College and started park golf in March this year and obtained the certification, said, “I was interested in being able to study while exercising, so I enrolled in the Park Golf Management Department. The professors encouraged us by instilling confidence that we could do it and guided us passionately, which helped me pass. Now, I plan to continue challenging myself for higher certifications with confidence.”

Professor Lee Joo-hyun of Yeungjin College’s Park Golf Management Department said, “It is not easy to obtain a Level 1 Instructor certification just a few months after starting park golf. I feel proud and rewarded as our students achieved great results in their first certification exam.”

Department Head Jo Jin-seok of the Park Golf Management Department also stated, “Our college’s Park Golf Management Department can challenge the Level 1 Instructor certification directly without the Level 2 certification from the Korea Park Golf Association, and this is a benefit currently enjoyed only by Yeungjin College nationwide. We will focus on education to contribute to the development of park golf as a senior sport and promote a happy and healthy life for the elderly by producing talents who can lead the park golf community as ‘Park Golf Instructors.’”

Yeungjin College’s Park Golf Management Department is leading the way in nurturing park golfers and promoting park golf culture, having won the university division at the ‘1st Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism National Park Golf Tournament’ held last October.

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