However, I can echo what some others have said, if you plan on staying in the business (certainly you do at a PGM university) make sure you find where you fit. I can't stand the club business and ass kissing all the numbnut, dickhead members. I'll never go back to a club, at least not one with members.
John,
After posting that on the internet , I'd say you won't have to worry about going back.
Did it ever occur to you why THREE people asked you the same question?
The golf busines CAN be quite rosy, just like any other business-It can also be tough-just like any other business. It's all in what you make of it.
My staff and I play quite a bit of golf-I hire only hire guys who enjoy it and make time for it, and I structure my job and theirs around it.
My advice to Brett would be to try to get a job at a course (private, resort, or daily fee) with a well known and/or mentoring Head pro, or teaching pro, and or facility-Regardless of where he wants to end up.
With experience and contacts such as that, where he ends up will be his choice.
Which 3 months Brett? (that makes a big difference)
I had an intern who went down and registered for classes,spoke to his teachers, and came back to finish the busiest last 2 weeks of my season.
This was prearranged as a condition of my hiring him.
He now is a graduate and has two great jobs as showing initiative and creativity is crucial, and most important you must show what YOU can do for the organization.