Another route to becoming a PGA Professional is by the three-year PGA training course which involves distance learning whilst working in golf and now incorporates a Foundation Degree in Professional Golf in conjunction with the University of Birmingham.
Almost 50 percent of head injuries sustained in sports or recreational activities occur during bicycling, skateboarding, or skating incidents. More than 775,000 children, ages 14 and younger, are treated in hospital emergency rooms for sports-related injuries each year. Most of the injuries occurred as a result of falls, being struck by an object, collisions, and overexertion during unorganized or informal sports activities.
In 2001, as a result of road traffic accidents, nearly 5,000 children under 600 the age of 16 were either killed, injured so seriously that they had to be detained in hospital, or required medical treatment for fractures, concussion, 500 internal injury, severe cuts and lacerations or severe shock.n 2001, as a result of road traffic accidents, nearly 5,000 children under 600 the age of 16 were either killed, injured so seriously that they had to be detained in hospital, or required medical treatment for fractures, concussion, 500 internal injury, severe cuts and lacerations or severe shock.