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.
Sports-associated Recurrent Brain Injuries -- United States. There are an estimated 300,000 sports-related brain concussions in the United States each year. The second impact syndrome (SIS) has been reported when a second concussion occurs within hours, days, or weeks following a prior concussion. SIS causes rapid brain swelling resulting in coma or death.