Pros
There are some advantages to being indoors & climate controlled. Holidays off. END OF PROS
Cons
Simply, the most dishonest users I've ever encountered in my life. I can't believe there are legit great reviews. I'm a mid career PGA Class A Professional with multiple local/section & national awards. I was recruited - and the potential to open a franchise in my home town was the key for me joining. No agreement they made regarding pay was kept. After my first 10.5 months I was ranked #4 out of 428 pros nationally in sales. My sales of the coveted full year higher-end lesson packages was twice the company average. My sales of custom fitting sessions was three times the entire center's - combined. I literally could not afford to get to work... the pay 'formula' is "up to their discretion" - when you 'new & excited and ready to rock' it's implied that you could make MORE if you really do well... I was assured - direct quote "Don't worry, you're doing great! It takes a little while for the formula (corp. center manager used) to catch up but when all is said and done, YOUR PAY SHOULD BE ABOUT 40% OF YOUR SALES:... Now that's a loosely descriptive term...I'm cool with that.. could mean a couple grand. I sold 160K and my gross pay was 38,5.. Not even CLOSE to "about 40%" -Closer to TWENTY THOUSAND OFF "about 40%" At my 'annual review just prior to starting my 12th month, my manager knew the pay thing had been an on going issue. There were four teaching pros when I started and the mgr was weaning himself out of lessons & not taking new clients, as he was 'overseeing a few locations and he was due & probably expecting to get beamed up to the mothership. During that first year, 2 of our pros quit, and I trained a new golfTEC U grad - who's entire teaching resume was assisting the summer before with jr golf clinics for the town. At our meeting he was very sympathetic and told me "Yes, YOU hit it out of the park, but 'the center' didn't, so didn't make bonuses"...I reminded him it'd been behind for the last 6 months - he knew - I wrote to the head sales guy (we had gotten along very well and he'd written me saying how great I was doing) and Mike in Denver and told them I simply couldn't even afford to get to work some weeks without borrowing $50 day before payday. I POLITELY demanded they write AT LEAST a 5K check and we'd negotiate something on the remainder of the mysterious $20,000 pay gap OR, I WOULD BE FORCED TO FINISH THE NEXT MONTH and resign. They ask if you're going to leave to please give as much notice as possible so you can introduce your clients to their new coach, do some 'transition lessons' which I had no problem with. I had good relationships and had become quite friendly with most, so I wanted to finish the next 4-5 weeks anyway... That was a Saturday afternoon, after closing another full year plan from a Groupon Evaluation - no less. He said he would inform Denver of my situation. He called me back the next day (Sun) and said "They figured it be best if I did NOT return at all. I had LOADS of stuff there, books, a computer platform staff bag, teaching aids....he said they'd send it all UPS. THEY DIDN'T WANT ME BACK ON THE PROPERTY. Not even to due the 'transition lessons'. I found out from several students they were told I just quit. Period. No warning....which was total BS! AND MY Reputation they were smearing. Many of my students asked for refunds of their unused sessions and some took the 2 or 3 free lessons 'to meet the new coach' and then stopped Their entire plan is accepting of massive turnover... SO what if 1/2 your clients leave - they got all those other ones you brought in