Article: Degree brings golfers up to par.(University of Birmingham has teamed up with the Professional Golfers' Association to offer golf degree)

If your career is under par, you might decide that networking with your boss and the company directors is your best route to a seat on the board. But what do you do if they spend all their spare time on the golf course and you don't know your golf links from your cufflinks?

Dashing out to buy loud checked trousers, strange shoes and diamond-patterned jumpers may be one way of creating an impression, but if you're really serious, you should forget signing up for weekend lessons at your local golf club. The University of Birmingham has teamed up with the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) to offer an honours degree in golf. You can now become a whiz on the ...

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