Transfer Students
To transfer to the PGA Golf Management Program™ at UNLV, you must meet all of the admission requirements stated below, and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Once admitted to the PGA Golf Management Program™, you will be placed into the freshman/first year cohort group. If you are transferring from another PGA Golf Management Program™ will remain in the same cohort in which they were enrolled at their previous college or university.
Admission Requirements
To be accepted into our program, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be accepted to UNLV
- Have a golf handicap of 12 or lower which may be verified by submitting one of the following:
- USGA handicap card
- letter from a Professional Golfer’s Association (PGA) Member
- letter from the student’s high school golf coach
- have successfully passed the PGA Playing Ability Test (PAT)
Admission Steps
- Apply to UNLV as a RECPGM major
- Download, fill out, print, and fax the confirmation of playing ability form (PDF) to 702-774-8994.
- Fill out the UNLV PGA Program Application online.
PGA Golf Management Program enrollment is limited. All PGA Golf Management admission materials will be reviewed as they are received, and we recommend that you apply to the UNLV and the PGA Golf Management™ program as early as possible. We also recommend that interested applicants visit our campus and meet with the PGA staff prior to attending school.
To have a better understanding of any courses that might transfer into the PGA Golf Management program, please review the program of study (PDF) and the transfer course equivalence tables.
