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By Ryan MacDonald

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  1. Ryan MacDonald

    Ryan MacDonald

    First off I was not really sure where to post this since none of the categories truly fit but I thought this might be the best. I am an engineering student at Penn State currently and my hopes and goals are to become a golf engineer designing equipment. Can anyone that is a golf engineer give advice on what certain things to focus on in engineering (i.e. topics or classes). Currently I would think that Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering would be the best to fit what a golf engineer needs but thats really just a guess. There is not any advice that I have gotten to support that, merely just my assumptions. I also have to do research for my major at Penn State and nothing seems to really be close to what I think golf engineering would be and obviously I want to pick a topic that would benefit me the most in learning methods useful to golf engineers. I would greatly appreciate any sort of help or guidance on this subject since most of my advisors or professors have no background in golf and don't really know what would i should do to fulfill my goals.

  2. Jeff M

    Jeff M
    North Carolina

    Unfortunately I am not an engineer so I can't give you a good answer, but I noticed this topic has gone unanswered for a few days so I at least wanted to give my opinion in case it take a bit longer for someone qualified to answer.

    I would look at job openings with various golf equipment manufacturers, see what they say in the engineering/design job descriptions. You may also benefit from sending an email to someone in HR, for example Acushnet has several contacts listed publicly here: employment.acushnetgolf.com/.../

    It's never too early to start networking and spark relationships with folks in the industry, maybe even reach out to the golf coach at Penn State and see if they know anything or can put you in touch with someone. You're already one step ahead of a lot of students, thinking long term to start your career on the right foot. I spent a year in the engineering program at NC State before deciding on a different path, but in my experience the first year is more just the general ed classes before you go into the more specialized stuff, so there's time to figure it out. Good luck!

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