How To Get A Golf Scholarship
Golf is an incredibly HOT sport these days thanks to Tiger Woods. It continues to grow and grow as more student-athletes are becoming Junior Golfers. Due to the increase in competition for college golf scholarships, I want to share with you some important and basic information about how to get a college golf scholarship.
Keep in mind that these are just parameters. If a college coach sees something about your game that he/she really likes, the coach may still offer you a scholarship…even if you do not meet these guidelines.
Do not let these parameters deter you from shooting for the stars in your college golf goals. I am only 6′, and I played quarterback in the Pac-10…most Pac-10 quarterbacks are at least 6’2″.
I share these guidelines with you because they at least give you something to shoot for, but they are not in concrete.
Also, please remember the FUNDAMENTALS of college recruiting still apply…it is critical that you do well in the classroom, and you do whatever it takes to promote yourself to college coaches…and YES this does include video of your different club swings and putting.
Typical grades are 3.0+ GPA and a 24+ACT/1000+SAT
The single, most common question I get from parents is, “What does my student-athlete have to shoot to get a college golf scholarship?”
RECRUITING GUIDELINES
A D1 coach is looking to recruit scratch golfers for his male golf team, and a 0-5 handicap for the female golf team.
Division 2 coaches are typically looking for male golfers to have a 0-4 handicap, and their female golfers to have a 0-10 handicap.
Division 3 coaches are typically looking for male golfers to have an 8-13 handicap, and their female golfers to have a 10-20 handicap.
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
All D1 schools have 4.5 male golf scholarships per team, while the female team has 6 scholarships total for the team.
D2 schools are allowed to have 3.6 scholarships for their male golf team, and 5.4 scholarships for their female golf team.
NAIA schools have 5 scholarships for both their male and female golf programs.
Find out what it takes to get a golf scholarship from Coach Chris Berg. If you dream of getting an Athletic Scholarship then let Coach Chris Berg help you discover all the scholarship secrets you need to achieve your collegiate dreams!
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