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Junior golf continues to grow in large part thanks to Tiger Woods. As more and more student-athletes join Junior golf, there is an obvious increase in competition for college golf scholarships. Because of this fact, I thought it would be important to share with you some of the common parameters a college golf coach is looking for in new recruits.

One thing I want to stress to student-athletes is that what I am about to share with you are SIMPLY guidelines. If you are able to offer a college coach certain intangibles that he/she is looking for they may still offer you a college scholarship.

I speak from experience. I played quarterback at Stanford University, and I am only 6′ tall. A typical Pac-10 quarterback is at LEAST 6′2″.

I hope this gives you HOPE even if your scores do not currently match up to what college coaches are looking for in their prospective golfers.

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

One thing I often get asked by parents and players is, “What do I need to shoot in order to play in college?”

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.

A D2 coach is looking to recruit male golfers with a 0-4 handicap and female golfers with a 0-10 handicap.

A Division 3 coach would like a MALE golfer to have an 8-13 handicap, and FEMALE golfers from 10-20.

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.

NCAA Division 2 schools have 3.6 male scholarships, while the woman’s team has 5.4 scholarships.

NAIA schools will have 5 golf scholarships for their men’s team and 5 scholarships for their women’s team.