27 October 2009
How To Get A Golf Scholarship
Posted by Coach Chris Berg under: Golf .
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.
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 know intangibles are an important part of a college coaches recruiting process. I speak from experience. I am a 6' guy that played quarterback in the Pac-10. Typically, coaches want their quarterbacks in the Pac-10 to be 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.
Preferred 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 PARAMETERS
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.
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
D1 schools can have a total of 4.5 male scholarship golfers on the team, while the woman's golf team has a total of 6 scholarships.
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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