Handicap for college golf?

[Needtobreak80]

Whats the handicap of the average college golfer(scholarship)? I don't mean like stanford players. I mean the more mortal players like in the NAIA division?
Anybody know what the handicap needed to get a scholarship is?

[Smallville]

Here's a couple of links that may help. The second link better answers your question:


http://golf.about.com/od/juniorgolf/a/jrcollegegolf.htm
http://www.ncsasports.org/student-at...olf-guidelines

[907golfer12]

Whats the handicap of the average college golfer(scholarship)? I don't mean like stanford players. I mean the more mortal players like in the NAIA division?

I've been told by a few people that while you must have a low handicap, most college coaches look more at tournament finishes. Can you close out a tournament when your in the lead? Can you come from a few strokes behind and win? Can you recover from a bad 9? Things like that.

Also I have heard that D3 and NAIA schools don't give out athletic scholarships, since they don't have enough money, but they do give out academic scholarships. But if that is wrong and someone who knows a little more about that then I do, please correct me.

[Khalua10]

Also I have heard that D3 and NAIA schools don't give out athletic scholarships, since they don't have enough money, but they do give out academic scholarships. But if that is wrong and someone who knows a little more about that then I do, please correct me.

D3 schools cannot give athletic scholarships but indeed NAIA schools can and do.

[907golfer12]

D3 schools cannot give athletic scholarships but indeed NAIA schools can and do.

Okay thanks, I knew I got one of those wrong.

[iQuest Golfer]

Whats the handicap of the average college golfer(scholarship)? I don't mean like stanford players. I mean the more mortal players like in the NAIA division?

Here's a link you may want to check out. Good luck!

http://www.collegegolf.com/collegegolf/

[JYB]

i play D3 college golf and i shoot in the 80's.

In our tournaments, the low guy usually shoots +1 or +2.

[deronsizemore]

Yeah, as others have said, I would be more concerned with what you're shooting in tournaments then what your handicap is. A college golf coach isn't going to be impressed at all by you telling him that your a scratch golfer or [insert any other handicap here]. His only concern is how you perform in tournaments. You can say you're a scratch golfer, but if you cannot break 80 in pressure situations you may have a hard time. I would play in as many tournaments as possible.