Golf Team

[sumo]

About what do you need to shoot to make a golf team and how many kids do they take. I was wondering because its about time my kid tried out for the team.
Thanks.
SUMO

[kennay92]

to make the team for my school the coach wants at max to be shooting mid-high 80's(people shooting this would most likely be low on jv or medalists). and on our team we only have 12 people.. 4 varsity, 4 JV, and 4 medalists.

[kris]

of course it varies from school to school. I don't want to scare you with what I'm about to say but for my school making the team was really difficult.

There were 6 guys each on varsity and junior varsity. I tried out, little did I know, with absolutely no chance at making the team with my scores in the 90s. Everyone on the team presently shot low 70s, occasionally dropping a couple under par. To even get into consideration you probably had to shoot sub-40 9s. It was just insane. But then again, our team was very good.

For other schools in the area that I know of it's not even close to as hard to make the team so it's different for every school. Good luck.

[Ty Haegs]

  sumo said:

About what do you need to shoot to make a golf team and how many kids do they take. I was wondering because its about time my kid tried out for the team.

definitely depends on the school. If I didn't play baseball I would have played golf for my school. Back then I shot high 80's and I would have made varsity.

crazy I know.

[rebby]

  kris said:

of course it varies from school to school. I don't want to scare you with what I'm about to say but for my school making the team was really difficult.

My highschool was similar. Our teams were made up of 6 golfers, top 4 scores counted. Our varsity team routinely shot in the 280's or low 290's (average score roughly par to +1 for the 4). Our junior varsity team shot in the neighborhood of 310-330 depending on the conditions/course.

If a varsity golfer went out and shot 80, there was a pretty good chance that he'd lose his spot to a JV'r for the next match. This contrasts heavily with the school just down the road. If you were a bogie golfer, you were varsity material. Our JV team beat many of the varsity teams on a weekly basis.

[goblue107501]

I am going to say it can vary greatly from school to school. Some schools might have 3-4 guys that can break 80. Others might be lucky to have one guy that can break 90.

Have him ask the coach at school and see what he says. Some schools are desperate for players so it might not even be that big a deal.

[bogeyhitter25]

My average this year for high school is 39.8ish. I'm the #2. My individual record is 10-2. Our 6 is around 48. And our 7 just started playing. We're actually one of the better DII schools around though. Our record is 9-3-1 and 2 of our 3 losses have come against DI schools.

If he shoots around 43-45 consistently he'll make it.

[moshdirtjumpr]

I would say there are no requirements for my home town golf team. I have seen a few of them practicing last winter at the golf dome. Lets just say it was kind of scary. It is probaly because there were 140 people in my graduating class. Compared to my wifes was 800.

[EZ Swinger]

at my school, im the #1 and Im like a 4.5 handicap. Our number 2 shoots under 45 on a good day and its only downhill from there. All depends on the school.

[Touchofabricklayer]

I played high school golf for a division one school and to make varsity you had to shoot around 80 consistently and jv was about 85-90 on a regular basis.

[Lefty39]

Well I'm number 8 on my varsity team and my average is like 41, and our number 1 average's like 38