college golf

[hoofreak7]

Im16 and i am a 5 handicap right now and Im interested in playing college golf. Im not sure how good i will be when i graduate from hs but im starting varsity this year(making varsity is a big deal...they played the u-18 british national team last year and lost by 3 strokes because one guy shot an 84) and the coach is amazing so i expect to get my handicap down in the next couple of years. Does anyone know anything about the college golf process? I looked at golf digest's college golf guide and i think it applied more to amazing golfers or extremely smart kids. I think im good enough to play d3 golf or maybe one of the less competitvie d1 team but im not quite sure yet.

[Spectrums]

I'm a sophmore, and I've been looking around as well.

You just need to contact the school's coaches and figure out if you can play with them or not. Contact is key.

[jmurdock]

One thing you have to do is get cleared by the NCAA clearinghouse in order to be eligable. Then, I would say to play as many tournaments as you can over the next year and maybe send you golf resume to a couple of colleges that you are interested in playing for when you get there. ( US. Am, US Open, and other qualifiers) Dont worry about which division you play in. I went to a D-2 school and we often times beat Div-1 teams. Some Div- 3 teams beat us. Every school is different.

[hoofreak7]

hey spectrums, i see your from no.va. What part? I live in richmond but I used to live in Centreville and I was born in fairfax. Oh yea, im a sophmore too by the way.

[King Cobra II]

What handicap do you think would be needed to play college? Anything under 4 for d-3? Only kid I knew who played college went to a d-2 school, and hes a 1 handicap, state champ too.

[hoofreak7]

i was looking at some d3 scores and some decent teams had half their team averaging over 79 and some had averages of like 88

[Mhinderaker]

So good but not necessarily zomgamazing.

Obviously varying a lot on where you would like to attend.

[jcrew]

hey spectrums, i see your from no.va. What part? I live in richmond but I used to live in Centreville and I was born in fairfax. Oh yea, im a sophmore too by the way.

i'm from nova too. i live in potomac falls and go to school in fairfax (tj)

[Terrier]

They'll recruit and/or find you.

Win a minor junior tournament, your junior club championship, or place in your state's regionals or finals...and they'll send a letter to your AD.

From your neck of the woods?

Methodist. Awesome golf school that's full of players. Or Coastal Carolina.

I was a meathead and recruited primarily for football D1 and D2.

Best of luck to you. Golf on!

Edit: watch the movie "All the Right moves" with Tom Cruise as a young football player.

Or pay attention to pros on tour that came from nothing and "made it". Boo, Bubba, Hunter, et al, come to mind.

Best of luck to you.

[Undr Par]

might be a silly question or answer on my part, but if your attending College (as I'm sure you are) and they have a Golf team why can't you just walk on and try out for the team, even more so given that it will be a D2 or D3 College.

I wouldn't attempt this if your planning on attending a D1 school though.