Anatomy of NCAA college golf: Where do players come from? [Golfweek]

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http://golfweek.com/news/2015/mar/12/ncaa-college-golf-players-geography-statistics/

Lots of players from the "cold" states. Screw weather.

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Texas and Florida rank 2-3, respectively, in producing D1 golfers. Those states also rank 2-3 in population and are blessed with long golf seasons. Yet, how to explain Ohio (sixth in men and fourth in women) and Illinois (seventh in men, fifth in women)? Strong golf traditions and numerous D1 schools in those states certainly play key roles.

Twenty-two percent of the nearly 5,000 D1 golfers are foreign nationals. That trend has accelerated in recent decades.

Yet for many schools, recruiting is a local effort.