How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 4
About Junior Golf will be taking you through the ranking systems over the next couple of day. You will find that the ranking systems will drive your golf schedule from this point forward. Your schedule should be all about driving your rating up as high as possible. Remember, this is how coaches first recognize you as a player. You see, it is not merely shooting great scores. It is about playing well in the highest ranked fields with the largest number... [Read More...]
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 3
Not all athletic scholarships are full ride like football and basketball; so called “head count sports”, most are classed as “equivalency sports”, like golf. This means that coaches can “share” their allocation between a larger numbers of players. There are 298 Div I and 199 Div II colleges that offer men’s golf scholarships and for women there are 247 Div I and 109 Div II colleges that offer scholarships. The... [Read More...]
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 2
About Junior Golf believes that before you need to know anything else, you need to determine eligibility and academics is the key. So here you go: Initial-Eligibility N.C.A.A. Clearinghouse: All high-school athletes wishing to compete in college must register with the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Information about the Clearinghouse can be found in the Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete. The NCAA national office does not handle initial-eligibility... [Read More...]
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 1
About Junior Golf will be addressing both the junior golfer and the parents. Many junior golfers might consider themselves to be the best golfer in the world, however to get recruited and be in line for a golf scholarship a junior golfer will need to tell the college golf coaches who they are and why they deserve to be recruited. COACHES CANNOT RECRUIT YOU IF THEY DON’T KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE. About Junior Golf has developed this site in order... [Read More...]
About Junior Golf
We here at About Junior Golf welcome you to our blog. We are currently working on the site, adding all the tools that you will need to make your junior golfers dream come true. However, we did not want to wait until the site was all nice and neat to start giving you information. So, the site will develop along the way and we will begin to share our experiences with you now instead of later. Pardon the mess as we construct the site, but come along... [Read More...]
