How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 8
Okay, lets talk about your “Schedule of Tournaments”.
This is a difficult subject since each junior golfer is at a different stage of their game. There is no one-way to prepare a Schedule of Tournaments. However, About Junior Golf will give you a general guideline for beginners/inexperienced, mid-level/advanced.
It is also important to note that it is not a requirement to ever play in an AJGA tournament to achieve your goal of playing in college, however you won’t find a better place to play against college level talent. That being said, all of the tours listed on About Junior Golf have quality fields and will make you play your best in order to compete for a tournament title. And that is really what the schedule is all about, putting yourself in an environment were you could compete.
Beginners or juniors who are inexperienced in tournaments: Don’t worry about rankings at this stage. Get your junior as much experience as possible. Play them in every tournament that you can find and stick with the one-day tournaments. Why, because these tournaments don’t meet the criteria for any of the ranking systems. At this stage you are more interested in building tournament experience without the pressure of trying to build your ranking. In Texas the best place for this is the North Texas PGA and South Texas PGA. Look at your local PGA website to find their junior tour.
If your junior golfer dominates in this environment or is competing in about every tournament, then move them up to the next level, which starts with two-day tournaments. Most of these will be JGS ranked. This is were a junior golfer will begin to build their resume of competition for college coaches.
Unless your high school golf team is competing at your state golf tournament each year, college coaches won’t even know you exist. Unfortunately, college coaches do not pay attention to high school anymore because the golf courses are setup with much shorter yardage than two-day junior tournaments. They just don’t resemble the level of play that will be needed to play in college. Don’t get me wrong; About Junior Golf is a big fan of high school golf. However, don’t make the mistake of thinking that you will be able to play high school golf and nothing else.
The further up the ladder you go in competition at the junior level, the more the courses will be set up like a Division I college tournament. About Junior Golf will continue with “Schedule of Tournaments” in next weeks, Part 9 of “How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College.”
Now go make some birdies!
If you would like to read through the entire series you may click on any link below to take you to the different parts of the series. Thanks for you support and responses.
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 1
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 2
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 3
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 4
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 5
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 6
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 7
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 9
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 10
How to get a GOLF Scholarship and PLAY in College: Part 11
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