what suggestions do yall have to high school golfers hoping for scholorship $ concerning the sport?

Question

any tips from people that have recieved financial aide from golf, swing thoughts, anything. i am a sophmore (been playing for 2 yrs) and my average is 90s, 80s on a good day. anything!!!???

Answer 1

Chances are, you won't get much of a scholarship. The idea behind a scholarship is that you are a good enough athlete to make the shool money. Problem is, schools don't get much money in golf (that I know of, anyway). Schools make money in Football, baseball, even soccer where they can sell alot of tickets for people to see a good team play. I don't know that there is a big demand for people to go watch collegiate golf. I'm not saying you couldn't get anything, but I doubt you would get a full ride, unless everyone thinks you are the next Tiger Woods.

I would check with your High School Counselor to make sure, however. They will often have some amazing resources when it comes to such things.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

searching on the rankings of Junior golfers of Connecticut who've lengthy gone on to varsity and made the communities, the traditional handicap is scratch to plus 4. meaning the traditional rankings in line with their 10 ultimate rounds out of the ultimate 20 performed are par to 4 lower than for the ultimate golfer. The golfers are strong and the competition prepared on the school aspect. There are some college golf communities in decrease divisions which have an a lot less stressful agenda the position a 4 handicap is a good participant.

Answer 4

Keep on grinding and get better - to get much of any interest from a good college you'll have to work to be a single digit handicapper (shooting in the mid 70s regularly) by the time you're graduating HS. Grades have to be better than average too...

There are lots of opportunities out there for partial and even FULL scholorships for good players - especially in girls golf which is still just in it's infancy in a lot of places. Golf Week magazine covers a lot of the goings on around the country in junior's golf, maybe check it out! A friend of ours has a daughter who is on a partial scholorship in NV - she is about a +1 and would have had a full ride but she had very poor grades so had to settle for less. If she had a 4.0 or better grade average she could have written her own ticket to just about any school in the country!

Best of luck - your own hard work will get you there if you want it bad enough... Don't forget to have fun along the way too!

GOLF = Girls Only Ladies First

Answer 5

Golf scholarships work much like baseball. The team gets X amount to divide between all the players and nobody, even Tiger Woods, gets a full ride for golf. You may be able to get books but thats about it (still huge these days my last set was $400)

As for the overall game, there is nothing that can be said on here that will help you because nobody here knows what your swing looks like. I've helped some kids that shoot in the 120-130 range get down to 90-100 in one round, but thats because I was playing with them and was able to see their needs.

My best advice, keep your grades up to get scholarship money that way, and seek out a local pro at the local driving range or country club to get your swing where you want it to be.

Answer 6

Man, u better get studying. My friend beat the Wis. state record and won state for my HS last year, and before that, he was denied by so many colleges for scholarships even tho his average is WAY less than yours. Like I said, sports are not a forsure, study hard, get good grades and u can pretty much go wherever you want.

Answer 7

i'd work on ur game more, then apply for scholarships at schools that really need good golfers on their team

Answer 8

check with the local country clubs, they love young players and have money.