Advice for Junior Golfers Who Want to Play College Golf. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images. Playing college golf can be a wonderful experience and is the goal of many junior golfers. The biggest challenge for the average junior golfer is deciding where he or she fits into the college golf picture. One thing that is consistent for any high school player is the importance of a good golf resum. The following are a few tips on how to put together a strong resum. On Page 2, we'll go over the college golf recruiting process. Preparing Your Resum. The vital information should include. You need to list your tournament results and highlights. These scores are much more important than a handicap from your home club. You may want to break this down by year, so coaches can see improvement from year to year. Along with a cover letter, this resum. Get your full swing, a three- quarters swing, a couple of pitch shots and your putting stroke on video, if at all possible, plus a shot from behind and a swing facing the camera. What College Coaches Look For. Coach Chris Wilson of Mc. Neese State University in Lake Charles, La., says he looks for the following when he's recruiting. High school events are less important, unless they are at the state championship tournament. I mainly look for summer tournaments and see what kind of competition was in the field. Every once in a while I find a diamond in the rough, who hasn't been able to get in a lot of big junior golf events, but has played well in the ones that he/she was in.
Next I look at the player's grades. If the player doesn't have the grades to get in to our school, I don't waste my time. I also look for good athletes. If they play other sports on the varsity level, I'm interested. I can't teach athletic ability and if a see a 2- or 3- sport letterman I know they're an athlete.? For boys, a midlevel Division I college is looking for a scoring average of 7. The Top 2. 0 schools are looking for scoring averages around 7. For lower tier Division I schools, as well as Division II, coaches are looking for a tournament scoring average between 7. Division III schools will be interested in players with scoring averages from 7. The story is very different for girls. Skip navigation Upload. Home Trending; Home Trending. Play next; Play now; Mattress. America's Got Talent Recommended channel. Find friends to play golf. Find a program in your area and start playing golf! If a female golfer in high school has a scoring average of 8. Division I programs. It's just a matter of where she wants to play. One last tip from Coach Wilson is to use email. If it's in my inbox, I open it. Sometimes regular mail piles up and coaches don't get a chance to get to all the resum. That way your name is already known when you send your information to them in your senior year. Next Page: The Recruiting Process.
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