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Date: 15 Sep 2006 08:57:59
From: Piturno
Subject: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
you get them.
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 09:42:56
From: greers
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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William A. T. Clark wrote:
> In article <1158681263.389065.185000@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
> "greers" <greers@scfworld.com> wrote:
>
> > Piturno wrote:
> > > What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> > > order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> > > you get them.
> >
> > I was told recently by one local pro that golf offered the easiest
> > available sports scholarships for females, due to the federal rules for
> > equal numbers and due to a shortage of applicants.
>
> I think you will find that it is actually crew that does this. Major
> schools like Ohio State have close to 90 women on the crew team as a
> Title IX balance for football.
>
> William Clark
OK, his exact words were probably something like "ONE of the easier"
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 06:33:24
From: oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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long&left wrote:
> > "Piturno" <stringent@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:cMCdnSfXGNbKPpfYnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@adelphia.com...
> >> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> >> order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> >> you get them.
> >>
> >
> >
> getting tougher and tougher every day. US college coaches are now
> spending half of their time overseas recruiting top foreign players
> which definitely widens the available field but narrows the
> opportunities for US high school players. I would guess that to just get
> noticed by Div 1 school coaches you'd have to pretty consistently shoot
> par or better. We have a kid here that's a senior and he's being wooed
> by Stanford and USC among others. He's won a lot of high school
> tournaments and regularly shoots in the mid to high 60's at my course
> Dave
This is what I've heard. A good 15 years ago or so, it was an
interesting
avenue of pursuit. Just about any kid could get on their highschool
team if they showed up. From that one could get free instruction,
and access to free/low cost practice facilities and course play.
If one played well, there again was probably a college that would
offer some sort of scholarship in addition to instruction and access
to practice and play facilities. What I'm hearing though is that
although one can still get on high school teams pretty easy,
you better be good if you expect any scholarship money at
the college level. You might still be able to "walk on" and get
access to the facilities, but the schools are apparently crowded
with guys looking to play at a high level, before turning pro.
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 08:54:23
From: greers
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Piturno wrote:
> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> you get them.
I was told recently by one local pro that golf offered the easiest
available sports scholarships for females, due to the federal rules for
equal numbers and due to a shortage of applicants.
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 21:52:52
From: Howard Brazee
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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On 19 Sep 2006 08:54:23 -0700, "greers" <greers@scfworld.com > wrote:
>I was told recently by one local pro that golf offered the easiest
>available sports scholarships for females, due to the federal rules for
>equal numbers and due to a shortage of applicants.
I would think something like ice hockey might even be easier, due to
the lack of competition.
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 07:58:49
From: William A. T. Clark
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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In article <pkp0h2lkb7ln95smv55d9a6oss1glocuq5@4ax.com >,
Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net > wrote:
> On 19 Sep 2006 08:54:23 -0700, "greers" <greers@scfworld.com> wrote:
>
> >I was told recently by one local pro that golf offered the easiest
> >available sports scholarships for females, due to the federal rules for
> >equal numbers and due to a shortage of applicants.
>
> I would think something like ice hockey might even be easier, due to
> the lack of competition.
There are not many full rides in hockey, even for a strong Division I
program, and plenty of Canadians and Finns looking for them. No, crew
it definitely is if you want your female offspring to have the best shot
at an athletic scholarship at a good school.
William Clark
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 13:43:30
From: William A. T. Clark
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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In article <1158681263.389065.185000@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com >,
"greers" <greers@scfworld.com > wrote:
> Piturno wrote:
> > What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> > order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> > you get them.
>
> I was told recently by one local pro that golf offered the easiest
> available sports scholarships for females, due to the federal rules for
> equal numbers and due to a shortage of applicants.
I think you will find that it is actually crew that does this. Major
schools like Ohio State have close to 90 women on the crew team as a
Title IX balance for football.
William Clark
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 17:06:55
From: DK
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> order to get a full ride golf scholarship?
In one golfing book ("Fine Green Line," see
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767901177/companynewslette) I read,
one famous golf instructor said something about most college golfers come
into college shooting just a few over par (I don't remember if it was 2 or 4
over par, but somewhere around there), but this is under tournament
conditions, enforcing all rules. Then he said after practicing virtually
every day on a university team, most improve by only a couple strokes in the
four years that they are there. In other words, once you become close to
becoming a scratch golfer, it's very hard to improve by more than a few
strokes even when you're eating, breathing and practicing golf constantly.
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Date: 16 Sep 2006 14:25:19
From: dsc
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Piturno wrote:
> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> you get them.
I played with a +1 today that is not on our college golf team.
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 22:47:59
From: Birdie Bill
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Wayne wrote:
> Birdie Bill wrote:
>
> >
> > Bob wrote:
> >> Depends where you want to go ... NCAA I, II, III ... NAIA ... as to
> >> availability, ease of getting a scholarship. When we were looking,
> >> several
> >> years ago, the definitive source was the Ping College golf guide. It was
> >> like $20. I see now that they have an online version:
> >> http://www.ping.com/tour_golfGuide.html ... I didn't look much further
> >> than
> >> this. The old one gave school information, contacts, conference results
> >> (ie how good you need to be to get noticed at said school), sample
> >> letters, sample resumes, etc.
> >
> > Div III schools don't give athletic scholarships. They will let you
> > play on the team, though. Not sure about Div II.
>
> Unless something has changed since I got one in 1994, then Div II does give
> athletic scholarships. Whether you'd get a full one from them (I didn't)
> is another matter.
Yeah, it looks like partial scholarships are more common at Div II
schools.
http://www.berecruited.com/news/ncaa-athletic-scholarship-information.html
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 16:52:47
From: water
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Depending on your goals and financial resources I would pursue just getting
a golf scholarship(not necessarily a full ride) and
then look into financial aid and loans to cover tuition.
I don't know your whole story though.
I would think just getting on a decent NCAA team is great start to hunting a
professional golf career. From there you'll
see if you have what it takes as you'll be competing against other fine
young players who will either encourage or
discourage your dreams. If you get knocked back down to reality like the
rest of us, at least you gave it a shot and you
will be afterall in college. You'll be in a great place to reaccess your
goals.
If you're strapped and you have bad grades, you see your golf game as your
only hope, I would guess you would have to
be shooting pretty low--better than scratch. But I'm just guessing there...
"Piturno" <stringent@aol.com > wrote in message
news:cMCdnSfXGNbKPpfYnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@adelphia.com...
> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> you get them.
>
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 10:32:23
From: long&left
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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> "Piturno" <stringent@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:cMCdnSfXGNbKPpfYnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@adelphia.com...
>> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
>> order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
>> you get them.
>>
>
>
getting tougher and tougher every day. US college coaches are now
spending half of their time overseas recruiting top foreign players
which definitely widens the available field but narrows the
opportunities for US high school players. I would guess that to just get
noticed by Div 1 school coaches you'd have to pretty consistently shoot
par or better. We have a kid here that's a senior and he's being wooed
by Stanford and USC among others. He's won a lot of high school
tournaments and regularly shoots in the mid to high 60's at my course
Dave
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 10:05:04
From: Otto
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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"Piturno" <stringent@aol.com > wrote in message
news:cMCdnSfXGNbKPpfYnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@adelphia.com...
> What kind of consistent scores does a high school golfer have to shoot in
> order to get a full ride golf scholarship? I know they give them, how do
> you get them.
Depends if you are male or female.
Otto
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 07:04:55
From: Birdie Bill
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Bob wrote:
> Depends where you want to go ... NCAA I, II, III ... NAIA ... as to
> availability, ease of getting a scholarship. When we were looking, several
> years ago, the definitive source was the Ping College golf guide. It was
> like $20. I see now that they have an online version:
> http://www.ping.com/tour_golfGuide.html ... I didn't look much further than
> this. The old one gave school information, contacts, conference results (ie
> how good you need to be to get noticed at said school), sample letters,
> sample resumes, etc.
Div III schools don't give athletic scholarships. They will let you
play on the team, though. Not sure about Div II.
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 10:45:17
From: Wayne
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Birdie Bill wrote:
>
> Bob wrote:
>> Depends where you want to go ... NCAA I, II, III ... NAIA ... as to
>> availability, ease of getting a scholarship. When we were looking,
>> several
>> years ago, the definitive source was the Ping College golf guide. It was
>> like $20. I see now that they have an online version:
>> http://www.ping.com/tour_golfGuide.html ... I didn't look much further
>> than
>> this. The old one gave school information, contacts, conference results
>> (ie how good you need to be to get noticed at said school), sample
>> letters, sample resumes, etc.
>
> Div III schools don't give athletic scholarships. They will let you
> play on the team, though. Not sure about Div II.
Unless something has changed since I got one in 1994, then Div II does give
athletic scholarships. Whether you'd get a full one from them (I didn't)
is another matter.
Wayne
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intolerant of other peoples' cultures, and the Dutch."
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 13:35:53
From: Bob
Subject: Re: College Golf Scholarship - How good do you have to be?
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Depends where you want to go ... NCAA I, II, III ... NAIA ... as to
availability, ease of getting a scholarship. When we were looking, several
years ago, the definitive source was the Ping College golf guide. It was
like $20. I see now that they have an online version:
http://www.ping.com/tour_golfGuide.html ... I didn't look much further than
this. The old one gave school information, contacts, conference results (ie
how good you need to be to get noticed at said school), sample letters,
sample resumes, etc.
Bob
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