Thanks mate I think I will be waiting about a year to start really contacting people as I know I need to improve a lot and if I was doing this it would be for the 2014/15 year.

~Shane

Well good luck finding the right school for you and I hope you get your game to the point that you need to get on a team. I know a lot of the guys that come to the states to play typically do really well over here since you guys are used to playing in rougher conditions over there than we do over here. Good luck and if you need any help or advice later on down the road dont hesitate to send a message.

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Thanks a lot man,

Thats very kind of you and I hope you don't regret saying that haha

~Shane

I can tell you if you're going to play at a D1 school you need to be a '+' handicap. They look at a lot before they will offer you anything. They will want some video of your swing (to see if your coachable), they will want to see some sort of tournament record, and of course depending on the school your GPA will be very important. This is some of the things they wanted from me when I got my scholarship to CU.


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Do any of you know what is the average handicap that qualifies for a golf scholarship in America?

I read on a website that is about 4 which i thought was quite high?

And do grades affect it also?

Thanks, Shane

That would depend heavily on what school you's like to go to. And yes, depending on the school, grades are a part of it too.

I have no idea, I just saw this and was a bit shocked... I always expected you had to be at least about +2..

I am going into my last year of school am achieving top grades and am a year younger than you are meant to finish at..

I never thought collage in the states was an option but if i took the year off after school I could definately get down to around 2 or 3, so this combined with 600 + points (max points here is 625 for your final exams) I actually have a chance at a scholarship?? That's incredible and I now have a whole new outlook for the next couple of years :)

Like I said, it depends on what college you'd like to play at, but yes, if you could get your cap down low enough and put yourself out there you could definitely get a scholarship.

I would think a lot of it depends on what type of school you are trying to go to. I would imagine that a D1 school would require a lower handicap than a D2 school, etc. I guess I'm not 100% sure on if colleges even require a certain handicap or if they even look at handicaps, I've never been through the process.

Grades are a requirement just to get into college period, so no matter what you would have to really focus on those. And if the golf scholarship doesn't cover all expenses there are a ton of possibilities for other scholarships to cover, a lot of them have a certain GPA requirement.

Sorry if I'm coming across pushy but do you think the way to go is to look at collages now and contact them now saying what I am aiming to do over the next two years or should I wait the two years and then contact saying what I have done?

Thanks, Shane

Yeah you see I have no idea of the schooling system in America (being from Ireland).

I think 4.0 GPA is the best out there yes?

If so i would say I would be close to a 3.7/3.8

I doubt that a 2 to 4 handicap would get any scholarship money. Most of the kids who get scholarships for golf play lots of tournaments in summers here and are pretty well known by college coaches. All the ones I know who have gotten scholarships lately have been in +1, +2 or better. Those kids are really, really strong players.

Scratch to 2 may be able to get on at a small school with no athletic scholarship money but may make it easier to get some money from other sources.

This is what I had thought also, I suppose it was a bit silly to get excited, allways seemed a bit to good to be true..

Based upon my minimal knowledge of it, 4 is probably possible for D2 schools. Last I knew, D3 schools aren't supposed to give athletic scholarships, but those kids tend to get "other scholarships" when recruited for sports. I know that the University of Iowa told me once that it would take even par (probably about +1 handicap) to walk onto the team. I have heard of several seniors with about a 6 going to very small D3 schools and junior colleges to play golf.

~Rock

Is there a site someone could put me onto to explain these D1/2/3 schools and if I could compare them to collages local to me?

Thanks, Shane

Whoops, I probably should have looked to see where you are from before posting that.

Here in the U.S., the NCAA governs college athletics. They break schools down based upon student population. The largest schools, which are those you typically see on TV here playing sports, are Division I schools. Division III schools tend to be very small, and usually are private colleges. So for instance, the University of Iowa is a Division I school. It has a student population of just under 31,000, of which, 21,500 students are undergraduates. The University of Northern Iowa is a Division II school, and has a student population of 13,000, of which 11,000 are undergraduates. Finally, Simpson College (also located in Iowa) has a student population of 2,000, almost all of which are undergraduates.

So when you are comparing colleges local to your area, just look at the student population and figure the necessary handicap from there. Hope that helps.

~Rock

Thank you this does actually help alot :)

Thanks, Shane

D1 (biggest, typically the best)
D2
D3
NAIA
Junior College (2 year school. Get associate's degree then transfer to one of the above type of schools)

If you can break 80, you can get some type of scholarship, somewhere, especially if you have good grades.
Play in as many junior events as you can and build a golf resume that you can send to as many coaches as possible.

http://golfpsych.com/blog/junior-gol...f-scholarship/

The above recommends this: "Golfstat Prep Report". http://www.golfstat.com/html/prep.html
What will I actually see? You will see each team's Golfstat ranking, top five players' scoring averages and year in school, and roster size broken down by year in school.

Thanks this is really helpful, and I think achievable..

I shall make it my new goal :)

Thanks, Shane

It's actually not to difficult to get a scholarship for college golf if you start out in jr. college or naia colleges. I myself started out at a NAIA school then transfered to a D2 college. D1 and D2 schools have full ride scholarships available while D3 and jr. colleges have set amounts they give to each player. I received $1000 a semester at my naia college. While it is easier to get on at a jr. college, you will need to break 80 consistently in tournament play not leisure rounds. Its also cheaper on your wallet to start out at a jr. college or D3 college then transfer.

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