Month: June 2017
How to use your profile for easy recognition
Maggie
Here is a great example of how to set up your profile and use your Profile Photo each day at competition to make yourself more easily recognizable by college coaches. Stand 10-15 feet from the camera to allow yourself to be seen in full color with your golf bag. If...
Recruiting Reminders for Parents
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During my time at junior golf tournaments, a few recurring themes emerged at these events that merit some emphasis with the summer recruiting season fast approaching. First, juniors and their parents should know that there are many opportunities to play at the college level. There are over 2000 college golf programs—many...
Traveling Over Spring Break?
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Traveling Over Spring Break?
1. Play a golf tournament. It is easy to set your travel distance and search for events near a destination.
2. Visit a college campus. You can drive through college campuses, set up an appointment with admissions, or maybe even meet a college coach. Note: Always phone ahead. If this is your first contact with the coach, limit the visit to 15 minutes. Remember they are busy.
3. Watch a college golf event. You will see what it is like to play at the next level.
Remember to keep your profile and calendar updated. Coaches are interested in you!
School Visits
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Want to visit a college coach next week while you are out of school on spring break? Know before you go….. What is a dead period? During a dead period a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their...
College Post Season Golf
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Post Season Golf
Who will qualify for the Division I NCAA Championships? This is what everyone plays for in college golf! I visited the Wolfpack Classic this past week and spoke with some coaches and players about their expectations and preparations for post season. They all agreed on one thing: This is a very exciting and anxious time of year for student-athletes and coaches. However, they have to qualify first!
Over the next couple of weeks, there are many automatic college golf team NCAA berths up for grabs by winning a conference championship. There is one caveat on the men’s side regarding the .500 rule. Effectively, men’s golf requires that a team be above .500 on wins and losses as well as either win their conference championship or receive an “at large” bid.
Get out and watch a college golf tournament!
Upcoming Division 1 Tournaments and Championships
There is still a lot of college golf to watch over the next couple of weeks. You can find upcoming tournaments and conference championships for division 1 men’s and women’s golf by clicking here!
Go watch an event and see what it is like to play at the next level!
Keep your profile updated and post your schedule. Coaches are looking!
And check out their recruiting schedules as well!
Tip from the Tour
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Tip from the Tour
From a Golf World article on recent Georgia Tech All-American and PGA Tour rookie, Ollie Schniederjans.
GW: Given the current depth of talent, there’s such a thin line between competing on the weekend and missing the cut. From what you gathered, what separates the two?
“All the little things add up. It is a thin line. Sometimes you miss a cut and feel like you were in the mix. Other times you might feel off and still make it.”
Ollie went on to say, “For me personally I feel like everything is right there. I think the biggest thing is improving on the greens. As I started to last week, I need to get the putter heated up to get me to the next level. If I can gain shots on the greens, that will set me up to have a lot of chances to win”.
Get Recruited
When college coaches recruit, they are analyzing which junior golfer will figure IT out before or early in college. What is IT? Scoring. But how do you score? You probably do drills and work hard, but all too often you are saying, “I’m so close yet my scores are not reflecting my golf?”
Read Get IT Done for the The Answer!
What is Your Competitive Advantage?
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What is Your Competitive Advantage? What do you do well? What do you have to offer a college team/coach? Where do you stand out in the crowd? When college coaches are watching you, they are certainly interested in your score. Never lose sight that their job is to win championships. (I’m...
Help yourself get Seen!
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Help yourself get Seen! If you had a Ferrari in your driveway, how would you sell it? You could put a “for sale” sign in the window, but only those who drive by (and are actually looking) will see it–limited exposure and wishful thinking. Could the college coach/team that you want randomly walk by you...
College Golf Opportunities
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About 7 years ago, Barry Cheesman asked me if I knew of anyone who might recruit his friend, Michael Colgate. I had not gotten into coaching, but knew several coaches. Unfortunately they responded “full or he won’t be able to play on our team”. Michael was not going to play Division I. However, he did not...
Summer Golf
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During summer golf, many of you are in different places: Signed for college, verbally committed to college, fingers crossed for an offer soon, have no idea, just starting the college recruiting process or maybe just getting started with playing competitive golf.
No matter where you are on the path, find some helpful tips below!
…but not too much!