Can i make it to college golf? PGA tour? any other tour?
Posted: May 18th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: college, Golf, tour | 12 Comments »I am 15 and a sophmore in high school. Last year as a freshman i was averaging 84 at every course. I worked hard over summer and now i am averaging 77. i am a 4 handicap. Do I have what it takes to play for college? what about PGA tour?
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Not enough information although it certainly seems possible. Instead of asking here, you should be researching the background of college players to see how they played in high school. You should be able to ask your coach (and perhaps your counselor) about the kind of score, performance and handicap you need to get into college golf and attract scholarships. You are a long way from consideration from the PGA as I don’t think you can even get into opens as an amateur till you are 18.
I think that you should concentrate on getting down to 76, then 75, then 74, etc. Don’t put the cart before the horse. You may have a shot at college, if you keep improving.
If you want to play college golf, and become pro, right now, you should be playing for your high school team if you have one, and playing competitve tournaments. Then the best way you can play college golf is to get a scholarship. The best way to get one is to attend the IJGA, the International Junior Golf Academy where Hank Haney, Tiger’s coach is the head instructor with campuses in Hilton Head, SC, and one in central coast California. It’s a full academy with academics in Heritage Academy in the Hilton Head campus, which you can finish your high school there, and you live in house dorms with roomates that are also students, and house parents. Students that attend the IJGA are all aspiring golfers from all around the world who want to play college golf, and hopefully go pro. Students attend the IJGA for a full school year or semester, so you can try to apply for next semester or for your junior and senior year. In the academy, you work and improve in your game by getting coached by Hank Haney and his instructors. Then you play competitve tournaments with other students for the IJGT, the International Junior Golf Tour, and from there, that is where colleges see you for scholarships. For what scores you have to shoot, you have to at least shoot in the low 90s to make it in the IJGA, but I know you have a 4 handicap, so you should work on breaking 80 competitively, and colleges want you to score 70 or lower. Not everyone that goes to the IJGA gets scholarships, so if you don’t, you can stay there for their post graduate program, it’s the same thing, you work and improve in your game, and you go to school in the same time, and you can still have a chance at playing college golf. There is a show on the Golf Channel which shows lives of students in the IJGA starring Hank Haney. The show is School of Golf: Hilton Head Island, and I highly recommend watching this show first before considering going to the IJGA, but the show showed it’s finale, so you should check your TV listings when it’s on, or also you can watch videos like recaps on their website. I highly recommend going to the IJGA, if you want to become pro one day, and play college golf. I recommend going if you have the will, because you will be away from home for a school year or semester if you don’t live close to or in Hilton Head or the Central California coast and of course if you have the money, which tuition fees can run from $33,000-$41,000 for a full school year for the golf itself, and $18,000-$26,000 for a school semester plus academics which is $11,000 for a school year, and $7,000 for a semester. I know it’s alot of money, but if you can’t afford it, they offer a 3 day weekend program for $700-$900 for a weekend, or their summer or holiday program which is $1,300-$1,600 if you can afford it, just go for their weekend, summer or holiday programs. You should not miss out on this opportunity if you have the money, it’s the best academy out there if you want to play college golf, and become pro, and they have 2 campuses to choose from, one in Hilton Head, SC, and one in Arroyo Grande, CA which is south of San Luis Obispo in the central coast of California. For more information about the IJGA, and the show School of Golf: Hilton Head Island, the websites are below in the sources.
You need to get a lot better to play at a good college, you may be able to play for a D-3 school, but nothing big. You need to be shooting low 70s on a bad day, most days under par. I don’t plan on playing in college, but others on my team are getting letters from schools like Texas Tech, LSU, Michigan, and they are shooting low 70′s and have good swings. Two other things colleges look for in your golf game are your distance and your ability to get it up and down from anywhere under 100 yds.
Nice. I’m 16 & a junior in HS and I’ve got a 9 handicap. If you keep working at it, you’ll probably have some colleges look at you. It’s hard to know about the PGA, since that would be several years down the road. Best of luck!
go to http://www.pgaprofessional.com or call (904)285-3700. I worked at a golf course for a few years and my boss actually took a test to be a pro. He shot +9 for 36 holes and he wouldnot have made it if he shot +10 for 36 holes. It is a ahrd test.
You sound pretty good. I’m 15 too and on my school’s golf team. And I am not that great of a scorer and yet my team got to state.
Ask about more tournaments that will get you noticed. You can go to your local golf club and find the club’s pro and he/she can tell you even more.
Too early to tell. But passion and desire go a long way.
Not with a 4 handicap, there is a saying that
you must shoot on average 62-66 on your home course to even come close on the PGA tour.
College, at a 4 handicap, D-3 at best.
Keep working hard, get a good instructor, and good luck.
you could make a D3 school but as far as pro unless you drop about 7 strokes you won’t be even remotely close.
ya im 16 and a sophomore and i shoot low 80′s
but some kids on my team shoot anywhere from 70-90 (very inconsistent) lmao and they are going to some community colleges on golf scholarships good luck!