Hope in making the Nationwide/PGA Tour?
Posted: May 31st, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: Hope, Making, Nationwide/PGA, tour | 5 Comments »Okay, Im 15, freshman in HS. I made the varsity golf team. I have about a 3 handicap.
Now, when do colleges start looking at you for scholarships to play DIV 1 golf??
And do I have hope in playing college golf and making the NAtionwide tour and getting my card? Thanks
And BTW, my dad is a pga pro, and ive been playing since i was 3!
Thank u everybody!
Thanks!
If you have a 3 handicap as a freshman that means you have almost 4 years to get it down to a 1 or even scratch to make a major D.1 school. If you keep practicing you may have a shot. In my case I will need to practice because my handicap is a 22, but I have 4 years to get it down.
My advice practice what you arent very good at. Hope that helps. Good luck.
P.S. i think either way you are pretty much at a D.1 level now
hi frank,
If you are a talented and good golfer in your first two years of HS golf, college coaches will have an eye on you. They usually will approach you in your Junior yr of Hs(sometime in the Spring). From the looks of your hdcp and the mere fact you have your old man being a PGA pro – you’ve a lot of good things going for you. As far a collegiate golf and golf game to compete- you are already there when it comes to scoring, you are just lacking the experience. The next two years you will be working on honing your skills and developing experience. If your aspirations are to be a collegiate golfer and then moving on to the Nationwide, my advice is= Go For It…only you can make it happen.
Your stats as you say look really good, making the varsity golf team, and having a 3 handicap. Well if you want to make the PGA Tour, first, well as you said you have a 3 handicap, and you made the varsity golf team, but first if you want to make the tour, you have to join competitive tournaments, and do your best, then you should get a golf scholarship, and play college golf, and that’s how you get into the tour. Well I highly recommend since your still a freshman, and you want to get a golf scholarship, if you have the money, and will, you can try to join the IJGA, the International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head, SC where Tiger’s coach, Hank Haney is the head instructor there. It is a full academy which you can mostly attend for a school year, where you take your academics in Heritage Academy, and you live in house dorms with room mates that also students. Students that go there, are also aspiring golfers hoping to play college golf, get a golf scholarship, and hopefully play in the tour. Over there, you get to get lessons and coaching tips from Hank Haney and his instructors, and you compete in tournaments with other students there. If you go there, there is a better chance you can get a golf scholarship, and the best way to get one. Most students that attend there get a golf scholarship. There is a show on the Golf Channel which shows life there, in the IJGA, starring Hank Haney, and show students lives there, and their experiences, and they get golf scholarships. I highly recommend to watch this show, it’s School of Golf: Hilton Head Island, it’s on the Golf Channel every Tuesday in 11 PM ET/8 PT, and every Wednesday in 10 PM ET/7 PT. I highly recommend watching this show, and then considering going there. You can try to go there starting you sophmore year, and finish high school there, and get your golf scholarship, but you can even try starting to go there later on in the school year in your freshman year. I highly recommend considering going to the IJGA, if you want to play college golf then going to the tour, I think it’s the best thing you can do. For more information about the IJGA, and the show School of Golf: Hilton Head Island, the websites are on below in the sources. I highly consider doing this, you shouldn’t miss out on this opportunity.
OK Frank P you’ve let the cat out of the bag. You’d like to play college golf and go on to be a tour player. Set goals right now to become the best player you can be and keep that as your goal. There’s absolutely no point in having lesser goals like making the golf team etc. You have the distinct advantage of having a dad that can help you along the path to success. Your dad can only help you if you’ll listen to him and accept the fact that he’s the teacher and you’re the student. Never for a minute think that your dad doesn’t know what he’s talking about after all I believe a father would be the last person on earth that would try to pass on to his son some information that might harm him. The one thing you know for sure is that your father knows you best and knows what’s best for you and will give you everything you need to give reaching your goals your very best try. Good luck on becoming the best player in the world.
I am afraid that there is a misconception as to colleges looking for players. It is usually a player being introduced to a college by an alumnus, or the player doing very well in all the high school matches, the local Junior Amateur tournaments, the qualifiers for the state Amateur, State open, US amateur and US open. Three young men have done well in CT and as a result, one was on the U. of Florida team with Villegas, one is now with the College of William & Mary and the third with Baylor University.All have aspirations for the PGA tour.