<p>I would be interested to know what your experiences have been with the golf recruiting process...not just Ivy's.</p>
<p>My son looked at many D-III and a couple D-II schools in CA, OR and WA. He filled out the online recruiting questionnaires at most of them, but only got a couple of responses back from coaches. </p>
<p>We planned a road trip to Southern California in the fall to visit 4 colleges. He contacted all of the coaches via email a couple of weeks ahead of time and arranged to meet all of them either on campus or at the home course. He’d sent his stats in the emails ahead of time (grades, test scores, index and best tournament score). The coaches didn’t ask him anything about his game, not one question (I thought that odd). Instead they talked about their teams, how they selected players, how many cuts they had, and how academics were important.</p>
<p>By December my son had some Early Action admissions and decided not to pursue any of the D-II colleges. He also was less interested in the Pacific Northwest schools although he had more contact (email and letters) from the coaches there than the SoCal coaches over the winter and into the next spring.</p>
<p>Once he found a school where he liked the campus, the academics, the golf coach, and was assured a spot on the team, the only additional factor was merit aid. The school came through with a very generous award in the spring.</p>
<p>He’s now a freshman at this school and has been practicing informally with the golf team all fall (season starts in February). He won’t make the traveling team but hopes to play in non-conference tournaments.</p>
<p>sounds similar to our experience. Visited D2, NAIA, D3 and a couple of mid-majors…ended with the school he felt most comfotable with coach, players, school, and golf…D2 state college in GA. He is finishing up his SR of high school and glad he was able to find his school before Christmas.</p>
<p>I started my experience last spring… sent few emails out to D1 northeastern schools, got a few replies back, things looked promising, then bombed on the summer national circuit. Ended up looking at top DIII northeastern schools this past fall, took a visit to one, LOVED IT, and applied ED. Hoping for a good decision soon!</p>
<p>Lesson: Don’t play your worst at the wrong times :(</p>
<p>My son’s scores the summer before JR could have been better…and the economy hit our pocket book and limited travel and tournament money. Had a great July early August this summer heading into SR-year, but was still limited by previous summer when schools were lining up 2011 classes. He likes where he is going though.</p>
<p>I was looking to play at a few D3 programs (mainly Washington and Lee) next year and was wondering if anyone had experience with the caliber of golf needed to play on the D3 level and how the application process went (in addition to the opinions above). </p>
<p>I have already contacted the coach and filled out the prospective athlete but have no received any reply over the last month. Does this mean I have little chance at playing on the team? Generally is it fairly easy to walk-on to a team or play even if you have not received a guaranteed spot on the team before committing? Generally do coaches just offer you spots on the team after you are accepted to the university? </p>
<p>Sorry for the load of questions, I am extremely interested to know my chances of playing in college and haven’t been able to find much info on D3 programs.</p>
<p>No D-III coach is going to turn down a good player who wants a chance to walk on. But most teams will have one or two cuts before the team is set, so if your game isn’t competitive, you’ll be cut. Take a look at the scores that the college players are shooting and see if your scores would allow you to fit in. Remember that the golf courses that college players play are much harder than you might be used to in high school.</p>
<p>Have you tried emailing the coach directly? Try that, and if you still get no response then try calling him.</p>
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<p>I agree with vballmom, you may want to contact the coach directly. D visited some schools on some unofficial visits and asked the coaches many questions. She has also emailed them with her stats, transcripts and videos. Many coaches don’t have the money and time to travel for recruiting (esp. D3) so they rely on prospects to contact them.</p>
<p>Thank you both very much for your responses, I have already contacted the coach by email before I visited the school to see if he would be available to meet but I later found out he was busy coaching football that weekend. I may contact him again after the Christmas break by phone though.</p>
<p>There is a great website connected with The Ping Guide for college golf/Golfstat that you can see what players at all colleges are shooting. There is even a way to put your average score in and see a comparison of how you would fare in a field at an event.</p>
<p>Send a swing video and a golf resume (if you haven’t already). Then call later in December, or January. In the mean time, if you are serious, appy to W & L…talk to your parents first of course. A lot of D3 (almost all are privates) start putting fin. aid packages together early (one schools cut off recruiting my son was 11/1).</p>
<p>In looking at W&L’s fall scores, it looks like the team avg. 79.6…they most likely would like to see tourament scores in the upper 70’s.</p>
<p>My experience with other D3 schools is that they recruit the players they want as well as accept walk-ons. My son chose to go to a small state college, but was recruited by 3 D3 programs. They emailed, watched him play (2 of them), called (2 of them).</p>