My freshmen high school son would love to play golf at an Ivy and Brown is the top of his prospective list based on campus, location, and history. What does he need to shoot to realistically gain the interest of the coaches and make their ‘prospective list’?
He is starting to break into the high 70s this summer and continues to love the sport more than others.
Thanks for all thoughts and recommendations?
You might want to take a look at this thread on the Harvard forum re the golf team there.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1790708-harvard-golf-team.html
Thank you! My son is a multi sport athlete, but is starting to favor golf. Having shot an all time best, 76 (slope 131/6754 yardage( yesterday, the next month will be interesting to watch him learn and grow. He starts his sophmore year in late Auguest, but I want to ensure that he plays a few tournaments next summer and formally contacts coaches to build the relationships, gain their recommendations, and explore the pros/cons of each college.
Google Ping guide for college golf. It is a very valuable resource when looking at prospective colleges. There is also an interactive part where you can input your sons scores and compare then to what he would be shooting at a particular university on courses they play. Golfstat is also the place where all teams scores for all tournaments can be found.
To be considered a recruit for an Ivy in golf your son will need to place well in some highly ranked competitions. Scores on their own don’t mean much to college coaches…golfers need to have a ranking and the coaches need to see how they place among other golfers. Most Ivy golfers have placed well in AGJA events (top 5) as well as some state competitions. It takes some time to work up to this level so he will want to start competing soon if he is interested in having a resume for the coaches to consider.
Brown’s golf team is not as competitive as some of the other Ivy’s, but with two-three spots max that a coach can support in admissions, he will still most likely need to be a scratch golfer to be a viable candidate. However if he is able to gain admission without the coach’s support, he can certainly try out for the team as a walk on.
Thanks everyone. My son has shown improvement during the last couple weeks since club lacrosse is over and he has dedicated more time to golf. He starts high school tryouts today as entering 10th grader, but had a solid weeke this past week shooting 80, 81, 72, and 79. Academically, he should continues to follow his sisters and probably finish high school with at least a 3.7 GPA (unweighted) and 31 ACT so we’ll tailor our school approach towards D1 or D3 in early fall 2016 (his junior year) depending on his #s. He would be able to play lacrosse and golf at a D2 or D3 school based on his current progress, but he is still young and growing.