2024 Recruits?

[tiger1873]

12 hours ago, iteachgolf said:

Pretty much all coaches I know will honor their commitment, though may reduce or increase the amount of scholarship money given between verbal commitment and actually signing.  Most coaches don’t discuss hard figures, usually a range, until ready to actually sign.  

 

I would reducing the amount of scholarship is a big deal and a very good reason to back out.   
 

i heard a lot stories but it basically comes down to you don’t have a deal until you sign.
 

 

 

[leezer99]

14 hours ago, golfortennis said:

 

Wait, are you telling me we won't see the thoroughly prepared tweet with too many graphics saying "Flipped"?  

Coach Prime has entered the chat.

[iteachgolf]

17 hours ago, tiger1873 said:

 

I would reducing the amount of scholarship is a big deal and a very good reason to back out.   
 

i heard a lot stories but it basically comes down to you don’t have a deal until you sign.
 

 

 

Scholarships are year to year once you sign and before you sign the amount of money is usually talked in wide ranges, for instance $4-10k in scholarship.  The player starts playing poorly after their verbal commitment and the coach will likely still honor the commitment but the player will be at the bottom of the range or have it reduced further.  Realistically the player wouldn’t be recruited at all with their current play.  
 

there’s a couple of these kids in FL right now that are shooting 5-10 shots worse in their senior year than they did their junior year.  I think it’s perfectly fair for the coach to say you can still come here and be on the team but I can give you scholarship money when you can’t get within 15 shots of what it takes to make starting 5

[heavy_hitter]

19 hours ago, iteachgolf said:

Scholarships are year to year once you sign and before you sign the amount of money is usually talked in wide ranges, for instance $4-10k in scholarship.  The player starts playing poorly after their verbal commitment and the coach will likely still honor the commitment but the player will be at the bottom of the range or have it reduced further.  Realistically the player wouldn’t be recruited at all with their current play.  
 

there’s a couple of these kids in FL right now that are shooting 5-10 shots worse in their senior year than they did their junior year.  I think it’s perfectly fair for the coach to say you can still come here and be on the team but I can give you scholarship money when you can’t get within 15 shots of what it takes to make starting 5

Several this way in Florida.

[Jkhogbear]

I’ve seen several examples of players coasting after their verbal commitment and it hurts them.  They either get a reduced scholarship or are not prepared for college golf and do not get much if any playing time.  College golf is tough and competitive.  I’m not saying you have to go to a ton of tournaments but you should still play in tournaments because that’s the only real way to identify strengths and weaknesses in your game.  We have always tried to do about one tournament a month and then use the rest of the time to improve.

[tssgj65]

50 minutes ago, Jkhogbear said:

I’ve seen several examples of players coasting after their verbal commitment and it hurts them.  They either get a reduced scholarship or are not prepared for college golf and do not get much if any playing time.  College golf is tough and competitive.  I’m not saying you have to go to a ton of tournaments but you should still play in tournaments because that’s the only real way to identify strengths and weaknesses in your game.  We have always tried to do about one tournament a month and then use the rest of the time to improve.

Going into and playing college golf...... My standard is 30-50 competitive rounds per year - every year.  They have to be tournament tough and not afraid of the moment when they do get to college golf.

[tiger1873]

14 minutes ago, tssgj65 said:

Going into and playing college golf...... My standard is 30-50 competitive rounds per year - every year.  They have to be tournament tough and not afraid of the moment when they do get to college golf.

 

I think that is a lot tournaments for the average player and may too much for the majority of kids their senior year.    What you are describing is someone who thinks they can go pro. The vast majority of college golfers do not turn pro and have no desire.   In those cases enjoying your senior year is a better option and just focus on a few tournaments may 7-10 tournaments.

 

This is not to say don't play golf. A lot parents around here think once you get a verbal offer you are done with tournaments. In a lot cases the kids don't care about playing either.  I think these are bad college recruits and I think coaches are figuring this out too. 

 

The drop I am in seeing kids from 2023 after singing is surprising and same thing with 2024 dropping off after verbal commits.

 

 

 

[tssgj65]

43 minutes ago, tiger1873 said:

 

I think that is a lot tournaments for the average player and may too much for the majority of kids their senior year.    What you are describing is someone who thinks they can go pro. The vast majority of college golfers do not turn pro and have no desire.   In those cases enjoying your senior year is a better option and just focus on a few tournaments may 7-10 tournaments.

 

This is not to say don't play golf. A lot parents around here think once you get a verbal offer you are done with tournaments. In a lot cases the kids don't care about playing either.  I think these are bad college recruits and I think coaches are figuring this out too. 

 

The drop I am in seeing kids from 2023 after singing is surprising and same thing with 2024 dropping off after verbal commits.

 

 

 

To each his own.  30 tournament rounds is a minimum I want to see.  College offers about 36.  36 hole days help getting to that number real quick of course.  That's before you get to summer, US Open US Am Qualifying and state championships.  I find out real quick who loves it and who says they do.

[tiger1873]

1 hour ago, tssgj65 said:

To each his own.  30 tournament rounds is a minimum I want to see.  College offers about 36.  36 hole days help getting to that number real quick of course.  That's before you get to summer, US Open US Am Qualifying and state championships.  I find out real quick who loves it and who says they do.

 

You talking about a kid who is going into a top program that is small subset of kids out there. I see kids and this true especially for girls who going NAIA and DIII those kids needs to think about life after golf.

 

The reality is a lot D1 even at the top schools will not turn pro.

 

While I agree that if your a dedicated player you want to play a lot tournaments but most kids have limited money and time.  To play as much as your talking about means there devoting 40-60 hours practice.  Nothing wrong with that but as a kid gets older they have to think about their future and face reality.

[heavy_hitter]

13 minutes ago, tiger1873 said:

 

You talking about a kid who is going into a top program that is small subset of kids out there. I see kids and this true especially for girls who going NAIA and DIII those kids needs to think about life after golf.

 

The reality is a lot D1 even at the top schools will not turn pro.

 

While I agree that if your a dedicated player you want to play a lot tournaments but most kids have limited money and time.  To play as much as your talking about means there devoting 40-60 hours practice.  Nothing wrong with that but as a kid gets older they have to think about their future and face reality.

30 tournament rounds equals 15 junior tournaments.  Throw in Am events and qualifying events and easily to 30-50 a year.  Your daughter is at that number.

[Jkhogbear]

We got a lot of questions after mine had the verbal commitment.  People would as why we were still playing tournaments.  I was so confused at this question.   The people that asked this were mostly high school parents.  AJGA parents never asked this. 

[tssgj65]

I'm talking about D1 and high level D2 and even D3 that want to be competitive.

 

Add in qualifiers in college and they are well above 50 competitive rounds.

 

If they aren't playing tournament golf they will get left behind by the kids on the Team that are.  Tournament golf is necessary if they are going to compete.  It is hard enough for a Freshman coming into a Team environment competing with 22 year olds that have the maturity of the time in college.  The adaptation to college life, college golf routine and weight room, being away from mom and dad - maybe girlfriend, figuring out school work - it is a lot.  The next step to college golf is very tough especially if they aren't getting in enough tournament play.

[tiger1873]

1 minute ago, tssgj65 said:

I'm talking about D1 and high level D2 and even D3 that want to be competitive.

 

Add in qualifiers in college and they are well above 50 competitive rounds.

 

If they aren't playing tournament golf they will get left behind by the kids on the Team that are.  Tournament golf is necessary if they are going to compete.  It is hard enough for a Freshman coming into a Team environment competing with 22 year olds that have the maturity of the time in college.  The adaptation to college life, college golf routine and weight room, being away from mom and dad - maybe girlfriend, figuring out school work - it is a lot.  The next step to college golf is very tough especially if they aren't getting in enough tournament play.

 

I agree with this.  The kids who are not doing this never were that competitive it was their parents dream.   Kids who are competitive find a way to play and get better.  I am finding out college golf is a lot bigger then just the competitive teams everyone knows.

 

I have seen a lot parents and kids think they can fake there way in junior golf to a full ride.  Kids either like it or they don't and they better like golf if there going to play competitive golf in college.

 

 

[tssgj65]

5 minutes ago, tiger1873 said:

 

I agree with this.  The kids who are not doing this never were that competitive it was their parents dream.   Kids who are competitive find a way to play and get better.  I am finding out college golf is a lot bigger then just the competitive teams everyone knows.

 

I have seen a lot parents and kids think they can fake there way in junior golf to a full ride.  Kids either like it or they don't and they better like golf if there going to play competitive golf in college.

 

 

The athlete has to love it - at least on the men's side.  Competitive college golf is not a Club Sport for free golf.  It is a lot of work.  60 days in the Fall essentially September/October with 20 hours a week (practice/qualifying rounds count as 3 hrs) - not counting travel time to the course.  Weight room at 6:00 three days a week.

 

Start up again in mid January and 20 hours a week until sometime in May if you're in post season play.  Won't be successful if they don't love it and they need a minimum of Tournament Play supplemented outside of college golf to become more comfortable when they do qualify to travel.

[Jkhogbear]

21 minutes ago, tiger1873 said:

The kids who are not doing this never were that competitive it was their parents dream.   Kids who are competitive find a way to play and get better.  

This is accurate.  The best just love the game and want to get better regardless of trophies, scholarships, etc.

[leezer99]

4 hours ago, tssgj65 said:

The athlete has to love it - at least on the men's side.  Competitive college golf is not a Club Sport for free golf.  It is a lot of work.  60 days in the Fall essentially September/October with 20 hours a week (practice/qualifying rounds count as 3 hrs) - not counting travel time to the course.  Weight room at 6:00 three days a week.

 

Start up again in mid January and 20 hours a week until sometime in May if you're in post season play.  Won't be successful if they don't love it and they need a minimum of Tournament Play supplemented outside of college golf to become more comfortable when they do qualify to travel.

Everything you’ve said here in this topic is exactly what I’ve heard from other SoCal D1 coaches.

 

 Plays lots of high caliber events and get comfortable competing with older kids.

[MahalNeneng]

On 11/1/2022 at 8:35 AM, golfdad1 said:

My son is a 2024 grad and just verbally committed. He started sending out emails in the winter of his freshman year, and cast a pretty wide net (80 emails). It was a basic introduction including his rankings, resume, academic success, etc. The following winter of sophomore year, he narrowed his focus down to around 35 schools and showed varied levels of interest (extremely interested, very interested, & interested). For the schools he really wanted, he researched their courses, facilities, etc and made the emails a little more personalized. In March he sent them an updated schedule and said he hoped to hear from them on June 15th. In between all this he had an instagram account in which he and coaches/schools had followed each other. Many schools sent questionnaires and replied to emails that they couldn't communicate (obviously) and looked forward to communicating on June 15th.

 

June 15th was a lot of fun and overwhelming.  From there he was very independent in all of his conversations with coaches, and it really helped him with his organization and communication skills. It's a great life experience for a kid.  As parents, we just made sure he gave time and a conversation to everyone, whether he wanted to go there or not. The coach took the time out of his day to reach out, so he needed to give the coach his time and thank him for his interest. All coaches talk, so you don't ever want to blow someone off. Overall he talked to over 40 schools, I think, but he narrowed it to a top 10 and a top 5 pretty quickly.

 

Coaches following him in person was nerve wracking but also exciting. Luckily my son loved it and it didn't affect him negatively or made him nervous. He has several friends from the class of 2023 who were not committed yet, and they put a lot of pressure on themselves and it affected their performance. The weirdest part was not being able to talk to the coaches in person until August 1st, which is an awkward situation.

 

The schools that were extremely interested, in addition to texts and phone conversations, sent a LOT of mail. You will know who really wants your golfer by the amount of mail!

 

^^ Solid Advice

[MahalNeneng]

Also just a FYI most of the top 2024s have verbally committed by now:

 

Name	JGS Rank	Differential	College	College Rank
Nicholas Gross	1	-8.06	Alabama	17
William jennings	2	-6.5	Alabama	17
Jay Leng	3	-6.54	Stanford	6
Byungho Lee	4	-6.17	Pepperdine	14
Matt Moloney	5	-5.75	Georgia	31
Gerado Gomez	6	-5.76	Arkansas	39
Asher Whitaker	7	-5.67	Oklahoma	15
Logan Kim	8	-5.45	Stanford	6
Eduardo Torres	9	-5.36	Texas	20
Kai hirayama	10	-5.4	Cal	72
Andrew Ramos	11	-5.26	Oklahoma	15
Christian Pardu	12	-4.82	Tennessee	8
Boston Bracken	13	-4.88	ASU	4
Bowen Ballis	14	-4.68	Vanderbilt	2
Billy Abdow	15	-4.71	Georgia	31
Wheaton Ennis	16	-4.83	A&M	11
Grant Gudgel	17	4.78	OSU	16
Supapon Amor	18	-4.66	Purdue	28
Tyler Spielman	19	-4.59
Trey Marrion	20	-4.47	Illinois	7
Parker Sands	21	-4.48	Florida	9
Jaden Dumdumaya	22	-4.55	Scal	67
William Ma	23	-4.46
Grant Roscich	24	-4.46	UNC	5
Colin Salema	25	-4.43	Clemson	41
Ethan Paschal	26	-4.3	UNC	5
Alex Long	27	-4.25
Rayhan Latief	28	-4.38
Drew Miller	29	-4.2	Michigan S	55
Billy Davis	30	-4.15	Auburn	1
Daniel Zou	31	-4.05
Thanawin Lee	32	-4.29
Ryan Downes	33	-4.03	Vanderbilt	2
Yenxuan Wu	34	-3.92
Rich Wills	35	-3.97
Jacob Blanton	36	-3.86	Ole Miss	46
Barry Zhang	37	-3.78
Clark Gaalen	38	-3.95	Oklahoma	15
Zhengfei Han	39	-3.79	USC	67
Reed Greyserman	40	-3.71
Parker Bunn	41	-3.86	OSU	16
Bradley Chill	42	-3.64	Indiana	66
Jacob Lang	43	-3.6
Ting Change	44	-3.71
Warren Thomis	45	-3.51	Kentucky	94
Bryant Hernandez	46	-3.41
Mykhailo Golod	47	-3.45
David Martinez	48	-3.4
Vincent Cervantes	49	-3.43
Eric Yun	50	-3.43
Michael Lee	51	-3.32
Trevor Gaurs	52	-3.37	UCLA	140
Grady Smith	53	-3.28	Louisville	44
John Hiller	54	-3.2	Duke	33
Salil Khanduja	55	-3.13	Columbia	174
Ethan Whitaker	56	-3.17	Chattanooga	63
Blake Keen	57	-3.17
Luke Bailey	58	-3.06
Hsuan Chen	59	-3.09
Jake Olson	60	-3.08
Charlie Wylie	61	-3.05
Trenton Mierl	62	-3.01
William Alexander	63	-3.09
Jackson Hymer	64	-2.9	Baylor	30
Aidan Gutierrez	65	-2.89
Francisco Gutierrez	66	-2.9
Clark Goboy	67	-2.92
Wesley Hu	68	-2.78
Daniel Macias	69	-2.77
Luke Mosley	70	-2.82
Felix Bouchard	71	-2.67	Kansas	51
Connor Mccann	72	-2.72
Leo Wessel	73	-2.73	Cincinnati	35
John Knight	74	-2.61	South Carolina	61
Palmer Haynes	75	-2.68
Jack Vojtko	76	-2.61	Ohio
Nick Ciocca	77	-2.49	Notre Dame	37
	78
Ziqin Zhou	79	-2.6	Cal	72
	80
	81
Matthew Robles	82	-2.5	Santa Clara	104
	83
	84
Michael Crocker	85	-2.38	Alabama	17
	86
Ethan Smith	87	-2.43	Mstate	23
	88
	89
	90
	91
	92
	93
	94
	95
	96
	97
	98
	99
	100
Jackson Funkhouser	101	-2.22	NM State	62

[Jkhogbear]

17 minutes ago, rpawly said:

Also just a FYI most of the top 2024s have verbally committed by now:

 

Name	JGS Rank	Differential	College	College Rank
Nicholas Gross	1	-8.06	Alabama	17
William jennings	2	-6.5	Alabama	17
Jay Leng	3	-6.54	Stanford	6
Byungho Lee	4	-6.17	Pepperdine	14
Matt Moloney	5	-5.75	Georgia	31
Gerado Gomez	6	-5.76	Arkansas	39
Asher Whitaker	7	-5.67	Oklahoma	15
Logan Kim	8	-5.45	Stanford	6
Eduardo Torres	9	-5.36	Texas	20
Kai hirayama	10	-5.4	Cal	72
Andrew Ramos	11	-5.26	Oklahoma	15
Christian Pardu	12	-4.82	Tennessee	8
Boston Bracken	13	-4.88	ASU	4
Bowen Ballis	14	-4.68	Vanderbilt	2
Billy Abdow	15	-4.71	Georgia	31
Wheaton Ennis	16	-4.83	A&M	11
Grant Gudgel	17	4.78	OSU	16
Supapon Amor	18	-4.66	Purdue	28
Tyler Spielman	19	-4.59
Trey Marrion	20	-4.47	Illinois	7
Parker Sands	21	-4.48	Florida	9
Jaden Dumdumaya	22	-4.55	Scal	67
William Ma	23	-4.46
Grant Roscich	24	-4.46	UNC	5
Colin Salema	25	-4.43	Clemson	41
Ethan Paschal	26	-4.3	UNC	5
Alex Long	27	-4.25
Rayhan Latief	28	-4.38
Drew Miller	29	-4.2	Michigan S	55
Billy Davis	30	-4.15	Auburn	1
Daniel Zou	31	-4.05
Thanawin Lee	32	-4.29
Ryan Downes	33	-4.03	Vanderbilt	2
Yenxuan Wu	34	-3.92
Rich Wills	35	-3.97
Jacob Blanton	36	-3.86	Ole Miss	46
Barry Zhang	37	-3.78
Clark Gaalen	38	-3.95	Oklahoma	15
Zhengfei Han	39	-3.79	USC	67
Reed Greyserman	40	-3.71
Parker Bunn	41	-3.86	OSU	16
Bradley Chill	42	-3.64	Indiana	66
Jacob Lang	43	-3.6
Ting Change	44	-3.71
Warren Thomis	45	-3.51	Kentucky	94
Bryant Hernandez	46	-3.41
Mykhailo Golod	47	-3.45
David Martinez	48	-3.4
Vincent Cervantes	49	-3.43
Eric Yun	50	-3.43
Michael Lee	51	-3.32
Trevor Gaurs	52	-3.37	UCLA	140
Grady Smith	53	-3.28	Louisville	44
John Hiller	54	-3.2	Duke	33
Salil Khanduja	55	-3.13	Columbia	174
Ethan Whitaker	56	-3.17	Chattanooga	63
Blake Keen	57	-3.17
Luke Bailey	58	-3.06
Hsuan Chen	59	-3.09
Jake Olson	60	-3.08
Charlie Wylie	61	-3.05
Trenton Mierl	62	-3.01
William Alexander	63	-3.09
Jackson Hymer	64	-2.9	Baylor	30
Aidan Gutierrez	65	-2.89
Francisco Gutierrez	66	-2.9
Clark Goboy	67	-2.92
Wesley Hu	68	-2.78
Daniel Macias	69	-2.77
Luke Mosley	70	-2.82
Felix Bouchard	71	-2.67	Kansas	51
Connor Mccann	72	-2.72
Leo Wessel	73	-2.73	Cincinnati	35
John Knight	74	-2.61	South Carolina	61
Palmer Haynes	75	-2.68
Jack Vojtko	76	-2.61	Ohio
Nick Ciocca	77	-2.49	Notre Dame	37
	78
Ziqin Zhou	79	-2.6	Cal	72
	80
	81
Matthew Robles	82	-2.5	Santa Clara	104
	83
	84
Michael Crocker	85	-2.38	Alabama	17
	86
Ethan Smith	87	-2.43	Mstate	23
	88
	89
	90
	91
	92
	93
	94
	95
	96
	97
	98
	99
	100
Jackson Funkhouser	101	-2.22	NM State	62

Do you have a list like that for girl commits? 

[MahalNeneng]

8 minutes ago, Jkhogbear said:

Do you have a list like that for girl commits? 

i do not but there is a group compiling them on instagram, i made that by hand and cross referenced JGS for our own interests as my son is a 2025 🙂

 

NCAA Golf Commits (@ncaagolfcommits) • Instagram photos and videos

 

ncaagolfcommits

It's time for the girls....
⭐️Anna Davis, 2024
Spring Valley, CA
Verbal commitment: Auburn University

JGS Class rank: 1
AJGA Class rank: 3

2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion
2021 Girls Junior PGA Championship champion
2022 Junior Orange Bowl Int'l: 2nd
2022 AJGA Annika Invitational: 2nd

Edited December 21, 2022 by rpawly

[golferdad8]

On 7/6/2022 at 6:31 AM, rflores2323 said:

So I have a daughter that is in that class.  We are in Texas and she currently is ranked #63 overall in her class and top 5 in TX 2024 class.  

 

We started the emailing process around end of 8th grade.  We made an email newsletter to keep coaches informed.   While they couldn't respond we could at least check if they were opened and how many times etc. 

 

When June 15 hit she got her first email at 12:01 from a coach so that was memorable.   She also got hit up by texts and phone all day. Over 50+ schools.   She was playing a tournament so responses were delayed but coaches understood.  She also got three offers already but she is not ready to commit and wants to go see campuses etc..

 

Also something happen to her that we were not expecting.  She just played at first tee national championship at Notre Dame and her first day she scored an 87......yes 87....her worst score ever in competition.  She was at the bottom of leaderboard.   We had our family dinner talk and she told us she was not focused on her tournament. Her mind was thinking of coaches, her responses, emails, phone interview dates, etc... So the recruiting process was overwhelming her and it had only been a few weeks.  We came up with a plan and told her that she has to turn this from negative to a positive as some girls don't get any calls.  She had to prioritize the schools into three categories and also any phone interviews could wait until after tournaments.   This helped clear her mind and next day she shot -1 and the third day Even.  She turned it around and didn't give any strokes back to field and finished 11th.   So this was a huge learning moment for our family.  We have let her do alot of the process however we had to be reminded she is only 16..it's alot for a kid to process and handle.  

 

We also have social media accounts (bellafloresgolf) and her golf resume on a website.  This helps coaches to be informed also. 

 

Hope this helps. 

 

 

 

Congrats on Bella & her commitment. My son's a 2024 (still weighing options & visiting schools) & saw the announcement on IG for NCAAGOLFCOMMITS - great job Dad! 

Edited January 12 by golferdad8

[killer21]

On 7/6/2022 at 9:31 AM, rflores2323 said:

So I have a daughter that is in that class.  We are in Texas and she currently is ranked #63 overall in her class and top 5 in TX 2024 class.  

 

We started the emailing process around end of 8th grade.  We made an email newsletter to keep coaches informed.   While they couldn't respond we could at least check if they were opened and how many times etc. 

 

When June 15 hit she got her first email at 12:01 from a coach so that was memorable.   She also got hit up by texts and phone all day. Over 50+ schools.   She was playing a tournament so responses were delayed but coaches understood.  She also got three offers already but she is not ready to commit and wants to go see campuses etc..

 

Also something happen to her that we were not expecting.  She just played at first tee national championship at Notre Dame and her first day she scored an 87......yes 87....her worst score ever in competition.  She was at the bottom of leaderboard.   We had our family dinner talk and she told us she was not focused on her tournament. Her mind was thinking of coaches, her responses, emails, phone interview dates, etc... So the recruiting process was overwhelming her and it had only been a few weeks.  We came up with a plan and told her that she has to turn this from negative to a positive as some girls don't get any calls.  She had to prioritize the schools into three categories and also any phone interviews could wait until after tournaments.   This helped clear her mind and next day she shot -1 and the third day Even.  She turned it around and didn't give any strokes back to field and finished 11th.   So this was a huge learning moment for our family.  We have let her do alot of the process however we had to be reminded she is only 16..it's alot for a kid to process and handle.  

 

We also have social media accounts (bellafloresgolf) and her golf resume on a website.  This helps coaches to be informed also. 

 

Hope this helps. 

 

 

 

Nice post, my daughter is mid way through Grade 8, 2027 so this is interesting to hear.

[rflores2323]

So my daughter picked her school.  It was an exhausting experience for her but it was also a life lesson at the same time.    See below announcement video.  

 

 

[allenartlab]

On 1/12/2023 at 8:39 AM, killer21 said:

Nice post, my daughter is mid way through Grade 8, 2027 so this is interesting to hear.

an off-topic comment but I can't help but notice that 2027 is a very strong class for the girls. 

[tiger1873]

46 minutes ago, allenartlab said:

an off-topic comment but I can't help but notice that 2027 is a very strong class for the girls. 

 

There is a lot reasons you will see girls around 8th grade rise in rankings because parents still control their schedules. A lot girls drop out in the next few years or never really improve.

 

The second thing is the way rankings and yardages climb when there older.  Younger kids are playing about 500-600 yards less then the older girls. So  those who can't drive actually drop a lot in the rankings.  You can't score low if you not driving 240 yards on a 380 yard par 4.  

 

The last thing is AJGA also changed the way stars are used.  You used to spend your stars you gained and had to use them wisely. The younger girls 2027 didn't have to worry so the goal suddenly went to play everything you can get into.   The way JGS rankings work it resulted in a big boost to those younger girls.

[allenartlab]

2 hours ago, tiger1873 said:

 

There is a lot reasons you will see girls around 8th grade rise in rankings because parents still control their schedules. A lot girls drop out in the next few years or never really improve.

 

The second thing is the way rankings and yardages climb when there older.  Younger kids are playing about 500-600 yards less then the older girls. So  those who can't drive actually drop a lot in the rankings.  You can't score low if you not driving 240 yards on a 380 yard par 4.  

 

The last thing is AJGA also changed the way stars are used.  You used to spend your stars you gained and had to use them wisely. The younger girls 2027 didn't have to worry so the goal suddenly went to play everything you can get into.   The way JGS rankings work it resulted in a big boost to those younger girls.

Very good points. Thanks for sharing your view.

[golferdad8]

Congratulations to Bella...I remember Kingwood as my son played at the CT Pan last June. That's an awesome video - did JMU make it for her, or did you do that on your own? Very well done. 

[leezer99]

I’m looking forward to this experience but what I’m really looking forward to is unsubscribing to the 500 freaking emails I get every day from different tours, golf companies, forums, etc. 

[rflores2323]

On 1/14/2023 at 4:50 PM, golferdad8 said:

Congratulations to Bella...I remember Kingwood as my son played at the CT Pan last June. That's an awesome video - did JMU make it for her, or did you do that on your own? Very well done. 

We got it done.  Thanks.  Wanted to do something different than the usual university sweater pic that most girls do. 

[MahalNeneng]

On 7/8/2022 at 3:14 PM, TripleBogeysrbetter said:

How many of our kids have had a bad weekend playing?  Coaches don't hold it against them.  At least the one worth the kids time. Plus they can get scores online or  once the junior has established a communication line with coach its a good update email.

 

I believe my son would send it out about every month or two.  Something like below.

 

Coach Smith,

 

I recently completed my Junior golf spring schedule.  Please the table attached with all my scores, course ratings/slope as well as  placement.  Attached is my summer schedule which I start in a few weeks.  I don’t envision any changes.

 

Also, recently took my SAT and scored a 1360.

 

Thank you,

Junior

 

Thats about what we do, monthly / bi-monthly update emails