In this day and age, golfers competing at the professional level are bigger, stronger, and faster than the professionals of old. Increasing strength and stamina has obvious benefits for longevity in golf. A golfer walking and carrying his/her own bag burns about 1,400 calories in 18 holes of competitive golf! (golflink.com) Now imagine that you have to perform just as well at the 18th hole than you did at the 1st hole- how unfair is that? Future College Golf Association advoc

If you played golf in High School, you have a 7.8% or 8.2% (male & female respectively) chance of playing golf in college at any level. To go a step further, the odds of playing golf at a Division I school if you played golf in High School are 1.8% & 2.3% respectively for men and women athletes. The task may seem daunting- finding a University that fits you academically and athletically. As an athlete you understand that you want to succeed- hopefully you have also put in the