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- 2. The best way for golfers to gain recognition and exposure is to play in tournaments and shoot low scores. College coaches can also watch prospective commits play in order to enhance their decision.
- 3. This is the collegiate athletic organization that oversees and makes regulations about college recruiting and scholarship availabilities, along with many other tasks
- 5. Official Visits are offered to prospective athletes, coaches show a strong amount of interest when official visits are given, as compared to unofficial, since the entire journey and all expenses will be paid for
- 6. This term is short for National Letter of Intent, which is signed by student athletes in their senior year of high school, typically November 8-10 depending on the school. This document formally recognizes the athlete into the university that they previously may have been committed to go to.
- 8. In terms of college scholarships, there are mainly two types awarded, athletic and academic, in recognition of exceptional talents in either
- 10. In both high schools and colleges, many students also play different sports in school programs and also individually.
- 11. Although also allowed in some private high schools, recruiting in this context is mainly describing the process of college coaches trying to get high school athletes to go to their university
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- 1. This is a nonbinding agreement between the university and the athlete that the athlete will attend and play sports at that school. This is finalized by NLI
- 4. This organization is the Junior Golf Scoreboard which is mainly known for its rankings of all golfers and their tournaments
- 7. There are five different collegiate divisions, with different requirements for athletic recruiting and scholarships. There are also different levels of competitive sports depending on the division
- 8. Also known as the American Junior Golf Association, this organization is one of the most prestigious, with high level tournaments across the US, well known organization by many college coaches
- 9. There are two main ranking websites that college coaches will look at, JGS and AJGA. These organizations compile a set qualification of tournaments and rank all players. The better the rank, the more probable that the athlete can commit