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15Jan 2026 by admin No Comments

Explaining the college golf rankings

Believe it or not, but this might be the most important blog post we have ever written! Granted, this might sound a bit dramatic, but it is crucial for every aspiring college golfer to really understand this information before he or she starts the recruiting process. This will allow you to make the best possible decision for your future college golf career, based on facts, numbers and by fully understanding the different divisions and governing bodies of college golf. There are some big misconceptions that a lot of young golfers have about certain teams and about the different divisions. At Sports & Study USA, we take our job as consultants very serious, so we try to explain the differences (and similarities) to all our golfers either before we start the…

18Jun 2025 by admin No Comments

What is the first step when a coach shows interest in you?

As we have mentioned in some of our blog posts before, June 15 in a very important date in the recruiting calendar. The reason is that this date always means that coaches can start having direct conversations with athletes for the recruiting class that is looking to start college in two years. So in this case, that means that coaches are now officially allowed to speak with potential prospects for the class of 2027. As our current athletes have already seen over the past few days, this is a very busy time of the year for us where we always look to connect them with several coaches straight away in order to start those conversations very early so that our athletes have an advantage against their competition. We typically set…

23May 2024 by admin No Comments

How difficult is it to transfer between universities?

While we always encourage student athletes to complete their entire 4-year college career at the same school, we know that sometimes things just don't work out, making a transfer the only possible solution. Transferring has gotten a lot easier ever since the NCAA introduced the Transfer Portal, but there are still some things to keep in mind when looking to transfer. Again, as mentioned above, transferring should always be the last resort. However, if you do make that decision, the first step will always be to notify your current school. The process for that is slightly different depending on whether you are competing in the NCAA, NAIA or in a junior college, but in terms of the NCAA, you will need to go see your compliance person on campus and…

06May 2024 by admin No Comments

What is the difference between the main governing bodies in college sports?

As you probably know, there are three main governing bodies that run college sports in the United States. The most famous one is obviously the NCAA, with its three divisions. The other two are the NAIA and the NJCAA, which is the organization that runs all sports at the junior college level. Now, all of these leagues have different rules and also have different scholarship amounts that they allow per team (and in every sport), which is something we will go into more detail in a future blog post. However, in this article we want to give you some numbers so you can better understand the size of each division and so you have a better understanding of how competitive each league or division is. So here are the numbers…