COLLEGE GOLF QUICK FACTS
⦿ College golf is the ideal preparation for a future professfional career on Tour
⦿ 78% of all PGA and Korn Ferry Tour players played college golf
⦿ 60% of all PGA and Korn Ferry Tour graduated from college and played all 4 years
⦿ There is a huge international influence in college golf with about 25% of all college golfers coming from outside the United States
⦿ There are numerous examples of world class players who played outside of NCAA Division 1 and who made it as professionals despite playing at the division 2, NAIA or junior college level
⦿ There are 1250 men’s and roughly 900 women’s college golf teams
⦿ There are roughly 12,000 male and 7,000 female college players
⦿ Scholarship limit per team: D1 Men – 4.5, D2 Men – 3.6, D1 Women – 6, D2 Women – 5.4, NAIA Men & Women – 5, NJCAA Men & Women – 8
⦿ Former college golfers in the pros: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm
