24 06, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process – Do the Research

By |2025-06-25T12:46:38-04:00June 24th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

It’s never too early to research schools and golf programs. This will give you an idea of what it takes to play for those programs so you can set goals and get to work! You can check out the team and school websites for both academic and athletic information. And of course, their social media! Golfweek, Golfstat, and Scoreboard by Clippd are great resources for rankings, results, and articles. And when looking at the current players’ scores remember a few things... courses are longer, tougher, and played in fall and spring only and it’s a higher level of pressure and demand that college players are under so scores aren’t exactly reflective of junior golf scores. Also, don’t compare yourself to the 5th player on the team to see what is realistic, coaches are trying to make the team better, which means they need to replace their 2nd [...]

24 06, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process – Maintain Communication

By |2025-06-25T13:05:15-04:00June 24th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

It’s one step to send out some initial emails, but it takes ongoing communication to generate interest and develop a relationship with the coach. Based on NCAA rules, DI coaches can't respond to your emails or speak to you until June 15th prior to your junior year. So it will mostly just be update emails that you will be sending up to that point to try and generate their interest. If it's after June 15th, then hopefully you are currently in communication with some college coaches and receiving feedback on their part. Whichever scenario, it is necessary to maintain some form of communication and updates as you move throughout this process. If you are being too unrealistic with your options, then you may not be very productive in your efforts, so do keep that in mind. Coaches like ongoing updates about your progress on the golf course, [...]

22 06, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process – Contact Coaches

By |2025-06-25T13:00:15-04:00June 22nd, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

While I am an advocate for having big goals to work hard to achieve and keeping some dream schools on your list, you have to be cautious about what percentage of dream schools vs realistic schools you have on your list, especially these days with the transfer portal and roster caps added extra elements of difficulty for high school recruits when it comes to available spots. I say to contact 50+ schools, but as with most parts of this process, that is dependent on many factors. The reason I use that number is for the average player who is doing this process on their own, without knowledgeable or reliable guidance, I have seen a trend of what happens if they create a list of less than that. When I am providing general advice and tips on the steps of the process, I am trying to consider what [...]

21 06, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process – Get an Evaluation

By |2025-06-25T12:56:25-04:00June 21st, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

Earlier this year, I hosted a webinar about "Starting the College Recruiting Process." While these weren't specific steps I included in that webinar, I wanted to discuss the importance of getting started on the right foot with direction and guidance specific to you, your goals, and your expectations. Through the RecruitPKB Platform, there are 3 ways you can do that, so I wanted to go over those ways and why they are so important for the success of the process. Then over the next few weeks, I'll tackle each of the main steps of the recruiting process that I feel are important for a recruit to follow. What is an Evaluation or Consultation, and why is it so important? Yes, these are both free and paid services we provide through the RecruitPKB Platform as part of our partnership, but I include this as part of starting the [...]

10 06, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process – Create a Resume

By |2025-06-10T06:30:29-04:00June 10th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

As many of you are starting to think about the college recruiting process, one of the first important steps is putting together your player resume. While it might seem simple, including the right information is critical—this is how coaches will form their first impression of you as a potential recruit. You’d be surprised how many resumes I’ve seen that are difficult to read, poorly formatted, hard to access, or missing key details. Some don’t even include a single tournament score or scoring average—both of which are essential for a coach to make an initial assessment of your game. There’s no one “right” format for a resume—Word docs, PDFs, personal websites, or online resume platforms all work. Coaches aren’t focused on how it looks as much as they are on whether it’s accessible, organized, and complete. The key is making it easy for them to quickly understand who [...]

3 06, 2025

RecruitPKB: When Do I Start The Process?

By |2025-06-05T13:14:43-04:00June 3rd, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

A question I get asked often through social media, consultations, and during seminars is "When should I start the process?" As with many things in the process, there are rarely definitive answers, and this is one of the tougher ones to answer. While the June 15th date is the start of the coach communication phase of the process, there is plenty that can and should be done prior to that point. When and what needs to be done is more about the strength of a player's resume than their age. Some 8th and 9th graders who are shooting in the 70s from 5800+ yards, top-ranked in their recruiting class, and have a goal of playing high-level DI likely need to create a resume and recruiting video, begin to send out intro emails, engage on social media, and attend camps and college tourneys. However, a 9th or 10th [...]

21 05, 2025

RecruitPKB Webinar: When a Coach is Watching

By |2025-05-28T11:25:50-04:00May 21st, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

In the college golf recruiting process, every moment a coach is watching can impact your chances of staying on their radar. This webinar will help you better understand what college coaches look for—not just in scores, but in behavior, preparation, and overall presence on and off the course. We’ll cover how to prepare before a coach ever sees you play, what to do during a round when you're being evaluated, and how to follow up afterward. From body language to golf etiquette to communication, this session will teach you how to make a positive, lasting impression when it matters most. Webinar Highlights: What to do prior to a coach coming to watch you play How to handle yourself on the day of the tournament round Understand what college coaches look for: skill, attitude, coachability, and character. Parents are under evaluation as well What you should be doing [...]

14 05, 2025

RecruitPKB: A Look at DI and DII Collegiate Averages

By |2025-05-15T15:36:37-04:00May 14th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

While this process has a great deal of subjectivity to it, I've come to appreciate data and numbers more over the years. This is a chart compiled of the average scores for the top 5 individuals from a mix of DI and DII  programs (through May 15th of the 2024-2025 season). Typically, collegiate tournaments for mid and top DI plus top DII programs are played from approximately 6000-6200 yards, with lower DI and lower DII played slightly shorter. Also, collegiate tournaments are set up more difficult with pin placements, faster greens, and overall tougher conditions given the time of year that collegiate golf is played (not summer golf weather). And the added pressure of your coach and teammates counting on you heightens the stress level just a bit when you step on that first tee each time. So, a typical rule of thumb isa  2-3 stroke difference [...]

24 04, 2025

RecruitPKB: Webinar Recording: Kickoff 2027 Process

By |2025-04-24T14:10:40-04:00April 24th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

In case you missed this past week's webinar and you are a current 2027 getting ready to start the college recruiting process, you are going to want to watch this episode: Watch Here   For more questions, please send them to bjackson@pkbgt.org

1 04, 2025

RecruitPKB: Verbal Commitment vs Scholarship Agreement

By |2025-05-28T11:26:05-04:00April 1st, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

I wanted to do a comparison of the difference between a verbal commitment and when you sign a scholarship agreement. A verbal commitment is simply a verbal agreement between the recruit and the current coach. The verbal commitment is not legally binding, however, the scholarship agreement is a legally binding, signed contract between the recruit and that institution for at least one academic year in exchange for receiving athletic aid. The newly implemented scholarship agreement, as opposed to previously used NLIs, does offer more flexibility and freedom to the recruit if needed. A verbal commitment can be made once communication begins on June 15th before junior year, however, a scholarship agreement can not be signed until the signing period begins in November of their senior year. Once the scholarship agreement is signed, all recruiting discussions with other coaches must end. If a recruit has made a verbal [...]

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