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 [...]

19 03, 2025

RecruitPKB: Emails MUST be Specific

By |2025-03-19T20:49:24-04:00March 19th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

When we say emails have to be specific that does not simply mean you can include the coach’s name and the school name. ❌That doesn’t cut it these days! You also can’t just say “Your facilities are awesome and you have excellent academics” ❌It is likely not going to impress a coach either! You have to show you’ve done some actual research and know some legitimate insight about the school, golf program, and the coach. ✅ Do the research ✅ Do the work ✅ Trust the process If you want to learn more, here is a short Instagram clip I shared on this topic! WATCH HERE  

12 03, 2025

RecruitPKB: Prepare for Tournaments Better

By |2025-03-12T13:05:22-04:00March 12th, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Many times I hear girls and parents say “But I played great during my practice round and shot __ ” but then didn't play well during the tournament, or “I play well when I play at home” and think that compares to rounds at away courses and during competition. Bottomline, is that those are not and never will be the same as tournament golf. The goal is to better prepare for the difference and how you are inherently going to feel and react during tournaments. One way to avoid this scenario is to use practice rounds to learn the course and better prepare for the tournament, not as a time to keep score. This avoids even setting an expectation for a certain score that you "should" shoot during the tournament when conditions change and you are now truly focused on shooting an actual score. Instead, use it [...]

2 02, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process – Create a Resume

By |2025-02-06T14:08:18-05:00February 2nd, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

Create a college golf resume. Seems pretty simple right? Wrong. It’s amazing how many resumes I’ve seen that are difficult to read, hard to access, and don’t contain the information a coach needs to begin their initial assessment of you as a potential recruit. I’ve had players send me resumes that don’t even include a single tourney score, the most important stat a coach needs to see is tournament scores and experience! Crazy, right? There are several ways to format resumes that are all acceptable - Documents, PDFs, a personal website, or an online resume service. For the most part, a coach doesn’t care about the format you use, they just need it to be accessible, easy to read, organized, and contain the information they need to see. At a minimum include (please keep in mind, this is just a brief overview of the information needed, if [...]

25 01, 2025

RecruitPKB: Starting the Process Webinar

By |2025-01-29T12:11:06-05:00January 25th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

Are you getting ready to start the college recruiting process? Check out the most recent PKBGT webinar for insight on tackling those initial steps. Understand the NCAA Rules and Eligibility  Insight Into Scholarships Scoring Average Standards for Playing in College Creating a Resume and Video Contacting Coaches WATCH HERE   -Brandi Jackson, RecruitPKB College Consultant For questions or to schedule your free PKB 30-Minute Initial Consultation send an email to bjackson@pkbgt.org

15 01, 2025

RecruitPKB: Creating Independence

By |2025-01-15T15:26:28-05:00January 15th, 2025|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

Learning to be independent is one of the most important factors that college coaches say a junior golfer needs to work on to transition into college golf. You can begin working on this at any age, but some may be difficult until you are able to drive yourself or better understand what you need to do in order to complete the task. Below is a list of different tasks that will help you learn to be more independent as a student, person, and golfer. Please check with your parents before starting any of these tasks. Do your own laundry Sign up for a tournament Pack for a tournament Schedule your own tee time/lesson Call a college coach Clean your golf clubs Buy groceries or create a list Cook dinner Pack your own lunch/snacks Volunteer Drive to a tournament Clean the house Create a weekly schedule Get a [...]

25 12, 2024

RecruitPKB: Learning From the Process

By |2024-12-26T12:00:54-05:00December 25th, 2024|College Recruiting Articles|0 Comments

One of the tougher parts about advising young girls through the college recruiting process (and even college grads who come back to me for advice on internships and job interviews) is the rejection and disappointment of not being recruited or offered a scholarship or position on the team. Not having the scores is usually a pretty obvious and understandable reason that can somewhat easily be accepted by a young golfer. But when a young golfer finds out that a friend of theirs, or a rival player, or someone whose scores weren’t as good as theirs, ends up getting recruited or offered then it can be difficult to not take it personally and wonder what you did wrong. Well after over 14 years of working in this industry, I wanted to share some of the reasons and insight into why this might happen and how you can learn [...]

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