Honest Assessment
Scoring average, tournament results and skill tests compared against the level you are aiming at. This is the conversation most families never get straight.
College golf recruiting
RECRUITING ADVICE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK.
JJ Wood coached NCAA golf at Rice and Ohio State before building the Varsity Group at Golf Performance Group, where more than 100 college golfers have been developed (owner-reported). No outcome is guaranteed — the work is.
The Right Schedule
Which events are worth the travel and money for your level, and which ones college coaches actually watch.
Coach Communication
What to send, when to send it, and how to follow up — written by someone who used to receive those emails as an NCAA coach.
Development Plan
The practice and performance work that has to happen alongside recruiting, coached through the Varsity Group at Golf Performance Group.
Rules change — check the source
Use official NCAA information.
Recruiting calendars, contact rules and division requirements are updated regularly. Always confirm the current rules directly:
Day-to-day player development runs through Golf Performance Group ↗.
From the archive
The recruiting article series.
JJ has written about recruiting for years. Those pieces are kept as published — some predate current NCAA rules, so treat them as background and confirm the rules above.