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.

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.

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.

JJ Wood with the Rice University golf team
With the Rice University team. Archive photograph.

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.

Read the recruiting articlesFull archive