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Loading contentEvery other source either sells you data with no context or sells you a recruiting service. We do neither. Start with the one question every golf parent is really asking.
The right next step depends entirely on the stage. Pick the one that fits and we will point you to exactly the guides and tools that matter now, and none of the ones that do not.
Your kid loves it and you are wondering what competitive even means at this age. Read this before you spend a dollar on travel.
They are entering events and you want to know whether the schedule and the spend actually make sense yet.
High school, and the college question is real. Get an honest read before you pay anyone for recruiting help.
Three guides that tell you the hard parts nobody with something to sell will: your real role, what it costs, and how to skip the services you do not need.
The role, the money, and the mistakes, from someone with no event to sell you.
Read the guideReal ranges for entries, travel, coaching, and gear, plus where the money is wasted.
Read the guideWhat paid recruiting services do, and how to do most of it yourself for nothing.
Read the guideJunior Golf Scoreboard hands you raw data with no read. Recruiting services hand you a funnel. We are the part in between that has no reason to shade the truth.
We send you straight to the tour or organizer. We take no cut of any entry, ever.
Half of good parenting here is knowing when to sit tight. We tell you when that is.
Scores, odds, and standards trace back to the governing bodies. No invented stats.
Club-level comparison tells you almost nothing, because you do not know how strong your club is. The only honest read comes from tournament scores against a real field, measured against age benchmarks and college scoring standards. The free assessment on this page does exactly that: it takes recent tournament scores and shows where your kid lands, in ranges, with every benchmark traced to a published source. It is built to say "not yet" when that is the truth.
For most families, not at first. National travel events (AJGA and the big invitationals) matter for college recruiting once a player is genuinely competitive and old enough for coaches to watch. Before that, local and state events give the same reps for a fraction of the cost. Our cost guide breaks down where the money actually earns something and where it does not, so you can build a schedule that fits your kid, not the tour's marketing.
Probably not in the way the sales emails imply. Recruiting timelines feel earlier than they are because services profit from urgency. What actually moves a coach is tournament results and an honest scoring average, and those take time to build. Read the odds guide and the recruiting-help guide for the real timeline, then use the assessment to see whether your kid is at a stage where outreach even makes sense yet.
No. We do not run tournaments, we do not sell recruiting packages, and we do not take a cut of any entry fee. We route you to the organizers and coaches directly. A free account unlocks coach contact details and the full calendar, and that is the only thing we ask for. That is the whole point of the site: one place that has no reason to tell you anything but the truth.
Usually no. At that age the return on travel is low and the risk of burnout is real. Local US Kids events, PGA Jr. League, and First Tee give plenty of competition close to home. The "just starting out" guides above cover what competitive golf looks like at each age and when travel starts to pay off. Spend the travel budget on lessons and range time instead until the scores say otherwise.
Lower than most parents assume, and it varies a lot by division and gender. Rather than quote a number here, the odds guide walks through the actual funnel from high-school players to NCAA roster spots using published figures, and the assessment shows which college tiers, if any, are realistic given your kid's current scores. Both are built to give you the real picture, not the flattering one.