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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD (10) recently started golf and seems to really enjoy it. We've also been told that she has some natural ability. Thinking ahead, is this the kind of sport where kids need lots of expensive one-on-one coaching to be good enough for their high school team?  Just trying to get a sense of what's typically required to be competitive. [/quote]

I've gone through this with three kids.  They are now 22, 20 and 18 years old.  Golf is a very expensive sport if you want to get serious about it, and[b] I spent about 25k/year, per kids.[/b]  None of them are playing golf in college but the oldest one found out that golf has really helped him with his corporate career.  He played with the company CFO and was recently promoted over five other people who are much qualified than he is, and that his salary is more than doubled.  Go figure.[/quote]

Wow. Did you feel like that level of expenditure was necessary just to compete at the high school level?  Was that for both girls and boys or do you only have sons?[/quote]

Well, the oldest one son played golf for one of the Big 3 private schools and he was the top golfer on the team.  He likes golf but not enough to play at his school of choice so he played sparingly during his time in college.  The daughter also played of at one of the big 3 private schools and she also played the #1 position but her goal is pre-med and she is not good enough to play for UVA so she only sparingly in college.  The youngest son likes golf more than his brother and sister but not enough to give up his dream school, Stanford, to attend a lesser school just to play golf.  He will be going to Stanford in the fall.  The youngest one has a +8 handicap.

As far as playing high school varsity golf, it really depends on the school. For schools with rich golf tradition like Langley or McLean HS, you will need to shoot consistently bogey round or better to make the team.  Schools like Annandale or Falls Church, the team is not very good so they will take just about anyone.  YMMV.[/quote]

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