21 year old community college student wants to play college golf?

Hi im currently a 21 year old and I am attending a Community college trying to obtain my associates degree(yes i know im slow but at least im going to school)

Just recently I started to play golf again with great enthusiasm, im currently playing 5-6 days a week now and want to play more only taking time off to let my muscles rest. I started golf around 10-11 and played a lot until 14-15 competed in lots of local junior tournaments (never won but placed top3 a lot) I played half a year of high school golf before moving to Texas from California. After the move I completely stopped playing golf because of financial/other reasons, but now 6 years later something got into me and I want to play again. When I was 15 I shot anywhere from 75-85, now after 1.5 weeks of playing again my scores are anywhere from 80-83(I plan to consistently break 80 within a month)

I was wondering if its possible for someone in my situation to get involved in any college program and where one can be found.

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you would have to have a handicap of 2 or better maybe 3-4 or better best case depending on the school - I'm a 10 handicap and it would take a whole lot of practice and consistency to get down to a 2 handicap - even with a 2 handicap you would need some type of grades and a resume of amateur successes to try and get a scholarship - if you are planning to walk on at a 4 year school, why not try to play at the junior college you are at now and see if you can improve enough to play at a big school?

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Go ahead and try out at least. Don't be afraid to go and try it. What do you have to lose, the worst that they can say is no.

Make sure you practice, practice, practice up to the day of the try outs. If the coaches see you are improving and are working hard and are dedicated to the sport, then you have a great chance at making the team.

Until tryouts you need to eat, sleep, and breathe golf.
Well I think that you are going to find that you might have a chance playing for a Div. 3 college and maybe a Div. 2 school. It is hard to say because most of the schools don't have a lot of tryouts because golf is so small that the coach is able to recruit most of his team. I would say that you should try and talk to as many of the coaches as you can, they will give you the best answer because they are the coaches. Also since you already have 2 years of college you are going to have a hard time finding a team, since you only have 3 years of eligibility one of which will be a red shirt year and you can't compete. I would say start at Div. 3 schools and add some Div. 2 schools. i wouldn't try and get a Div. 1 school because you really don't have a chance. For example most Div. 1 players have a very very low handicap, probably under a 4 at most. I mean there are colleges out there that you might have a chance to play for but what is the point of going to a Div. 1 college if they are ranked 100th when you can go to a Div. 2 school that is ranked much higher? You might say well its a Div 2 school but the fact is it is going to be much better than a bad Div 1 school. If you know what you handicap is you can get a better idea of how you stack up. I would say most DIv. 1 players have a low single digit handicap on a course that has a slope rating of at least 135 with most being higher. It is great that you are trying and I hope that you find a school to play for.