Last nights College Golf Night was a huge success at Wild Dunes Golf Club. A plethora of topics were covered ranging from fitness/nutrition, grades/GPA, how and how often to contact college coaches, parents involvement, and everything in between. I feel confident that every family in attendance learned something very valuable. Thank you Kory Thompson and Mike Wilson for attending and providing great insight from a coaches point of view. Kory is the head women’s coach at Augusta State University while Mike is head men’s coach at Charleston Southern University. This event was very unique in that it provided a college coaches panel that allowed both parents and junior golfers to ask any question and interact with coaches in regard to college golf and what it takes to get there. Thank you Brandi Jackson and Brandi Jackson Golf, this was your event and would not have been possible at all without your efforts and expertise. Brandi came up through the SCJGA, was an All-American at Furman University, and spent 8 years on the LPGA and Futures Tour. Now she is using her experiences to help consult and assist families through the recruiting process to ensure they find the right college fit. I would encourage anyone who is interested and possibly overwhelmed with what it takes to get a golf scholarship and go on from junior golf and play college golf to reach out to Brandi. Please continue to check our website on a regular basis, plans are to add two more of these events to our schedule early in 2012! – Justin Fleming
