Contenders, Transfers and Freshmen to Watch
The Analyst Column
The increased impact of transfers in college golf is evident. All big schools are now using the portal actively in building their rosters. In addition to the increased impact of transfers, the pending case involving roster limits for men’s and women’s golf has strongly affected recruiting.
It’s been a strange year in college recruiting. Many coaches have made preparations for the potential roster limits throughout the year. The dynamics in the recruiting world have resulted in an occasionally chaotic picture of upcoming rosters.
Which teams have picked up transfers, and who are likely to be impact freshmen? I’ll try to point out a few schools with major movement, and also a few other newcomers catching my eye.
Coach at Vika Golf Club in Oslo. Former NCAA Division I coach at Texas Tech, Baylor and SFA, and former Baylor golfer.
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First published on the MikkelGolf newsletter on Substack.