Rumors, Rumors, Rumors
Don't Believe Everything You Hear
It is amazing from the people I talked to and
from the scores of e-mails and phone calls we
receive, the amount of rumors, old wives tales
and just plain wrong information there is out
there. Most of this is passed by word of mouth
from player to player and especially from
parent to parent. Now, before I get e-mails
and phone calls, please don't climb all over
me but think about how important it is to have
the right information. Here are a few of my
favorites."Don't go swimming after playing. It's bad for your golf."
"Some players play easier courses to help their rankings"
"So and so got a full scholarship."
"You have to be top ranked to get a scholarship."
Real quickly, swimming will not hurt your golf game, don't believe any story about a male junior player getting a full ride, and there are scores of schools that have golf teams that pay no attention to the top ranked players.
As a parent, or a player, when someone sounds like they know what they are talking about, take it all with a grain of salt. If that person has had an older child that played junior golf and went to a program on scholarship, their information might be reliable. There is no substitute for reading up, especially with the columns here "Going to College" or calling people who have the right answers...NCAA, our columnists, or us here at the Scoreboard.
As anywhere else, just don't believe everything you hear.