Advantages of Earning a Golf Scholarship for College

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IJGA’s purpose is to foster your love of golf and academic excellence with the goal of preparing you for college. Along the way, you’ll have the opportunity to earn a college scholarship and play the sport you love. In today’s blog from IJGA, we explain the advantages of earning a golf scholarship for college. Related […]

Felix van Kleef Commits to Men’s Golf Team at UNLV

Felix-van-Kleef on National Signing Day

IJGA Student-Athlete Felix van Kleef Commits to Men’s Golf Team at UNLV on National College Signing Day IJGA student-athlete Feliz van Kleef has committed to play on the men’s college team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)during National College Signing Day. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) competes in the NCAA Division I […]

Thinking about playing college golf?

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By Laurel Karper IJGA Director of Education Thinking about playing college golf? Start planning now! Being recruited and offered a scholarship to play collegiate golf requires a tremendous amount of talent, hard work and dedication. Despite the challenge of playing collegiate golf, 96% of IJGA golfers continue on to play at the collegiate level. Remember, […]

Tips for Supporting Your Student-Athlete

IJGA Coach Skylar Jewel with IJGA student-athletes, showing them information on a clipboard

Recently I attended an elite level golf tournament, riddled with college coaches scouting potential players for their teams, many from the Division I level. A few coaches followed the players I was accompanying. As we crossed paths, I decided to ask a few questions about scouting and what they look for. I received some general […]

New Year’s Resolution: Improving Golf Fitness

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Whenever a new year approaches, many people look back over the past year and consider what they would like to improve or work toward in the coming months. For a golf athlete, your resolution could be improving your physical performance in order to improve your game. Here is a quick step by step process to […]

What Drives You – Navyug Rungta

IJGA golfer looks to the sidw as he swings his golf club

What Drives You is our student spotlight video series showcasing the stories of our diverse student body. This episode features IJGA Junior, Navyug Rungta from India. When Navyug joined the Academy he was a relative beginner and has since made huge strides in his golf game, even shooting an all time best round of 80 […]

Lessons Learned at Harbour Town

Golfer looks up after swinging his golf club

On the weekend of December 9th, most of the International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA) students teed it up at the IJGA Invitational at Harbour Town, hosted by the IJGT. A great event to end the semester, as students were preparing to leave for the holidays to reunite with family and friends near and far. Great […]

Where Are They Now? IJGA Alumni Sam Cudjoe

Golfers smile together while one holds a trophy

Where Are They Now? IJGA Alumni Sam Cudjoe Sam came to IJGA from Trinidad and Tobago in fall of 2014 to finish his high school career with the hopes of going on to play in college. Making steady improvements his entire time at the Academy, Sam was able to attend and join the Men’s Golf […]