Did you post this on a golf forum, too? If not, I would guess that running is your priority.
I can just imagine "LETSGOLF", brainchild of the the super trust fund twins, Thurston and Mortimer. All the posters are super polite with their insult attempts, but with a snarky undertone. Thurston once played a round with a superstar lady golfer in which she played her greatest round ever, all thanks to him. Mortimer once coached night golfing at the famed Bushwood country Club
4.5 scholarships for golfers at D1 schools. Much better ratio than track if you are a top 5 golfer on the team. Golfers get great trips to warm weather places and courses they might never otherwise be able to play. They get free clubs, gear, shoes, etc.
If you are a good student as well, I'd tell them that colleges are recruiting based on performances at summer junior golf events and regional/national junior track events more than small HS meets. You don't need them to achieve your goals, and that if you are put in the position to choose you will bail on both and concentrate on grades.
I played HS football soccer and football same season. Only rule AD put on me was that if football was my primary sport I'd have to resolve all schedule conflicts in favor of FB. So a football practice was prioritized over a soccer match. Had to show up at halftime on a number of occasions and play a match with dead legs from a 2 hour fb practice.
Are these both spring sports at your HS or is golf in the fall? I can understand having to pick one sport per season, but it's ridiculous these adults are trying to tell you that you can't do multiple sports with one per season for your HS. Given how good you are at golf, I'd say stick with that for your HS whatever season that is (it was spring in my home state) and then run for the school the other seasons (so if golf is a HS spring sport then do xc and indoor track for your HS). In lieu of outdoor track, assuming golf in in the spring for HS, if they won't let you compete in both for your HS, just do USATF or AAU club track in the summer instead. I don't see why you can't still practice golf in the summer and on weekends or evenings indoors in the fall and winter while running for your school. I also don't see running really hurting your golfing in any way since golf is mostly a technique based sport and the endurance training would help you from getting fatigued from walking the golf course. You could still do some golf specific lifts if needed while running. If they're saying you can't do both sports on non-conflicting seasons, I'd have your parents talk to the AD and push back heavily on that because that rule doesn't make sense. Do they tell football players they can't run track or play basketball to or whatever because they'd excel more focusing on just one? Unless this rule applies to everyone, this is BS and you should be able to do both during different HS seasons. I can see them saying you can't do 2 HS sports in one season that conflicts, but thankfully you can just run on your own during golf season and compete in the summer.
The giveaway is that your "small school" has separate track and xc coaches...and they have assistants.
BS.
Lol never played teacher politics before? The school will give teachers other than the XC coach the track coaching position because they'll complain it's not fair the XC coach gets locked into three seasons worth of opportunities for pay supplementation.
Your coaches sound really dumb and insecure. You can absolutely do both and have success. If you pursue a sport at the elite level you will eventually have to pick one to double down on, but high school/college is not that time. You can do both.
First off, congratulations on your successes as an athlete in two sports. You seem like a highly motivated and talented guy. It sucks that your coaches are making you choose. I don't know much about golf, but it seems like they wouldn't interfere with each other physically. The only thing I will say is that you will still be physically able to play golf well after college, but will not be able to get to the same level of running fitness if you don't train during college. Good luck, I wish you the best.
They're most likely right. Doing both at a high level is going to hurt both. It sounds like golf is the gravy train. Use that. Get the free degree and run for fun, enter some local races. After college when you have a good job and no debt with that degree you can do either as competitively as you want
Way more upside potential (unfortunately), way less opportunity to get hurt. If golf will get you into college and pay for it, then choose golf. See if you can cash in on it for a while, then make a running comeback as a masters runner. BTW I can't stand golf! But it allows for amazing opportunities for those that are good at it.
Did you post this on a golf forum, too? If not, I would guess that running is your priority.
I can just imagine "LETSGOLF", brainchild of the the super trust fund twins, Thurston and Mortimer. All the posters are super polite with their insult attempts, but with a snarky undertone. Thurston once played a round with a superstar lady golfer in which she played her greatest round ever, all thanks to him. Mortimer once coached night golfing at the famed Bushwood country Club
I was in a similar situation and I chose running. I am glad I did.
1) A lot of the hot rich businesses executives daughters like to hang out at my local cross country course. Because I was kind of a big deal I had my pick on who I dated (and ultimately married). You wouldn’t find anything like that at the local country club.
2) I was a pro runner for a little while. I wasn’t a super star… but I was in the top 100 track athletes in the world. I made way more money doing this than I ever would have had I been the 100th best golfer in the world.
3) I went into finance after my running career ended. I have closed many business deals at half-marathons. Who ever heard of anyone closing a deal on a golf course.
4) I have never been injured running. Golfers are always getting hurt.
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