Often coaches are working with very little scholarship money. So much depends on who they have recruited already and who is returning. Often they are put in a situation of having to decide to give a little extra to a deserving player already on the team or a recruit.
With little or no scholarship they may be looking for the very best player they can find for the least amount of scholarship. Being able to afford to have minimal scholarship isn’t enough alone to get a spot on a team, but if the golf record and grades are worthy of being on the team, then being able to accept little or no scholarship makes joining the team you really like much more likely.
Coaches do often give very minimal scholarships (1-5%). It may not amount to a very substantial amount of money, but it is a golf scholarship. Any good coach would not treat his/her players differently because of a scholarship amount and anyone on the team should be given every opportunity to compete and grow regardless of their scholarship amount.
If a prospect’s folks can swing the entire college cost without it being a burden, would you give that recruit “bonus points” in your recruiting rankings? Would you ever give a 5-10% scholarship so he could have the cache of being able to call himself a
