General NCAA guidelines don’t allow coaches to decrease scholarships solely for athletic performance. How each school deals with this is highly varied. You should have this discussion with any coach in the recruiting process.
At the end of the year I always meet with the student-athletes to discuss the following year’s scholarship and roster position. The scenarios are: 1) renewal of the same scholarship, 2) permanent increase in scholarship, 3) one-year increase in scholarship, 4) scholarship decrease/roster spot lost for non-golf related reasons (rules breaking, academics, etc), 5) loss of roster spot, but keep scholarship.
All of those are possible scenarios. The most common, by far, is renewal of the scholarship and roster spot. A one-year or permanent increase is relatively common too.
In the summer each student-athlete receives another letter outlining their scholarship for the following year that they are required to sign and return.
After a freshman’s first year when and what is the process for the next season? Coach/player discussions..Can scholarships change? Is there another signing formality?
