Quote Originally Posted by thf24 View Post
I've been told on here before that the PGM program has no effect on the golf team recruiting or performance, positive or negative. I've heard otherwise from someone in the PGM program, though there could easily be bias and a little ego at work there.
Most of the PGM players aren't scratch golfers but instead are right above that line. Think +2 to +6 category. That's +2 to +6 at standard setup for a tournament meaning the pins are in the middle and the tee boxes are moved up on some holes. SEC play and NCAA D1 courses are played under much more difficult settings so if you're good enough to play scratch/D1 than you want to play college golf and if MSU doesn't sign that player they will play at another D1 program instead of opting for the PGM degree and trying to walk-on. It's not a golf factory that MSU can poach many players from. Not saying some haven't played on the team because it can and has happened before but MSU has to sign future Pros not future country club pros.