Post Graduate
Students Take
Advantage
of Year Off
on Path
to Higher
Education
Each junior golfers’ path to play collegiate golf is
unique. For some, it takes more time to hone their
game and prepare for the rigors of being a student-
athlete. For those needing more time, Bishops Gate
Golf Academy (BGGA) offers a Post Graduate program
designed to do just that.
BGGA’s program meets the growing demand of
specialized training for students who are seeking
growth before moving forward with future academic
and athletic plans. Many graduating seniors today are
not ready physically, technically and/or competitively to
excel at their desired level of college sports.
“Jonathan Yarwood took me under his wing and really
built me from the ground up,” said Branimir Nikolich.
I think this is a great opportunity for me to have. I’ve
learned so much about the golf swing that I never
thought I would know.”
In 2016-17 year, BGGA had 12 Post Grad athletes, all with
the same goal of making the most of their gap year.
Now that the year has come to an end, all Post Grad
students have been placed at universities and many are
on college golf teams for the fall semester making for a
100% success rate.
Through the Post Grad program, students received a
half day of golf coaching, unlimited golf facility access,
golf specific performance training, mental training as
well as college planning and placement assistance.
The college placement process is complicated. There
are a lot of rules and connections to golf programs are
important. That’s where BGGA plays a significant role.
“I started too late,” said Billy Rosemeyer. “They
definitely helped me get back on track. BGGA helped
me a lot with college placement.”
Zaffar Sikkander agreed and said, “College placement
takes a long time. The earlier you start the better. The
more schools you write to the easier it is. Even if you
have a set dream school you should have a lot more
schools you would want to write to just to keep your
options open.”
When your road to playing college golf doesn’t take
the turn you want, this may be the program that gets
you back on the right path.
Post Graduates moving on to college:
Carson Barbe – Mississippi State
Callum Brown – Palm Beach Atlantic University
Zach Greifenberger – Gardner-Webb University
Mateo Lancheros – Ottawa University
Chelsea Liu – University of Pennsylvania
Michael Marsico – Gannon University
Branimir Nikolich – Brevard College
Billy Rosemeyer – Capital University
Taiga Seki – College of the Canyons
Zaffar Sikkander – La Salle University