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COLLEGE GOLF SEMINAR COLLEGE GOLF SEMINAR SAVE THE DATE JAN 20 2018 What is a College Golf Seminar? A panel of college coaches will be at the Midwest Golf House in Lemont, IL, to talk about what they are looking for while they are recruiting, how to prepare for college academically and more. The IJGA’s College Golf Seminar is a great opportunity to hear a number of different perspectives about college golf! The 2018 seminar will take place on January 20. This event will be similar to the College Golf Seminar that was held in 2016, so if you had attended in 2016, this could be repetitive information for you. However, we do not want to discourage anyone from attending, we just want to make it clear that a lot of the information shared will be similar. With that being said one coach may have a different opinion than another or the presentations might be slightly different each year. 8 Illinois Junior Golf Association Each year this seminar is held, the panel of college coaches and speakers is different. In the past we have had various NCAA and NAIA c oaches such as the University of Wisconsin Men’s Head Coach Michael Burcin, Northern Illinois Women’s Head Coach Kim Kester, Illinois Wesleyan University Women’s Head Coach Patrick Freeman, and University of St. Francis Men’s Head Coach Paul Downey. The goal of the College Golf Seminar is to educate as many junior golfers and their parents as possible on the various steps of the recruitment process. The day is broken up into different sessions to help break down