Tate Recruiting Services
We specialize in college placement of student athlete golfers
Invest In You or Your Loved One's Future
Parents of promising youth athletes across the United States wrestle annually with how much effort and resources to spend on college recruitment. It’s a process with the potential to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship money — or to be an expensive lesson in dashed dreams.
Many families seeking to highlight their hopeful athletes turn to high-level club sports programs or turn to online national recruiting services, which both cost literally thousands of dollars a year each.
Many families who try to navigate the college recruiting process on their own find it overwhelming. However, success can be found with help and guidance. The overwhelming majority of the nation’s more than 500,000 college athletes don’t fall into that “elite” category. They have to market themselves to prospective college programs and need someone with experience to guide them thru.
A good recruiting service will educate you on the recruiting process. They will hold your hand and make sure you are doing what needs to be done. The education is what you are really paying for.
About
My name is Harold "Bud" Tate and I have over 25 years of experience in the golf industry. I have spent time as a playing professional, a teacher, a mentor, and a college NCAA D2 golf coach. I have the experience to know what it takes to get you placed in a college that fits your talents and within a program that is right for you.
This is a personalized service not like expensive online services that don't "know you" and are not personable. It is about a best fit for the student athlete. Through my experiences I have a personal relationship with over 300 college coaches and have contact information for hundreds more.
Services and Fee
For a one time fee of only $100 we will go to work for you promoting and marketing your student athlete. This will relieve you of extra footwork, time and energy. We will promote your student athlete to different colleges and universities that best fit and match academically and athletically to your student athlete. We will then provide you with a step by step athletic enrollment guide to help you through the entire process.
I will work to help young golfers of all skill levels.
Get Started
All it takes to get started in the program is contact Tate Recruiting Services at taterecruitingservices@outlook.com
and we will get back with you asap.
It is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
We will have you fill out a recruitment form, give you an easy to follow enrollment guide, and go to work for you.
Biography
Coach Bud Tate had spent 10 years as the head coach for the women's golf team and 8 years as the head coach for the men's golf team at Ohio Valley University before the school closed their doors. Coach Tate led the Lady Scots to 212 victories and 8 tournament championships in the last 10 years which included an ECAC Championship in 2015. He has also guided the men's golf program to 229 victories and 8 tournament championships in the last 8 years.
Coach Tate has over 20 years of teaching experience in the golf industry. Before arriving at OVU, Tate was an Assistant Pro at South Hills Golf Club in Parkersburg for two years under head golf pro-Ted Daugherty. Before that, Tate owned Bud's Golf Shop at the Woodridge Plantation Golf Club in Mineral Wells, WV for six years where he was also the director of golf under PGA professional Steve Koreski.
Coach Tate is a graduate of Marietta College in Business and he finished his second degree at Ohio Valley U in the School of Education with a 4.0 GPA and graduated Summa Cum Laude with Alpha Chi National Honors. Tate also has a Master’s degree from OVU in the field of Education. Tate played golf for four years at Marietta College and served as captain of the team during his junior and senior seasons. After completing college, he moved to Florida where he spent three years under the direct tutelage of renowned golf instructor and former PGA champion Bob Toski. Tate played in over 50 events on the South Florida Mini-Tour where he enhanced his golfing skills in a professional setting. Tate also has played as an amateur in over a dozen PGA Tour event qualifiers that led to three PGA Tour events including Doral, the Honda Classic and the Greater Western Advil Open in Chicago.
Locally Coach Tate has had top ten finishes in both the West Virginia Open and the West Virginia Amateur, as well as victories in the Oxbow Amateur, South Hills Amateur, the Riverside Open, the Southern Hills Open, and the West Virginia State Moose Tournament. Tate currently holds several area course records; Woodridge 62, South Hills 61, Worthington 59, GCWV 59, and the old Classic Golf Course which has been torn down due to the building of route 50 through South Parkersburg where he also had a 59. He has played in several WVGA, OGA, USGA and Tri-State Section PGA Tour events in the West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania areas.
Coach Tate and his wife Mandy reside in Vienna, WV. They have one son named Hunter who is currently serving in the United States Air Force at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, AZ and is married to his wife Ellie Zide Tate. Coach Tate is looking forward to some future grand children.
Personal Statement
"I want to impact the game of golf far beyond my years. Helping young golfers is a great way to accomplish that and preserve the game. What I offer, no other college recruiting service will offer."
1 - We specialize in helping student athlete golfers: the focus is golf
2 - We contact coaches directly and promote the athletes personally instead of having the coaches seek out athletes online.
3 - We are only an email or phone call away from personal assistance throughout the entire college enrollment process.