Coed golf teams in high school?

Question

I was wondering if it's more common for high school golf teams to be coed or split by gender. Where I went to school in Mississippi golf teams are coed. Boys and girls play from different tee boxes, but their scores count equally. But in Tennessee, high schools have boys and girls golf teams. I'm not sure about other states. I've seen other posters on here mention "girls golf" or "boys golf" teams before, and I know colleges have men's and women's teams.

I was wondering if Mississippi is a rare case, and more states do it the way Tennessee does. There weren't a lot of girls who played when I was in high school, which I guess is why it's coed, actually some schools had trouble getting enough boys to play. Golf is the only high school sport that's coed in Mississippi, or at least it was of the sports that were offered at the high school I went to.

Answer 1

Rebel,

My high school team was coed and our girls played from the same tee boxes as the boys.

I always thought that was really unfair....but it was more due to the fact that we didn't have a girls team so the girl golfers had to play with us.

Answer 2

More likely to be split by gender (as in TN)- as you mentioned, because of lack of participation, or progressive attitudes, some areas/states may see a benefit to tying the teams together.

Answer 3

Honestly, I had never heard of a co-ed golf team until I read your question.  I went to a couple high schools in Michigan and not only are the teams split, so are the seasons.  Boys would play in the fall and girls in the spring (though I hear they've switched them now).  I've played with quite a few people around the country and haven't heard any of them mention a co-ed team, so I have a feeling it was a special case.  Maybe they couldn't garner the interest for 2 separate teams?

Answer 4

Most states are split between the girls and the guys.  Although in some cases you will see a girl that will play on a guys team because the school can not come up with enough girls.  But almost all schools now have two seperate teams