The Rawls Course

The Rawls Course
Club information
Location	Lubbock, Texas, USA
Established	2003
Owned by	Texas Tech University
Operated by	Texas Tech University
Total holes	18
Website	www.therawlscourse.com

Designed by	Tom Doak
Par	72
Length	7,207 yards

The Rawls Course, located in Lubbock, Texas, USA, is the home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders golf teams. It is an NCAA championship course constructed through a major gift from Jerry S. Rawls and supported by revenue from students, faculty, staff, donors, and the general public.^[1]

Design

The Rawls Course was designed by Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design, Inc., Traverse City, Michigan. Starting from just a cotton field, the course was created to imitate the land east and south of Lubbock, where the Great Plains suddenly begin falling into the valleys and canyons that lead to the Caprock region. Lubbock's strong prevailing winds figured prominently in the course's final design.^[2]

Recognition

Turfnet magazine ranked The Rawls Course the third best collegiate course in the United States. Golfweek recognized is as the fourth best collegiate golf course in the nation and, in 2012 and 2013, as the #2 course in the state of Texas.^[3]^[4]^[5] Golf Magazine ranked it as the second most affordable U.S. course and placed it twenty-third on their list of top 50 golf courses in the nation for $50 or less. Golf Digest ranked it at #2 among affordable public courses.^[6] It also ranked it 19th overall for courses in the state of Texas.^[7]

Improvements

Clubhouse

In 2012, Texas Tech opened a $3.7 million clubhouse at The Rawls Course. The structure includes a public area as well as separate, private facilities for the university's golf teams.

Events

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional: 2015
NJCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship: 2013, 2018

References

External links

Texas Tech Red Raiders athletics

Sports	Football seasons Men's basketball seasons Women's basketball Baseball Golf Softball

Facilities	City Bank Coliseum Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Fuller Track Jones AT&T Stadium The Rawls Course United Spirit Arena

Current coaches	Tim Tadlock (baseball) Tubby Smith (men's basketball) Candace Whitaker (women's basketball) Don Flora (volleyball) Jon Murray (cross country) Eric Morris (football assistant) Kliff Kingsbury (football) Greg Sands (men's golf) JoJo Robertson (women's golf) Tom Stone (soccer) Adrian Gregory (softball) Tim Siegel (men's tennis) Todd Petty (women's tennis) Wes Kittley (track and field)

Football seasons & bowl games	1925–1980 seasons 1981–1985 seasons 1986–1999 seasons 1996 Alamo Bowl 2000–2005 seasons 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl 2001 Alamo Bowl 2002 Tangerine Bowl 2004 Holiday Bowl 2006 season 2006 Insight Bowl 2007 season 2008 Gator Bowl 2008 season 2009 Cotton Bowl Classic 2009 season 2010 Alamo Bowl 2010 season 2011 TicketCity Bowl 2011 season 2012 season 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas 2013 season 2013 Holiday Bowl 2014 season 2015 season

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Texas Tech University

Academics

Research

Athletics

Teams:	Baseball Red Raider basketball Lady Raider basketball Cross Country Football Golf Softball

Facilities:	City Bank Coliseum Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Fuller Track John Walker Soccer Complex Jones AT&T Stadium The Rawls Course United Supermarkets Arena

Rivalries:	Texas: Chancellor's Spurs Texas A&M: football rivalry TCU: football rivalry

Conferences:	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwest Conference Big 12 Conference

Media

People

Campus

Student life

Traditions

Miscellaneous

Texas Tech University Independent School District

Coordinates: 33°36′00″N 101°53′35″W / 33.600°N 101.893°W / 33.600; -101.893

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