The Rawls Course

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The Rawls Course
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The Cash Foundation Clubhouse
Club information
Location Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Established2003
Owned by Texas Tech University
Operated by
Texas Tech University
Total holes18
Website www.therawlscourse.com
Designed by
Tom Doak
Par 72
Length7,207 yards
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Texas Tech Red Raiders golf team practice area

The Rawls Course, located in Lubbock, Texas, United States, 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]

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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 No. 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 No. 2 among affordable public courses. [6] It also ranked it 19th overall for courses in the state of Texas. [7]

Improvements

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

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References

  1. "The Rawls Course at Texas Tech: History". Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  2. The Jerry S. Rawls Red Raider Golf Course at Texas Tech University Archived July 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Rawls Course Earns National Distinction :: Four-year-old Tom Doak design ranks among nation's top 10 collegiate golf courses
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  5. "The Rawls Course Earns Yet Another Honor From Golfweek Magazine - Texas Tech Athletics". Texastech.com. March 13, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  6. "The Rawls Course at Texas Tech". Therawlscourse.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  7. "Golf Digest". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  8. "Texas Tech will host its fourth NCAA Golf Regional in history during the 2025 women's golf season". TexasTech.com. April 15, 2022. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2022. "The NCAA announced Friday that Texas Tech's acclaimed Rawls Course has been added as a NCAA Women's Golf Regional site for the 2025 season.

    This will be the fourth time in history where The Rawls Course will host an NCAA event as Texas Tech was previously the site for an NCAA Men's Regional in 2015 as well as two Women's Regionals in 2005 and 2017."

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