Location Lubbock, Texas,
USA Operated by Texas Tech University Designed by Tom Doak Phone +1 806-742-4653 Established 2003 Designer Tom Doak | Owned by Texas Tech University Website www.therawlscourse.com Par 72 Owner Texas Tech University Total holes 18 | |
Address The Rawls Course at Texas Tech, Texas Tech University, 3720 4th St, Lubbock, TX 79415, USA Hours Open today · 7:30AM–6PMSaturday7:30AM–6PMSunday7:30AM–6PMMonday7:30AM–6PMTuesday7:30AM–6PMWednesday7:30AM–6PMThursday7:30AM–6PMFriday(Cesar Chavez Day)7:30AM–6PMHours might differSuggest an edit Similar Texas Tech University, Meadowb Golf Course, Rawls College of Business, Shadow Hills Golf Course, Stone Gate Golf Course Profiles | ||
The rawls course
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.
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The rawls course unveils new clubhouse
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.
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. 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. It also ranked it 19th overall for courses in the state of Texas.
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.