Texas Tech Red Raiders golf explained

Texas Tech Red Raiders Golf
University:Texas Tech University
Athletic Director:Kirby Hocutt
Mens:Greg Sands
Womens:JoJo Robertson
Conference:Big 12
Location:Lubbock, Texas
Course:The Rawls Course
Par:72
Yards:7,207
Nickname:Red Raiders
Ncaamatchplay:Men: 2010, 2018, 2022
Women: 2015
Ncaaappearance:Men: 1956, 1959, 1960, 1976, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022----Women: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
Conferencechampion:Men: 1936, 1937, 1939, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1996

The Texas Tech Red Raiders men's and women's golf teams represents Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech. The teams compete as members of the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Head coaches

Men

[1]

Women

[2]

Championships

Men

Individual champions

Conference

Big 12 Conference
2022Ludvig Åberg
2023Ludvig Åberg

Åberg was also a two-time winner (2022, 2023) of the Ben Hogan Award, the award given to the best men's collegiate golfer. He is the school's only winner of that award.

The Rawls Course

See main article: The Rawls Course. The Rawls Course, home of the Red Raiders golf teams, is located on the Texas Tech campus. Alumnus Jerry S. Rawls donated $8.6 million toward the total cost of approximately $15 million course. Completed in September 2003, the course features an 18-hole course, 60acres driving range, pitching and chipping areas and an indoor facility containing three hitting bays. 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.[5] Both Golf Week and Turfnet magazines ranked The Rawls Course as the third best collegiate course in the United States. 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.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://issuu.com/techathletics/docs/ttu_records_book Pg. 99
  2. http://issuu.com/techathletics/docs/ttu_records_book Pg. 105
  3. Book: Andrews, Ruth Horn . The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College . The Texas Tech Press. 312 . 1956 . Lubbock, Texas.
  4. Web site: Southwest Conference Champions, 1915-1996. Texas Almanac. 2018-07-04.
  5. http://texastechgolf.ttu.edu/Description.asp The Jerry S. Rawls Red Raider Golf Course at Texas Tech University
  6. http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/072407aaa.html Rawls Course Earns National Distinction :: Four-year-old Tom Doak design ranks among nation's top 10 collegiate golf courses