The Texas Tech Red Raiders men's and women's golf teams represents

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, often referred to as Texas Tech. The teams compete as members of the

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in the

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(NCAA).

Head coaches

Men

* Jay McClure 1959- 1964 *Gene Mitchell (1967–70 and 1981–83) *Danny Mason (1971–78) *Richard Whittenburg (1979–80) *Greg Reynolds (1984–85) *Tommy Wilson (1986–98) *

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(1999–2000) * Greg Sands (2001–present)

Women

*Jay McClure (1977–90) *

(1990–2000) *Stacy Totman (2000–09) *JoJo Robertson (2010–present)

Championships

Men

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(Border Conference): 1936, 1937, 1939, 1955 *

Southwest Conference The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma ...

(SWC): 1959, 1971, 1996

Individual champions

Conference

Åberg was also a two-time winner (2022, 2023) of the

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Award, the award given to the best men's collegiate golfer. He is the school's only winner of that award.

The Rawls Course

The Rawls Course, home of the Red Raiders golf teams, is located on the Texas Tech campus. Alumnus

Jerry S. Rawls Jerry S. Rawls is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and chairman of Finisar. Biography Early life Jerry Rawls was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Bellaire High School in Houston in 1962. He earned hi ...

donated $8.6 million toward the total cost of approximately $15 million course. Completed in September 2003, the course features an 18-hole course, driving range, pitching and chipping areas and an indoor facility containing three hitting bays. The Rawls Course was designed by

Tom Doak Tom Doak is a golf course architect. He has 6 courses ranked among the top 100 in the world according to the "Top 100 Courses in the World" March 2021 list compiled by ''Golf Magazine.'' These include Pacific Dunes in Oregon, Ballyneal in Colorad ...

of Renaissance Golf Design, Inc.,

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. 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. Both ''Golf Week'' and ''Turfnet'' magazines ranked The Rawls Course as the third best collegiate course in the United States. ''

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'' 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.Rawls Course Earns National Distinction :: Four-year-old Tom Doak design ranks among nation's top 10 collegiate golf courses
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References

External links

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