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Top Rankings Are Par for This Course
Texas Tech Rawls Course ranked third by superintendents' magazine.
What was then – back in 2003 – course architect Tom Doak's most complicated feat, pegging 18 holes of sublimely rolling greens on a bald patch of flat West Texas farmland, produced a jewel of minimalist simplicity, a deceptively Spartan ripple of par-devouring nuances capable of stymieing even the best of collegiate golfers.
Yet in sculpting Texas Tech University’s Rawls Course, Doak achieved more than a daunting course; he created a golf haven for all comers, the professionals and the greenest of green amateurs, those choosing to hoof between tee boxes or zip through on a cart.
Texas Tech Alumnus Has a Passion for the Game (And the Grass)
Golf course architect links to Texas Tech.
With a love for the game of golf, landscape architecture and being self-employed, it seemed almost destiny that Dave Bennett would end up designing golf courses around the globe.
Combining his ability to envision a golf course before it is even completed with his love of golf, Bennett takes pride in personally involving himself in every aspect of the design phase of any project from large real estate developments to resort planning, paying close attention to detail.
“My goal is to provide a quality course known for its playability, fairness and challenge for all skill levels of golfers,” he said.