Texas Tech University Athletics
The Rawls Course To Host Special Olympics Golf Skills Competition
October 07, 2016 | Men's Golf
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Rawls Course will host the Area 17 Special Olympics Individual Golf Skills Competition on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 10 a.m.
Sixteen Special Olympics athletes will be competing, with The Rawls Course's Assistant Golf Professional, Tucker Allgood, overseeing the competition and instructing the participants.
The 2016 Area 17 Golf Competition will host 3 delegations from the South Plains with athletes competing in the individual skills competition as well as a few competing in a nine-hole alternating shot competition.
Members of the Texas Tech men's and women's golf teams will also be on hand to assist, including Wes Artac, who will play alongside one of the participants in the alternate shot tournament.
The individual skills competition tests six golf skills, including Short Putting, Pitch Shot, Long Putting, Iron Shot, Chip Shot and Wood Shot. Athletes get five attempts for each skill event and can earn up to four points per attempt.
Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) is a privately funded non-profit organization that changes lives through the power of sport by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect.
SOTX provides continuing opportunities for more than 55,200 children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the Lone Star State to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. To learn more, visit www.specialolympicstexas.org or call (800) 876-5646.
Sixteen Special Olympics athletes will be competing, with The Rawls Course's Assistant Golf Professional, Tucker Allgood, overseeing the competition and instructing the participants.
The 2016 Area 17 Golf Competition will host 3 delegations from the South Plains with athletes competing in the individual skills competition as well as a few competing in a nine-hole alternating shot competition.
Members of the Texas Tech men's and women's golf teams will also be on hand to assist, including Wes Artac, who will play alongside one of the participants in the alternate shot tournament.
The individual skills competition tests six golf skills, including Short Putting, Pitch Shot, Long Putting, Iron Shot, Chip Shot and Wood Shot. Athletes get five attempts for each skill event and can earn up to four points per attempt.
Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) is a privately funded non-profit organization that changes lives through the power of sport by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect.
SOTX provides continuing opportunities for more than 55,200 children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the Lone Star State to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. To learn more, visit www.specialolympicstexas.org or call (800) 876-5646.
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