Laurie Brower - Women's Golf Coach - Texas Tech Red Raiders

Laurie Brower

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
laurie.brower@ttu.edu

Laurie Brower, a former standout on the LPGA Tour and one of the top players in school history, enters her fifth season as an assistant coach for the Texas Tech women’s golf program.

In her first year in a full-time role, the Red Raiders came close to a NCAA Championships appearance after finishing seventh at the 2019 NCAA Norman Regional. Sofia Garcia snapped the Tech single-season mark with a 71.6 stroke average that season en route to earning second team WGCA All-America honors. It marked only the second time in school history a Red Raider had garnered at least second team All-America accolades.

Brower was elevated to a full-time role with the program after helping push the Red Raiders to yet another NCAA Regional appearance in a volunteer coaching role during the 2017-18 campaign. She rejoined the program in January in time for Tech to record four top-five finishes that spring, including a team title at the Lady Boilermaker Invitational.

It was her second stint as Tech’s volunteer assistant as she previously served on staff during the 2011-12 campaign that saw the Red Raiders advanced to their third of now nine NCAA Regional appearances under head coach JoJo Robertson.

Not long after Texas Tech wrapped play at the NCAA Austin Regional, Brower was back on the course herself, qualifying for the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open at a sectional back in the state capital. Brower finished in 50th place at the event after making the cut behind a strong 2-over-par 75 second round.

Brower is no stranger to success in professional golf after a 10-year career that resulted in numerous top-10 finishes. Brower was ranked 214th in total earnings when she retired from the LPGA Tour in 2002 as she amassed over $360,000 on various tours over her career. She briefly came out of retirement in 2008 to qualify and then play in the U.S. Women’s Open.

During her time as a Red Raider, Brower was a two-time Southwest Conference Player of the Year during her Tech career from 1982-85. She spent six years on both the Futures and Players West Tours before joining the LPGA as a rookie in 1992.

Brower, who resides in Lubbock, had most-recently served as a golf clinician following retirement, which included several years at Texas Tech’s own The Rawls Course.