No. 5 Women’s Golf preview: Stanford Intercollegiate

AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 5 University of Texas women's golf team travels to Palo Alto, Calif., for their final tournament of the fall, the Stanford Intercollegiate hosted by Condoleezza Rice, Oct. 20-22.

When: Friday October 20-Sunday October 22

Format: 18 holes of stroke play each day.

Where: Stanford Golf Course

Stanford Golf Course is a par-71 layout and measures 6,269 yard for the tournament.

Tee Times: The Longhorns will start at 9:30 a.m. CT on Friday and will be paired with Oregon.

Live Scoring: Stanford Intercollegiate

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Tournament Notes:

The Tournament Field: No. 5 Texas, No. 12 Southern California, No. 13 San Jose State, No. 25 Georgia, No. 20 Arizona, No. 46 Oregon State, No. 4 Oregon, Auburn, No. 24 Arizona State, No. 7 UCLA, No. 43 Denver, No. 21 Northwestern, No. 49 Michigan, No. 52 Washington, No. 1 Stanford, No. 23 California, No. 28 Virginia, No. 59 Colorado and No. 50 Iowa State.

Kim Earns Medalist Honors at Jackson T Stephens Cup: Last time out freshman Lauren Kim birdied 17 and 18 in round three to force a playoff and won on the fourth playoff hole at the Jackson T Stephens Cup. Kim shot 11-under-par for 54-holes. The tournament featured six of the top seven teams in the Golfweek rankings and the Longhorns finished runner-up. Texas tied No. 2 Wake Forest in the stroke play portion of the event at 23-under-par. The 23-under-par 841 was the sixth best 54-hole tournament score for Texas in program history.

O'Keefe Earns Golfer of the Month: Texas freshman Farah O'Keefe was recognized this week by the Big 12 as the Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Month. O'Keefe has started her collegiate career with a pair of top-five finishes and has a 69.33 stroke average this season. O'Keefe matched the Longhorns 18-hole individual scoring record with an eight-under-par 64 in the first round of the Windy City Classic. O'Keefe finished tied for second in the event at nine-under-par.

Windy City Classic: The Horns finished tied for fourth-place at the Windy City Classic. The Longhorns shot 21-under par for the tournament, their sixth best 54-hole tournament score in program history. The Longhorns recorded the most birdies of any team in the field with 64 over the three rounds of the tournament. In addition to O'Keefe's runner-up finish, Bentley Cotton finished tied for eighth-place in the event.

First Time Out: The Longhorns finished in sixth place at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate. The Horns competed in a field with nine teams ranked in the top-13 of the WGCA Coaches Poll. Freshman Farah O'Keefe led the Longhorns with a T5 finish and a score of seven-under-par. That round tied the best score a Longhorn has shot at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. In the second round of the event, Texas shot an eight-under-par 280.

Head Coach Ryan Murphy: Head Coach Ryan Murphy is in his 10^th season at the helm of the program. Murphy has guided Texas the NCAA Championship in each of the last seven years, something only three other programs have done. Murphy is a four time Big 12 Coach of the Year. He led the Horns to three-straight Big 12 titles for the first time in program history from 2017-19 and the 2022 title and was named Big 12 Coach of the Year in each of those seasons. The Longhorns have advanced to the match play portion at the NCAA Champion in three of the last four seasons.

2022-23 Season: The Longhorns are coming off their seventh straight NCAA Championship appearance and runner-up finish in stroke play at the 2023 NCAA Championship. The Longhorns won two events in the 2022-23 season, the Cactus Cup match play event and the Big 12 Match Play Championship. The Horns have made 31 appearances in the NCAA Championship and have captured 17 conference championships between the Southwest and Big 12 conferences.

Coming back: Texas returns three of their four All-Big 12 selections from the 2022-23 team in sophomores Cindy Hsu and Angela Heo and senior Bentley Cotton. Hsu finished in 10^thplace at the 2023 NCAA Championship to become the 19^th Longhorn with a top-10 finish at the NCAA Championship. Heo fired a six-under-par 66 in the second round of the NCAA Championship to establish a program record for low round at the NCAA Championship. Cotton finished T9 in the NCAA Palm Beach Regional. The Longhorns return Bohyun Park, who competed in the Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2023.

Newcomers: Texas brings in a trio of talented freshmen to the roster for the 2023-24 season. Lauren Kim captured the Canadian Women's Amateur Championship and qualified for the U.S. Women's Open Championship at Pebble Beach this summer. Fellow freshman Farah O'Keefe also qualified for the U.S. Women's Open Championship. Selina Liao comes to Austin for her collegiate career. Liao was the winner of the Callaway Junior World Championship in 2021.

The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following five players at the Stanford Intercollegiate

Farah O'Keefe (Fr.)

Bentley Cotton (Sr.)

Bohyun Park (Jr.)

Angela Heo (So.)

Tiffany Cao (Jr.)