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No. 7 Women’s Golf finishes tied for fourth at Windy City Classic
10.03.2023 | Women's Golf
Freshman Farah O’Keefe ties for second place on the individual leaderboard.
GOLF, Ill. — The No. 7 University of Texas women's golf team finished tied for fourth place in the Windy City Classic as the tournament concluded on Tuesday.
Freshman Farah O'Keefe led the Longhorns as she carded rounds of 64-71-71=207 (-9). O'Keefe, who tied the Longhorns 18-hole score record in round one, finished two shots back of the individual medalist. O'Keefe's 207 is tied for seventh in program history for the individual best 54-hole score.
Bentley Cotton, who finished in third-place at the 2022 Windy City Classic, finished tied for eighth-place in the 2023 edition. After an opening 73 Cotton carded rounds of 67-69 to finish seven-under-par and tied for eighth place on the individual leaderboard.
Texas shot six-under-par in the final round to close out the tournament at 21-under-par and tied for fourth-place on the team leaderboard. Texas secured a head-to-head win over No. 4 Southern California. The Longhorns tied with No. 2 Wake Forest. Texas carded rounds of 282-279-282=843. The 843 is tied for their sixth best 54 hole 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.
Up next the Longhorns are back in action Oct. 9-11 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup in Dallas, Texas.
The Lineup
• Farah O'Keefe has started her collegiate career with back-to-back top five finishes. After finishing T5 in her first collegiate event, the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, O'Keefe finished T2 at the Windy City Classic. O'Keefe led the tournament field in birdies with 16. O'Keefe finished ahead of two 2023 First Team All-Americans and tied with a third.
• Bentley Cotton secured her sixth career top-10 finish with her T8 finish at the Windy City Classic. Cotton had the second most birdies in the tournament field only behind O'Keefe. Cotton led the field in par three scoring where she averaged 2.67.
• Bohyun Park carded a one-under-par 71 in her final round to finish at three-under-par for the tournament and a T27 finish. Park made four birdies in her final round.
• Lauren Kim made her second straight start in her first collegiate season in Austin. Kim shot a one-under-par 71 in her third round and finished at one-under-par for the tournament. Kim made four birdies in her final round.
• Angela Heo, who made an eagle in the second round, finished even par for the event with a one-under-par 71 in her final round. Heo made five birdies in her final round.
Head Coach Ryan Murphy on the Windy City Classic
It was a really strong field here in Chicago on a quality golf course in the Glen View Club. I'm pleased with our play and particularly our finish. We played good enough to win, just need to be a little cleaner on and around the greens. Our time is coming.
Individually, I'm very proud of Farah's tournament and obviously her 64. That's the player she is, very talented, very capable. She needs to keep doing what she's doing and she will have her collegiate breakthrough. Bentley also had a nice week. Great 67 in round two and a very solid round today. Top 10 in that field is pretty strong. Proud of Bentley!
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