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No. 4 Women’s Golf finishes third at Stanford Intercollegiate
10.20.2024 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns shoot 12-under-par 272 in the final round of the tournament.
STANFORD, Calif. — The No. 4 Texas Women's Golf team continued their strong play on the final day of the Stanford Intercollegiate on Sunday as they matched the program record for low 18-hole score and finished third in the event.
No. 1 and host Stanford and No. 3 Southern California shared the championship with a tournament score of 18-under-par. The Longhorns catapulted by their 12-under 272 finished at 11-under-par for the tournament. The next closest team after Texas was Virginia at 3-over-par. Over rounds two and three Texas shot 14-under, which only Southern California matched for best scoring over the final two days of the tournament.
The Longhorns 12-under 272 matches their program record for lowest 18-hole team score at an event.
Farah O'Keefe turned in a clean scorecard on her way to a 7-under 64 on Sunday. After pars on the first six holes O'Keefe made eagle on the seventh hole. A par-five, 490-yard hole. O'Keefe hit her second shot with 7-iron in the rough from 190 yards out to within 25-feet and drained the putt. O'Keefe would add five more birdies on the card, including three in a row on holes 12-14.
Angela Heo had her best round on Sunday with a 4-under 67 and moved up the leaderboard by 34 spots on the final day. Cindy Hsu also shot under par on Sunday with a 2-under 69 score.
The Longhorns wrap up the fall slate with the Nanea Invitational, Oct. 28-30 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
The Lineup
Sophomore Farah O'Keefe tied her low collegiate best with a 7-under 64 on Sunday. The 64 ties the UT program record for lowest 18-hole score. O'Keefe made 11 birdies and an eagle for the tournament and finished at 8-under for a T3 finish and three shots back of tournament champion Jasmine Koo of Southern California.
Junior Cindy Hsu carded a 2-under 69 in the final round and finished T18 on the individual leaderboard. Hsu made four birdies over holes 8-13 in her round on Sunday.
Sophomore Selina Liao finished the tournament and 1-over and T21 on the individual leaderboard. Liao's best round was her second round with a 3-under 68.
Sophomore Lauren Kim wrapped up the tournament with a 1-over 72 and finished at 5-over and T36 on the individual leaderboard.
Junior Angela Heo climbed the leaderboard 34 spots over her final 18 holes with a 4-under 67 on Sunday. Heo, who started on hole four in the shotgun start had a stretch from hole 15-1 where she made four birdies in five holes.
Texas Scores
T3 Farah O'Keefe 70-71-64=205 (-8)
T18 Cindy Hsu 73-71-69=213 (E)
T21 Selina Liao 70-68-76=214 (+1)
T36 Lauren Kim 74-72-72=218 (+5)
T43 Angela Heo 79-74-67=220 (+7)
Head Coach Laura Ianello
"The team came up big with a final round -12 to finish in third place. Farah led the way today with a 64, followed by Angela's 67 and Cindy's 69. Selina contributed greatly the first two rounds playing at -4 and Lauren was consistently a counting score.
This week we didn't have our A games and we will make it an opportunity to find a solution to compete with the best. Texas women's golf is one of the best teams in the nation and if we want to be the best, we have to beat the best. The women on the Texas golf team are very talented and we can't wait to get home, fine tune a few things and get ready to tee it up in Hawaii next week. We have one more event this fall, and we plan to give it our best effort yet."
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