The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
New Mexico State
No. 4 Women’s Golf preview: NB3 Matchplay
10.06.2024 | Women's Golf
Longhorns travel to New Mexico for NB3 Matchplay event.
When: Tuesday October 8-Wednesday October 9
Where: Twin Warriors Golf Club (Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M.)
Schedule: Texas vs. New Mexico State (Tuesday at 8:20 a.m. CT); Texas vs. New Mexico (Tuesday at 1:30 pm CT); Texas vs. Stanford (Wednesday at Noon CT)
Live Scoring: https://www.nb3college.com/
Television: Golf Channel; Tuesday 4:30-7:30 p.m. CT; Wednesday 3:30-6:30 p.m. CT
Tournament Notes
The Format: Texas will play a round-robin schedule of match play against New Mexico State (Tuesday morning), New Mexico (Tuesday afternoon) and No. 1 Stanford (Wednesday afternoon). The Texas men will also compete in the same round-robin format against New Mexico State, New Mexico and Stanford. For the Tuesday morning matches, pairings will be in twosomes. For the Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday sessions, players will be paired in foursomes, using one male and one female from the same university playing against one male and one female of another university. Awards will be presented to the women's team champion, men's team champion and combined university champion. Teams receive 1.0 point for winning a match, 0.5 point for ties and 0 points for losing a match.
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following five players at the NB3 Collegiate Match Play
- Farah O'Keefe (So.)
- Lauren Kim (So.)
- Cindy Hsu (Jr.)
- Selina Liao (So.)
- Angela Heo (Jr.)
Team Rankings: Texas is No. 4 in the preseason Mizuno/WGCA poll. The Longhorns are tabbed No. 3 by Golfweek and No. 2 by Golf Channel in their preseason polls.
The Win in Tennessee: The Texas women's golf team won their tournament last time out at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. The Longhorns shot 31-under par, their third best 54-hole score in program history for a six-shot victory. Sophomores Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim each finished T3 on the individual leaderboard at 11-under. That 11-under 205 is tied for the fourth best 54-hole individual round in program history. On the final day Kim birdied her final three holes to shoot 6-under 66 and tied for the seventh best individual 18-hole round in program history.
2023-24 in Review: The Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Championship for the eighth straight season and 32nd overall appearance in 2024 and finished T11. Texas earned their fifth conference championship in the last seven seasons.
Farah O'Keefe earned All-America honors from the Women's Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek in her freshman season. O'Keefe, the Big 12 Player and Freshman of the Year, had four top-five finishes in collegiate events in the 2023-24 season and had a scoring average of 71.1. She carded rounds of par or better in 20 of her 28 stroke play rounds and had a 3-0 record in match play. At the NCAA Champion at Omni La Costa, O'Keefe carded a round of 6-under 66 in her second round to tie the UT women's golf program record for low round in an NCAA Championship. Over the summer O'Keefe was part of Team USA for the Palmer Cup and won the Western Amateur.
Lauren Kim earned All-America honorable mention honors in the 2023-24 season and was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Team. Kim shot 15 rounds at par or better this season and had an adjusted stroke average of 70.5. Kim was the individual medalist at the Jackson T Stephens Cup and finished T3 at the Big 12 Championship. Kim qualified and played in the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Open and was the 2023 Canadian Women's Amateur Champion. Kim competed at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur. Kim won the Peloton Glencoe Invitational over the summer.
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