The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Golf’s Farah O’Keefe named to final fall ANNIKA Award Watch List
11.12.2024 | Women's Golf
O’Keefe earned three top-three finishes in fall season events.
COLUMBUS, Georgia — Farah O'Keefe earned a spot on the Final Fall ANNIKA Award Watch List presented by Stifel as the Haskins Foundation announced the list on Tuesday.
O'Keefe recorded three top-three finishes in fall events this season. At the Mason Rudolph Championship O'Keefe shot three rounds in the 60s and finished T3 at 11-under, to help the Longhorns win the tournament championship. O'Keefe followed that up with a T3 at the Stanford Intercollegiate and a T2 at the Nanea Invitational. In the final round of the Stanford Invitational, O'Keefe carded a 7-under 64 to tie the Longhorn record for lowest 18-hole round. O'Keefe earned SEC Women's Golfer of the Week following her performance at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
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.
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top female Division 1 collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media. Named for Annika Sorenstam, the award was created in partnership with the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top female golfer and to match the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top male Division I collegiate golfer.
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