The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 11 Women’s Golf preview: Big 12 Championships
04.17.2024 | Women's Golf
AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 11 University of Texas women's golf team will tee it up this week at the Big 12 Championships.
When: Thursday April 18-Saturday April 20
Format: 18 holes each day
Where: The Clubs at Houston Oaks (Hockley, Texas)
First Day Pairings: Texas will tee off from hole one at 8:00 a.m. Central and will be paired with UCF and Houston. The schedule for round two will be the same, with the Longhorns going off hole 10.
Texas golfers for Big 12 Championships: Cindy Hsu, Farah O'Keefe, Lauren Kim, Selina Liao and Angela Heo.
Teams (Clipp'd Ranking): Texas (11), UCF (22), Houston (36), Baylor (39), Oklahoma State (42), Oklahoma (44), Kansas (48), Iowa State (49), Kansas State (55), Texas Tech (56), TCU (58), BYU (103), Cincinnati (162).
O'Keefe Earns Co-Medalist honors at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate: Freshman Farah O'Keefe sank a nearly 50-foot putt on the 18th green to get to five-under par and came away with co-medalist honors last time out at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, S.C. O'Keefe was named Big 12 Golfer of the Month for February following her 3-0 record in match play at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.
Liao top-five finish at Silverado Showdown: Freshman Selina Liao, playing in her third collegiate event posted her best finish with a fourth place showing at the Silverado Showdown in Napa, California. Liao was one of seven players in the 88-player field to shoot under par for the tournament and carded rounds of 71-72-71 for a two-under-par 214 score.
Therese Hession Regional Recap: The Longhorns went 3-0 in match play and tied for first in their first tournament of the spring season. Texas recorded wins over No. 5 USC, No. 10 Florida and No. 24 Arizona State in the tournament. Farah O'Keefe and Bohyun Park each individually went 3-0 in their matches.
O'Keefe, Kim compete at ANWA: Freshmen Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim both made the 30 player cut at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Kim closed the tournament with a one-under-par round on the Augusta National course at finished T14 for the tournament. O'Keefe finished T20 for the tournament.
Hsu wins World Amateur Championship: Sophomore Cindy Hsu carded rounds of 72-68-66-69=275 (-13) to capture medalist honors at the 2023 World Amateur team Championships on Oct. 28 at the National Course at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Hsu is coming off an impressive T10 finish at the 2023 NCAA Championship.
Kims earns medalist honors at Jackson T. Stephens Cup: Lauren Kim captured medalist honors at the Longhorns finished runner-up at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup at Trinity Forest Club in Dallas on Oct. 11. Kim birdies holes 17 and 18 to force a playoff at 11-under-par. Three playoff holes were completed before it was called due to darkness and Kim came back the next day and won the first playoff hole of the day to capture the title. This fall Kim was honored as she was named a Rolex Junio All-American.
Hosting the NCAA Championship: The Longhorns will host the NCAA Championship May 17-22 at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California.
Texas at the Big 12 Championships: The Longhorns have won seven Big 12 Championships in their history in the conference. 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2011, 2004 and 1997.
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