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No. 11 Women’s Golf captures Big 12 Championship
04.20.2024 | Women's Golf
The Big 12 title is the Longhorns' fifth in the last seven Big 12 Championships and eighth overall.
HOCKLEY, Texas — The University of Texas women's golf team won their eighth Big 12 Championship and fifth in the last seven with a commanding 12 stroke victory on Saturday at the Clubs at Houston Oaks.
The Longhorns took a five shot lead heading into the final round and shot a two-under- par 282 for the final round. Texas carded rounds of 286-283-282=851 (-1) for the tournament. The Longhorns were the only team in the field to shoot under par for the tournament. Iowa State finished in second place at 11-over-par and Kansas State was third at 14-over-par.
Freshmen Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim tied for third place on the individual leaderboard to earn Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors.
O'Keefe carded rounds of 71-67-72=210 (-3) and Kim shot 69-72-69=210 (-3) for the tournament. The pair combined for eight birdies in the final round of the championship.
Cindy Hsu climbed 13 spots on the final day of the tournament with a two-under-par 69 in round three. Hsu carded rounds of 76-71-69=216 (+3) for the championship.
Angela Heo finished with a one-over-par 72 and Selina Liao carded a two-over-par 73 in the final round.
As a team the Longhorns made 16 birdies on the final day of the championship and had 42 birdies over the three rounds of the tournament.
The Longhorns have won eight Big 12 Championships in their history in the conference. 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2011, 2004 and 1997.
The Longhorns earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's regionals and will find out where they are going on Wednesday, April 24 with the NCAA Women's Selection Show. The show will air on Golf Channel at 1:00 p.m. CT.
Texas Lineup
Farah O'Keefe made four birdies in her final round of the tournament and finished T3 on the leaderboard. She shot par or better in two of her three rounds and has now shot par or better in 17 of her 21 rounds this season. The T3 finish was her fourth top-five finish of the season.
Lauren Kim carded four birdies in her final round on the way to a two-under-par 69 and a T3 finish on the leaderobard.
Cindy Hsu moved up 13 spots in the final round with a two-under-par 69. Hsu made two birdies in her final five holes of play.
Selina Liao made a pair of birdies on holes eight and 11 in her final round and finished T21 for the tournament.
Angela Heo got Texas off to a quick start with three birdies in her first five holes of the final round of the championship. Heo carded a final round 72 and finished T26 on the leaderboard.
Texas Head Coach Ryan Murphy
I'm happy that we won this golf tournament. Doing it like we did with a young team I'm particularly happy about that. It's the youngest team I've ever taken to a golf tournament. We have three super freshmen and two incredible sophomores playing for us right now. It was a great effort through the week. We played some really good golf, perhaps the best we have played this season and I was really proud of them.
Farah O'Keefe's tournament here was incredible and her entire season has been fantastic. She is going to be an All-American. Lauren Kim is going to be an All-American. I'm proud of them both. I'm proud of Selina for stepping up here late in the season. Angela and Cindy were great. Cindy brought it today and she brought it yesterday. I'm proud of all of them."
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