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NCAA Championship Stroke Play
No. 8 Women’s Golf finishes tied for 11th at NCAA Championship
05.20.2024 | Women's Golf
Longhorns finish in the top-15 at NCAA Championship for seventh-straight year.
CARLSBAD, Calif. — The No. 8 Texas women's golf team had their season come to an end with a solid T11 finish at the NCAA Championship on Monday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. With that finish, Texas has finished in the top-15 at the NCAA Championship for the seventh straight season.
Angela Heo fired a 2-under 70 for Texas in the final round of stroke play. Lauren Kim also turned in a solid round with a 1-under 71 and Selina Liao carded a 1-over 73.
The Longhorns carded a round of 7-over-par 295 to finish the championship 299-286-302-295=1182 (+30). The final round score was the seventh best in the field for the day. The Longhorns moved up three spots in the final round of stroke play to tie for 11th.
The Texas season featured a Big 12 Championship, a runner-up finish at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional, a T1 finish at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge and a runner-up finish at the Jackson T Stephens Cup.
The Longhorns made their 32nd NCAA Championship and eighth straight NCAA Championship in 2024, one of only four programs that has advanced to the NCAA Championship in each of the last eight seasons.
The Lineup
Angela Heo carded a 2-under 70 in her final round of the championship. Heo made the turn at 3-under and was 1-over on the difficult back nine. Heo made 10 birdies over the course of the tournament. Heo had best finishes for the season with T14 at the Stanford Intercollegiate and T15 at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional.
Lauren Kim turned in a round of 1-under 71 for her best round of the championship. Kim made three birdies on her card. Kim wrapped up an excellent freshman season among the highlights an individual medalist finish at the Jackson T Stephens Cup and a T3 finish at the Big 12 Championship. Kim competed in the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Selina Liao carded a round of 1-over-par 73 in the fourth round of the championship. Liao made two birdies for her round. Liao finished T5 at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional.
Farah O'Keefe shot a 9-over 81 for her final round. O'Keefe's second round 66 tied the Longhorns program record for low round in an NCAA Championship. O'Keefe had four top-five finishes on the season including co-medalist honors at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and a T3 finish at the Big 12 Championship. O'Keefe competed in the Augusta National Women's Amateur and was selected to Team USA for the Palmer Cup this summer.
Cindy Hsu finished the championship with a 12-over 84 in her final round. Hsu competed at the NCAA Championship for the second time after a T10 finish in her freshman season. Hsu had four top-20 finished on the season including a T12 finish at the Big 12 Championship.
Texas head coach Ryan Murphy
"This week was a mixed bag. I'm happy that we advanced to the fourth round, but I know what could have been. We did a ton of good things this week, but we also counted too many big numbers. Chalk it up to education for future years.
Individually everybody produced some great rounds. 66 from Farah was phenomenal. And the under par rounds from Angela, Lauren and Selina were also great.
The thought of having these five coming back for next season is very comforting. There's tons of talent there and a great spirit and work ethic. They've been a great bunch to coach and I'm already looking forward to next season!"
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