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No. 10 Women’s Golf punches ticket to NCAA Championship
05.08.2024 | Women's Golf
Longhorns finish second at Bermuda Run Regional to make their 32nd NCAA Championship appearance.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The No. 10 Texas Women's Golf team is headed back to the NCAA Championship as they finished runner-up at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional on Wednesday. The top five teams in the regional advanced to the NCAA Championship.
The Longhorns will be making their 32nd NCAA Championship appearance and their eighth straight. Texas is one of four programs along with Southern California, Florida State and Stanford who have qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of the last eight seasons.
The Longhorns finished the tournament with rounds of 285-279-280=844. The 844 score is the Longhorns sixth best 54-hole tournament score in program history and best score in program history for an NCAA event. Texas tallied a score of 20-under-par and finished second to Ole Miss at 21-under. Wake Forest was third at 18-under, Mississippi State fourth at 3-under and Oregon State fifth at 2-under.
Texas shot 17-under-par over the last two rounds of the tournament. The Longhorns led the field in birdies for the week with 56.
Selina Liao finished at 7-under and T5 on the leaderboard after a 4-under 68 final round. Farah O'Keefe, who eagled the par 5, 17th hole, finished at 5-under and T10 on the leaderboard after her 4-under 68 in the final round. Angela Heo finished T15 on the leaderboard with a 2-under. Cindy Hsu carded a 1-under for the tournament for 19th place. Lauren Kim finished at 2-over-par and T24.
The NCAA Championship hosted by Texas, will be contested May 17-22 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
Texas Lineup
Selina Liao finished 69-68 in her final two round of the regional and finished T5 on the leaderboard. Liao made 12 birdies over the course of the tournament. Liao birdied 17 and 18 in the final round.
Farah O'Keefe eagled the 17th hole on her way to a final round 68 and a 5-under score for the tournament. O'Keefe finished T10 on the leaderboard.
Angela Heo led the tournament field in birdies for the week with 15. Heo finished T15 on the leaderboard.
Cindy Hsu carded a 1-under 71 on the final day of the tournament and finished 19 on the leaderboard at 1-under.
Lauren Kim finished T24 on the leaderboard at 2-over-par. Kim made two birdies in her final round.
Texas head coach Ryan Murphy
"I'm very proud of this team. They work hard and they are among the best teams in the country. They deserve to be going to Omni La Costa! Individually, we had significant contributions from each player. It was a big week for Selina. She is in a nice groove right now and doing a lot of things really well! Proud of her for this week and really for the whole season. It was another solid performance from Farah. She had a terrific bounce back in rounds two and three after a slow start. I'm super proud of Farah's resilience and her competitiveness. It's been there all year long. Cindy, Angela and Lauren each gave us some great rounds. They wouldn't be necessarily satisfied with their individual finishes but their standards are very high. And we simply don't finish second in this field without them. Again, I'm just super proud of this team and excited for next week!"
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