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Moon Golf Invitational
No. 6 Women’s Golf finishes fourth at Moon Golf Invitational
02.18.2025 | Women's Golf
Lauren Kim claimed a third-place individual finish at 4-under-par.
MELBOURNE, Fla. — The No. 6 Texas women's golf team shot the best final round in the 17-team field as they finished in fourth place at the Moon Golf Invitational on Tuesday at Suntree Country Club.
The Longhorns put a combined 16 birdies on their scorecards and turned in a round of 6-under-par. Florida State won the even at 2-under, Wake Forest was second at 1-over and South Carolina third at 2-over. Texas finished fourth at 8-over-par for the tournament.
Lauren Kim continued her strong tournament play as she finished in third place with a final round 3-under 69. Kim finished at 4-under-par for the tournament. Farah O'Keefe caught fire and made eight birdies in the final round on the way to a 5-under 67. O'Keefe finished T10 on the leaderboard.
Angela Heo shot even-par for the final round, Selina Liao carded a round of 2-over and Bohyun Park finished with a final round 5-over.
The Longhorns are back in action at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, S.C., March 3-5. Texas hosts the Betsy Rawls Invitational in Austin March 17-18.
The Lineup
Lauren Kim posted her third top-five finish of the season with her third place finish at 4-under-par. Kim shot par or better in each round and has done that in 10 rounds this season. The final round was the fifth round in the 60s this season for Kim.
Farah O'Keefe moved up the leaderboard 32 spots on the final day to T10 with a 5-under 67. O'Keefe made eight birdies on the day, including a stretch of five in six holes from holes four to nine. It was the seventh round in the 60s for O'Keefe this season and she has now finished in the top-10 in five straight tournaments.
Angela Heo turned in her best round of the tournament on Tuesday with an even-par 72. Heo made three birdies and moved up the leaderboard 10 spots in the final round to finish T25.
Selina Liao playing in her first event of the spring carded a 2-over 74 in the final round with a birdie on the par-5, 10th hole. Liao improved each round of the tournament.
Bohyun Park carded a final round of 5-over 77 with one birdie on her scorecard.
Texas Scores
3 Lauren Kim 72-71-69=212 (-4)
T10 Farah O'Keefe 73-76-67=216 (E)
T25 Angela Heo 73-75-72=220 (+4)
T58 Bohyun Park 76-74-77=227 (+11)
T77 Selina Liao 82-76-74=232 (+16)
Head Coach Laura Ianello
"I was very proud of the women today for shooting the low score of 6-under-par, led with Farah's 5-under, Lauren Kim's 3-under and Angela's even par. The conditions were tough this week. The first round we had 20s, up to 30s and 40s gusts of wind and we hadn't really seen that this spring and were not as prepared as we needed to be. We readjusted and we were in a position we were not used to being in, at the bottom of the leaderboard and they fought their tails off today to have a respectable finish in a top field. I'm really proud of their effort. We are home for 10 days. We have to battle some cold days and get ready for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, where Farah O'Keefe will be defending her title. We had another different lineup and this lineup is really competitive and fluid and we are trying to figure that out. I'm proud of the team and their effort this week and they had great attitudes which I really appreciate."
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