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Therese Hession Regional Challenge
No. 5 Women’s Golf finishes third in Therese Hession Regional Challenge
02.04.2025 | Women's Golf
Farah O'Keefe paced the Longhorns with a tie for fourth at 2-under-par.
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, California — The No. 5 Texas women's golf team shot under par for a second straight day and finished in third place at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge Tuesday, in their first spring tournament.
For the tournament the Longhorns carded rounds of 7-over, 4-under and 1-under on Tuesday in the final round. The Longhorns shot 2-over for the tournament. No. 4 Southern California won the event at 9-under-par and No. 6 Oregon finished second at 4-under-par.
Texas finished ahead of three top-10 teams, including finishing ahead of No. 3 South Carolina on the team leaderboard.
Farah O'Keefe led the Longhorns as she finished T4 at 2-under-par. O'Keefe played holes 16-18 at 5-under-par for the tournament. O'Keefe made eagle on 16 in her final round today.
Tiffany Cao recorded her best finish at a collegiate event with a T8 showing at even-par for the tournament.
Up next the Longhorns will compete at the Moon Golf Invitational, in Melbourne, Florida, Feb. 16-18.
The Lineup
Farah O'Keefe carded a final round of 1-under 70 and finished at 2-under for the tournament and T4 on the individual leaderboard. O'Keefe made three birdies and an eagle over her final 18 holes. Her 3-under 68 in round two was her sixth round in the 60s this season.
Tiffany Cao recorded a collegiate best finish with a T8 spot on the individual leaderboard. Cao played her back nine holes at 3-under with three birdies in the final round.
Cindy Hsu made three birdies and carded a 1-over 72 on the final day of the tournament. Hsu finished T21 on the leaderboard.
Lauren Kim carded a 1-over 72 for the final round. Kim made a pair of birdies in her round.
Bohyun Park moved up 20 spots on the leaderboard on the final day of the tournament. Park made four birdies on the way to a 2-under 69 final round.
Texas Scores
T4 Farah O'Keefe 73-68-70 (-2)
T8 Tiffany Cao 71-70-72 (E)
T21 Cindy Hsu 76-69-72 (+4)
T27 Lauren Kim 73-73-72 (+5)
T48 Bohyun Park 74-79-69 (+9)
Texas Head Coach Laura Ianello
"I'm proud of the team and their fight this week. We didn't have our best stuff in round one and the ladies fought hard to scale the leaderboard in rounds two and three. We had moments of greatness and moments where the rust of the off season showed up. The ladies gave a great effort and they always have a positive attitude. Bohyun Park came up huge with 2-under the final round and Lauren Kim finished strong fighting a stomach virus that almost kept her from playing the final round. We accomplished a lot this week and this team continues to develop grit. I love coaching this group and we will keep working hard to gain momentum week after week. A big shout out to Tiffany Cao on her first top-10 in college golf and another top-4 for Farah O'Keefe. We head to Florida next week and the goal is to keep putting ourselves in contention and win!"
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