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Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
No. 7 Women’s Golf finishes sixth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
03.05.2025 | Women's Golf
Sophomore Lauren Kim tied for third in the individual standings at even-par 213.
HILTON HEAD, S.C. — With strong winds, heavy rain and challenging conditions, The University of Texas women's golf team moved up a spot to finish tied for sixth place at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on Wednesday at Long Cove Club.
Sophomore Lauren Kim led Texas with a T3 finish with an even-par 71 in her final round. Farah O'Keefe shot 4-over on the final day and finished T11 on the individual leaderboard.
Tournament host South Carolina and LSU tied for the tournament title with a score of 11-over. Arkansas finished in third at 15-over, Wake Forest in fourth at 19-over and Arizona State fifth at 20-over. The Longhorns finished the tournament with a team score of 29-over-par.
The Longhorns return to Austin to host the Betsy Rawls Invitational March 17-18.
The Lineup
Lauren Kim secured her fourth top-five finish of the season and second straight with her T3 finish at even-par for the tournament. Kim made three birdies on the day including back-to-back birdies on holes 16 and 17.
Farah O'Keefe, who came in with five straight top-10 finishes was just outside the top-10 at T11 and 4-over for the tournament.
Cindy Hsu carded a final round of 5-over 76 and finished at 11-over for the tournament and a T40 finish.
Tiffany Cao made a pair of birdies on holes four and six in her final round of play.
Angela Heo birdies hole three on her way to a 4-over 75 on the day.
Texas scores
T3 Lauren Kim 70-72-71=213 (E)
T11 Farah O'Keefe 73-69-75=217 (+4)
T40 Cindy Hsu 71-77-76=224 (+11)
78 Tiffany Cao 77-78-78=233 (+20)
T79 Angela Heo 84-75-75=234 (+21)
Texas head coach Laura Ianello
"The Longhorns struggled this week. We finished sixth and battled some very difficult playing conditions. This was a very competitive field this week. We got to see a lot of the top teams in the country and play the golf course that is very much an LPGA caliber style golf course. I think the individual winner being at one under was a really impressive showing of how difficult the conditions were and we were led by Lauren Kim with a third place finish. Lauren was very steady this whole week especially today. Farah O'Keefe had another solid showing with a T11 finish. Lauren and Farah have been very steady continuously for us."
"Our lineup has been fluid. We are trying to give some ladies opportunities to compete so I can see what they've got before postseason. I'm very excited about our home tournament coming up next. We have some work to do, but I told the ladies today you proved that you can do hard things, because today's conditions were about as tough as they can get in the game of golf, and I was proud of their effort and their grit."
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