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SEC Championship Stroke Play
No. 6 Texas Women’s Golf preview: SEC Championship
04.12.2025 | Women's Golf
When: Monday April 14-Friday April 18
Where: The Pelican Golf Club| Belleair, Florida
Format: Three days of stroke play, then quarterfinals, semifinals and final of match play
Live Scoring: Participants - 2025 SEC Women's Championship - Stroke - 2025-04-14
TV Coverage: The championship match on Friday, April 18 will be televised live on SEC Network at 9 a.m. CT. The semifinals on Thursday afternoon will be available live digitally on SEC+ at Noon CT.
Tournament Notes
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following players at the SEC Championship
Lauren Kim (So.)
Farah O'Keefe (So.)
Angela Heo (Jr.)
Cindy Hsu (Jr.)
Bohyun Park (Sr.)
Alternate: Alisa Inprasit (Fr.)
The Field: No. 4 South Carolina, No. 14 Auburn, No. 16 Texas A&M, No. 20 Mississippi State, Kentucky, No. 2 Arkansas, Georgia, No. 11 LSU, Tennessee, No. 6 Texas, Oklahoma, No. 21 Vanderbilt, No. 18 Ole Miss, Alabama, No. 24 Florida and Missouri.
O'Keefe top-10 finish at ANWA: Sophomore Farah O'Keefe finished 10th at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. It was her seventh top-10 finish of the season. Playing the final day on the Augusta National course, O'Keefe carded a 3-under 69.
Conference Champions: Texas captured the 2024 Big 12 championship, their eighth overall and fifth in the last seven seasons with a 12-stroke victory at the Clubs at Houston Oaks. Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim finished tied for third place on the individual leaderboard.
Betsy Rawls Win: Texas won the Betsy Rawls Invitational at The University of Texas Golf Club, with an 18-shot victory. Lauren Kim earned medalist honors. Kim was the only player in the field to shoot under par in the final round. Kim earned SEC Women's Golfer of the Week honors following her victory. Texas had five golfers finish in the top-10 of the tournament.
O'Keefe named to first spring ANNIKA Award Watch List: O'Keefe recorded three top-three finishes in fall events this season and kicked off the spring with a T4 finish in her first tournament. At the Mason Rudolph Championship O'Keefe shot three rounds in the 60s and finished T3 at 11-under, to help the Longhorns win the tournament championship. O'Keefe followed that up with a T3 at the Stanford Intercollegiate and a T2 at the Nanea Invitational. In the final round of the Stanford Invitational, O'Keefe carded a 7-under 64 to tie the Longhorn record for lowest 18-hole round. O'Keefe earned SEC Women's Golfer of the Week following her performance at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
Back in Action: The Longhorns opened the spring schedule with a third place finish at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, California. Farah O'Keefe led Texas with a T4 finish at 2-under-par. Her 3-under 68 in the second round was her sixth round in the 60s this season. Tiffany Cao recorded a collegiate best finish of T8 for the tournament.
Stanford Intercollegiate: The Longhorns finished in third place at the Stanford Intercollegiate. In the final round of the tournament the Longhorns tied their program record for lowest 18-hole score with a 12-under 272. Farah O'Keefe finished T3 on the individual leaderboard. O'Keefe carded a 7-under 64 in the final round, which tied the program record for individual lowest 18-hole score.
NB3 Match Play Champions: Texas won their second straight event by capturing the women's NB3 Match Play Championship at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. All five players captured two match play wins. Texas beat New Mexico State 4.5-0.5 and New Mexico 5-0. Against No. 1 Stanford, the Cardinal won 3-2. The Longhorns also teamed up with the Texas men's golf team to win the combined university championship. Lauren Kim posted a record of 2-0-1 with 15 birdies and two eagles in her three matches.
The Win in Tennessee: The Texas women's golf team won their tournament at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. The Longhorns shot 31-under par, their third best 54-hole score in program history for a six-shot victory. Sophomores Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim each finished T3 on the individual leaderboard at 11-under. That 11-under 205 is tied for the fourth best 54-hole individual round in program history. On the final day Kim birdied her final three holes to shoot 6-under 66 and tied for the seventh best individual 18-hole round in program history.
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