The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 6 Women’s Golf’s O’Keefe, Kim named to Arnold Palmer Cup teams
04.29.2025 | Women's Golf
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women's golf sophomores Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim have been selected to play in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup June 5-7 at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina the Golf Coaches Association of America announced on Tuesday.
The Arnold Palmer Cup consists of a 12-player Team USA and a 12-player Team International. O'Keefe has been selected for Team USA, while Kim will be on Team International, representing Canada.
O'Keefe was selected to Team USA for the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup and was part of the team that won the event at Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Ireland in July of 2024.
O'Keefe and Kim are both on the watch list for the ANNIKA Award, which goes to the top player in women's collegiate golf.
O'Keefe finished runner-up at the SEC Championship with a score of 5-under-par. O'Keefe has seven top-10 finishes on the season and five top-five finishes. In addition to her collegiate team events, O'Keefe finished 10th place at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. O'Keefe has a stroke average of 70.22 and has had her round counted for the Longhorns in 29 of her 30 rounds. She has 17 rounds on the season at par or better. O'Keefe is currently ranked No. 15 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Kim finished T5 at the SEC Championship and has finished in the top-six in five straight tournaments. Kim has eight top-10 finishes on the season and six top-five finishes. Kim earned medalist honors at the Betsy Rawls Invitational this season. Kim has a stroke average of 69.60 this season with 10 rounds in the 60s and 20 rounds at par or better. Kim is currently ranked No. 19 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
About the Arnold Palmer Cup
The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla., in 1997. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men's and women's university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players. The Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world's greatest courses, including The Old Course at St. Andrews, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, and Cherry Hills. Beginning with the 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club, the Palmer Cup is the only major tournament that features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
Since its inception, over 245 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours; 44 have represented Europe or the USA in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, or Solheim Cup and more than 90 have claimed over 420 victories on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours, including 2023 major champions Jon Rahm (Masters Tournament), Lilia Vu (The Chevron Championship & AIG Women's Open), Wyndham Clark (U.S. Open), Allisen Corpuz (U.S. Women's Open), and Brian Harman (The Open), as well as 2023 FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland. The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 15-12-1.
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