The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 6 Texas Women’s Golf preview: NCAA Lubbock Regional
05.03.2025 | Women's Golf
First of three rounds starting Sunday, May 4 (Texas tees off hole 1 at 1:30 pm CT)
Where: The Rawls Golf Course (par 72, 6,701 yards) | Lubbock, Texas
Format: Three days of stroke play with the top five teams advancing to the NCAA Championship
Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236566/scoring/team
Tournament Notes
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following players at the NCAA Regional
Lauren Kim (So.)
Farah O'Keefe (So.)
Angela Heo (Jr.)
Cindy Hsu (Jr.)
Bohyun Park (Sr.)
Alternate: Alisa Inprasit (Fr.)
The Field (in order of seeding): Texas, Wake Forest, Arizona, Texas A&M, Iowa State, Tennessee, Purdue, Campbell, UC Davis, Florida Gulf Coast, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
SEC Awards: Farah O'Keefe, who recently qualified for the U.S. Open, earned First Team All-SEC honors, while Lauren Kim and Cindy Hsu earned Second Team All-SEC honors. Tiffany Cao was selected to the SEC Community Service Team.
O'Keefe, Kim named to ANNIKA Award postseason watch list: Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim were selected to the 15-player postseason ANNIKA Award watch list. The award honors the top player in women's collegiate golf. O'Keefe and Kim were also named to the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup Team, O'Keefe for Team USA and Kim for Team International.
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.
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.
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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