No. 2 Women’s Golf preview: Jackson T. Stephens Cup

When: Monday Sept. 15-Wednesday Sept. 17

Where: Shoreaces | Lake Bluff, Ill. | Par-70, 6,207 yards

Format: 36 holes of stroke play Monday, 18 holes of stroke play Tuesday and match play Wednesday.

Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239811/scoring/participants

Golf Channel Coverage: Monday 4PM CT-7PM CT, Tuesday and Wednesday 3PM CT-6PM CT.

Tournament Notes

The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following players at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup.

Lauren Kim (Jr.)

Farah O'Keefe (Jr.)

Angela Heo (Sr.)

Cindy Hsu (Sr.)

Vivian Lu (Jr.)

The Field (golf channel preseason poll): No. 13 Northwestern, No. 3 Oregon, No. 11 South Carolina, No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Texas, No. 12 Wake Forest.

3 in the top-10 at first tournament of the season: Farah O'Keefe led Texas with a T5 finish and Cindy Hsu and Angela Heo finished T10 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate last week. The Longhorns shot 9-under in the second round and 6-under in the final round. They finished tied for fourth overall, but their second and third combined rounds were the best in the field.

The 2023 Stephens Cup: The Longhorns competed in this event two years ago and Lauren Kim captured individual medalist honors. The team finished runner-up.

O'Keefe, Kim named to ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List: The Haskins Foundation announced the ANNIKA Award Preseason Watch List presented by Stifel. Texas women's golfers Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim landed on the 25-player watch list. Both O'Keefe and Kim made the final 15 list near the end of the 24-25 season and are preseason All-Americans. O'Keefe is currently ranked No. 8 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking list and Kim comes in at No. 17.

4 Longhorns earn preseason All-America honors from Golf Channel: Four Texas women's golfers were named to the Golf Channel preseason All-America list. Farah O'Keefe on First Team, Lauren Kim and Cindy Hsu on Second Team and Vivian Lu on third team. In the team preseason rankings, the Longhorns were selected No. 2.

5 Longhorns selected for World Amateur Team Championships: The Longhorns have the most players on any women's collegiate team that have been selected to represent their native countries in the World Amateur Team Championships Oct. 1-4 in Singapore. Farah O'Keefe (USA), Lauren Kim (Canada), Cindy Hsu and Selina Liao (Taiwan) and Vivian Lu (New Zealand) will compete in the event.

2024-25 Season Recap: The Longhorns won three tournament and advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship. Texas advanced to the NCAA Championship for the ninth straight season and 33^rd time in program history. Lauren Kim was the Longhorns top finisher in stroke play at the NCAA Championship with a T14 finish. Farah O'Keefe earned runner-up honors at the SEC Championship.

Longhorns on the World Amateur Golf Rankings List

Farah O'Keefe No. 8

Lauren Kim No. 17

Cindy Hsu No. 37

Vivian Lu No. 57

Selina Liao No. 172

Angela Heo No. 200