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No. 2 Women’s Golf take down No. 3 Oregon, 3-2
09.17.2025 | Women's Golf
Longhorns close out Jackson T. Stephens Cup with match play victory.
LAKE BLUFF, Ill. —After Oregon put the first two points on the board the Texas women's golf team battled back to win the next three matches for a 3-2 win to close out play in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup at Shoreacres on Wednesday.
Tied through eight holes Farah O'Keefe built a 3UP lead over world amateur No. 1 Kiara Romero with a birdie on hole 12 and put Texas on the board with a 4&3 win.
Lauren Kim went 1UP on hole three and never looked back as she went up as many as four and tied the match 2-2 with a 2&1 victory.
Angela Heo never trailed in her match and took control with a birdie on 15 to go 1UP and held on for a 1UP victory to clinch the match for Texas.
The Longhorns have five golfers that are set to play the World Amateur Team Championships Oct. 1-4 in Singapore. The team return to collegiate play Oct. 17-19 at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
The Lineup
Farah O'Keefe improved to 7-1-1 in match play at Texas with her 4&3 win. O'Keefe made birdie on hole 12 to go 3UP and closed out the match with a birdie on 15.
Lauren Kim improved to 5-2-2 in match play at Texas with her 2&1 victory. Kim never trailed in her match and made birdie on hole three to go 1UP. Kim went 4UP with a birdie on hole 12 and closed out the match with a par on 17.
Angela Heo was tied thru 14 holes in her match and made back-to-back birdies on holes 15 and 16 to go 2UP. Oregon got one back on 17, but Heo closed out the match on 18 with a 1UP victory. Heo won her 11th match at Texas.
Vivian Lu played a close match throughout with neither player going more than 1UP. The match was tied seven times. Lu took a 1UP lead with a birdie on hole seven, but Tong An of Oregon went 1UP on hole 10. Lu tied the match with a birdie on 15, but An went birdie-eagle to closeout the match with a 2&1 win.
Cindy Hsu made one birdie in her match against Sophie Han, but could not find her rhythm as Han won the match 5&4.
Texas 3, Oregon 2
Farah O'Keefe def. Kiara Romero 4&3
Lauren Kim def. Shyla Singh 2&1
Angela Heo def. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham 1UP
Sophie Han def. Cindy Hsu 5&4
Tong An def. Vivian Lu 2&1
Texas Head Coach Laura Ianello
"I was really happy with how the ladies battled today. We went all the way to the 18th hole with Angela Heo's match. Oregon is a really strong team and they beat us last year at the NCAA Championship. I think today our ladies stepped up. It was a very difficult golf course this week and difficult pins today. I felt like we stuck to our gameplan and even when we didn't hit it where we needed to, we managed our short games. Farah O'Keefe taking down Kiara Romero was huge. Kiara is No. 1 in the world amateur rankings and a teammate of Farah for USA. For Lauren Kim to beat Shyla Singh down the stretch, really good stuff by our top three players. It was good to have Vivian Lu in the lineup in her Texas debut. Overall, it was a solid performance against the best teams in the country."
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