The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
St Andrews Links Collegiate
No. 10 Women’s Golf preview: St Andrews Links Collegiate
10.11.2026 | Women's Golf
Longhorns travel to The Home of Golf.
When: Monday October 12-Wednesday October 14
Where: Jubilee Course and Old Course | St Andrews, Scotland
Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/245008/scoring/participants (Stroke Play) https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/245009/scoring/participants (Match Play)
Golf Channel Coverage: Each day 8am CT-11am CT
Tournament Format
Days 1 and 2 (Stroke Play): Played on the Jubilee Course. The first two rounds feature 36 holes of stroke play, which crown individual men's and women's champions and determine the seeding for the final day's matches. Teams play 6 and count the top-5 scores each day.
Day 3 (Medal Match Play): Played at the historic Old Course (the Home of Golf). The top two teams advance to the Championship Match, while the remaining teams play in a Consolation Match to crown the overall team champions.
Medal match play: Instead of comparing who won each hole players count their actual strokes and the player with the fewest strokes at the end of 18 holes wins each match.
Tournament Notes
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following players at the St Andrews Links Collegiate
Lauren Kim (Sr.)
Farah O'Keefe (Sr.)
Selina Liao (Sr.)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Jr.)
Anastasia Hekkonen (Jr.)
Charlotte Naughton (Fr.)
The Field: No. 10 Texas, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, University of St Andrews.
Stephens Cup: Farah O'Keefe earned her sixth career victory as co-medalist of the Jackson T Stephens Cup to open the season. The Longhorns beat Oregon 4-1 to finish in third place as a team.
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. O'Keefe won the ANNIKA Award in 2026 to become the first Texas women's golfer to win it in the 13 year history of the award.
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 on Second Team, Charlotte Naughton on Third Team and Isla McDonald-O'Brien earned honorable mention.
2025-26 Season Recap: In the 2025-26 season, Laura Ianello led the Longhorns to three tournament wins, including the NCAA Regional Championship. This marked six tournament titles in two seasons for Texas. The Longhorns made their 34th appearance in the NCAA Championship and their 10th straight. Farah O'Keefe won the individual NCAA Championship, ANNIKA Award, WGCA Player of the Year, Golfweek Player of the Year and Honda Award for women's golf. The Longhorn had three First Team All-SEC players with O'Keefe, Lauren Kim and Cindy Hsu. The trio of O'Keefe, Kim and Hsu earned WGCA and Golfweek All-America honors.
Longhorns on the World Amateur Golf Rankings List
Farah O'Keefe No. 1
Lauren Kim No. 19
Charlotte Naughton No. 49
Isla McDonald-O'Brien No. 114
Selina Liao No. 248
Anastasia Hekkonen No. 316
