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O’Keefe earns co-medalist honors, No. 10 Women’s Golf advances to championship match
10.13.2026 | Women's Golf
Farah O’Keefe earns her seventh career victory.
ST ANDREWS, Scotland— The No. 10 Texas Women's Golf team earned the No. 1 seed and will play the University of St Andrews in the championship match as stroke play concluded today at the St Andrews Links Collegiate. Texas senior Farah O'Keefe and Washington's Hannah Ounap earned co-medalist honors. They were the only two women's players that finished the stroke play portion of the tournament under par.
O'Keefe finished 36 holes at 2-under. O'Keefe earns her seventh career victory, which moves her into second on the Texas women's golf career wins list. She moves past Sherri Steinhauer, who had six wins and now trails Michiko Hattori, who won 10 tournaments in her Longhorn career.
The wind in Scotland picked up today making the conditions extremely difficult. The Longhorns shot 13 strokes better than any other team on the course today. Texas finished 36 holes of stroke play at 15-over. St Andrews earned the second position at 38-over with a three-stroke lead over Washington at 41-over. Penn finished fourth at 52-over.
Five of the six Texas players finished in the top-10 and all six finished in the top-15. Charlotte Naughton finished in third-place in her first collegiate tournament. Selina Liao (5), Lauren Kim (6), Isla McDonald-O'Brien (T7), and Anastasia Hekkonen (T15) also represented the Longhorns.
Texas will play the University of St Andrews tomorrow in the championship match in a medal match play format. In medal match play, instead of comparing who won in each hole players count their actual strokes and the player with the fewest strokes after 18 holes wins each match.
The Lineup
Farah O'Keefe's round was highlighted with an eagle on hole 12 and she battled the conditions to card a tournament score of 2-under. O'Keefe earns her seventh career victory.
Charlotte Naughton earned a top-3 finish in her first collegiate event. Naughton birdied holes 5, 8 and 10 in her final round and finished 36 holes of stroke play at even par.
Selina Liao birdied the sixth hole and carded a score of 6-over today and 5-over for the tournament and finished in fifth-place.
Lauren Kim made two birdied on the final 18 holes and finished at 6-over for the tournament and in sixth-place on the leaderboard.
Isla McDonald-O'Brien birdied holes 6 and 8 and shot 6-over on the day and 7-over for the tournament. She finished T7 on the individual leaderboard.
Anastasia Hekkonen made an eagle on hole 11 today and finished at 5-over on the day and 12-over for the tournament. She finished T15 on the individual leaderboard.
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