The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 10 Women’s Golf earn St Andrews Links Collegiate championship
10.14.2026 | Women's Golf
Longhorns defeat University of St Andrews 5-1 to claim title in Scotland.
ST ANDREWS, Scotland— The No. 10 Texas Women's Golf team won the first four matches and prevailed 5-1 against the University of St Andrews to claim the St Andrews Links Collegiate on Wednesday at St Andrews Golf Club. All four teams in the tournament played the historic Old Course at St Andrews in match play.
The format of the championship match featured medal match play where all matches go 18 holes and every stroke counts in the score.
Selina Liao put the Longhorns on the board first with a 3UP victory over Ellie Monk. Liao held a 1UP lead through nine holes. The match went even at hole 10, but Liao picked up two shots on 11 and a shot on 12 to go 3UP and maintained that lead.
Isla McDonald-O'Brien was tied with Alice Webb through 13 holes. O'Brien would birdie two of the last three holes on the Old Course to take a 2UP victory.
Farah O'Keefe put the Longhorns up 3-0 in the match with a 7UP win over Mathilda Orring. O'Keefe made a pair of birdies on holes 5 and 9 and was 1UP through nine holes. O'Keefe was 5UP through 15 holes, when Orring birdied 16 and picked up two strokes to cut the lead to 3UP. On the next hole O'Keefe made par and Orring a triple bogey and O'Keefe went 6UP. O'Keefe birdied hole 18 to finish at 7UP and the victory.
Lauren Kim clinched the match for Texas with the fourth point and a 2UP victory over Chloe Tarkany. Kim never trailed the entire match as she birdied the first hole and led 3UP through nine. Kim was 1UP through 16 and made par on 17, while her opponent made triple bogey for Kim to extend the lead to 4UP.
Anastasia Hekkonen trailed her match until making par on 15 to tie the match. Hekkonen picked up two strokes on 16 and kept that lead with a birdie on 17 and won the match 1UP.
Up next the Longhorns close out their fall schedule with the Nanea Invitational Oct. 26-28 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Texas 5, St Andrews 1
Selina Liao def. Ellie Monk 3UP
Isla McDonald-O'Brien def Alice Webb 2UP
Mathilda Orring def Charlotte Naughton 3UP
Farah O'Keefe def Mattison Frick 7UP
Lauren Kim def Chloe Tarkany 2UP
Anastasia Hekkonen def Carmen Lim 1UP
