The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
10.23.2026 | Women's Golf
When: Monday October 26-Wednesday October 28
Where: Nanea Golf Club (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii)
Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/245191/scoring/team
Tournament Format: 18 holes of stroke play each day
Tournament Notes
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following players at the Nanea Invitational
Lauren Kim (Sr.)
Farah O'Keefe (Sr.)
Selina Liao (Sr.)
Isla McDonald-O'Brien (Jr.)
Charlotte Naughton (Fr.)
The Field (ranking Scoreboard by Clippd): No. 11 Texas, San Jose State, Hawaii, No. 15 Arizona State, No. 14 UCLA, No. 5 Stanford, No. 16 Texas A&M, Colorado, Washington, Cal Berkeley, Oregon State.
St Andrews Links Collegiate Champions: The Texas women's golf team captured the team title at the St Andrews Links Collegiate on Oct. 14. They beat host St Andrews 5-1 in medal match play on the Old Course for the team championship. Farah O'Keefe earned co-medalist honors and now has seven career victories, which ranks second in program history. Charlotte Naughton finished in third place for 36 holes of stroke play in her first collegiate event.
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. 20
Charlotte Naughton No. 48
Isla McDonald-O'Brien No. 118
Selina Liao No. 252
