No. 5 Women’s Golf preview: NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

When: Monday May 11-Wednesday May 13

Where: UNC Finley Golf Course (par-70, 6,177 yards) Chapel Hill, N.C.

Format: Three rounds of stroke play. Top five teams qualify for NCAA Championship.

Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/243257

The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following players at the NCAA Regional

Vivian Lu (alternate)

The Field (in seed order): No. 5 Texas, No. 12 North Carolina, No. 17 Mississippi State, No. 20 Oklahoma State, Kent State, Virginia, Michigan State, NC State, High Point, Furman, Richmond and Howard.

O'Keefe and Kim selected for Arnold Palmer Cup: Farah O'Keefe and Lauren Kim have been selected for the 2026 Arnold Palmer Cup. O'Keefe is a third time selection for Team USA and Kim is a second time selection for Team International. Texas head coach Laura Ianello is the co-head coach for Team USA.

O'Keefe Honors: Farah O'Keefe has been selected to the postseason watch list for the ANNIKA Award. O'Keefe is also one of 12 players selected for the WGCA Player of the Year watch list. O'Keefe will compete this summer in both the Curtis Cup and the Palmer Cup. O'Keefe was the low amateur at the Chevron Championship on the LPGA tour. O'Keefe has three wins this season and has finished in the top-10 in each of her 10 collegiate tournaments this season.

O'Keefe and Longhorns win Betsy Rawls Invitational: The Longhorns came away with the team and individual title as they won their home event, the Betsy Rawls Invitational. Farah O'Keefe won her third event of the season. O'Keefe earned SEC Women's Golfer of the Week honored and moved up to the No. 1 ranking on the Scoreboard by Clippd individual rankings. O'Keefe also moved up to No. 4 and second American on the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Cindy Hsu finished runner-up at the Betsy Rawls Invitational and Lauren Kim finished T7 in the event. O'Keefe, Hsu and Kim will be competing next month in the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

Longhorns win Darius Rucker Intercollegiate: The Texas women's golf team won their first event of the season and they won the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C., March 2-4. Farah O'Keefe led the way with the individual victory. Lauren Kim finished in seventh place and Cindy Hsu finished T18 in the event. Farah O'Keefe opened with a 7-under 64 en route to a victory at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. It was her second time winning the event and her third collegiate victory. Earlier this season O'Keefe made a chip to win the Therese Hession Regional Challenge in a playoff. That win was her second collegiate tournament and Cindy Hsu (3) and Lauren Kim (5) also finished in the top-five for Texas.

O'Keefe wins gold with Team USA: Farah O'Keefe was part of the team who won gold at the World Amateur Team Championships in Singapore. O'Keefe finished T11 in the tournament. She played on Team USA with Megha Ganne (Stanford) and Catherine Park (USC) who are both in this tournament. Texas had five players in the event with Lauren Kim (Canada), Vivian Lu (New Zealand) and Cindy Hsu and Selina Liao (Taiwan)

2024-25 Season Recap: The Longhorns won three tournament and advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship. Texas advanced to the NCAA Championship for the ninth straight season and 33^rd time in program history. Lauren Kim was the Longhorns top finisher in stroke play at the NCAA Championship with a T14 finish. Farah O'Keefe earned runner-up honors at the SEC Championship.

Longhorns on the World Amateur Golf Rankings List

Farah O'Keefe No. 4

Lauren Kim No. 15

Cindy Hsu No. 28

Vivian Lu No. 166

Angela Heo No. 212