The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Isla McDonald-O'Brien
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Shrewsbury, England
Sophomore at Arizona State (2025-26)
- Competed in 13 tournaments and had 13 rounds at par of better during the season.
- She shot a team-best, 7-under (66) in the first round of the Nanea Invitaitonal.
- Participant in the Curtis Cup for England.
- Had four rounds in the 60's during her sophomore season.
- Finished the fall with a stroke average of 71.7
- Had six rounds of par or better during the fall
- Picked up four Top 20 finishes, incuding a T11 at the Windy City Collegiate Classic.
PREP
Highly-ranked European amateur...Member of the England Girls National Team, one of only seven to make the squad...Currently ranked No. 565 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings...The 31st-ranked female amateur golfer in all of Europe...Ten Top-10 finishes at WAGR-counting events...Captured the Fairhaven Trophy in April of 2023, her first individual stroke play win at the international level...Competed at both the Spanish (30th) and Portuguese (27th) International Ladies' Championship, holding her own facing off with golfers of all ages...Earned the opportunity to compete at the 2023 World Junior Girls Championship, finishing 28th in a field of 66 of the top amateur female golfers in the world...Finished tied for third at the R&A Championship in August of 2023...Represented England at the 2023 European Girls Team Championship..,Runner-up for the Peter McAvoy Trophy in 2022...Has been playing golf since she was five years old and it is a talent that runs in the family. Isla's brother Rory currently a member of the men's golf team at the University of South Carolina - Aiken.
