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AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas women’s golf team is ranked No. 2 in the Golf Channel’s preseason team rankings released today.
Golf Channel also announced its preseason All-American roster, with three Longhorns selected: Farrah O’Keefe and Lauren Kim were named to the second team, while Cindy Hsu was named honorable mention.
The Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Championships for the eighth straight year and 32nd overall appearance, finishing tied for 11th in 2024. Texas won its fifth conference championship in the past seven seasons.
Farrah O’Keefe was named Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year and earned All-America honors from the WGCA and Golfweek. Lauren Kim earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from Golfweek. O’Keefe, Kim and Serena Liao earned All-Big 12 honors.
For their accomplishments in the classroom, Kim, Cindy Xu, Bentley Cotton and Angela Ho were named National Academic Excellence Award recipients by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.
There were several highlights for the Longhorns this summer. O’Keefe helped the U.S. team win the Palmer Cup in Ireland and won the Western Amateur. Cindy Xu qualified for the U.S. Open and won the Women’s Elite Amateur Series points race with three top-five finishes. Lauren Kim won a pro event in Canada. Texas qualified six players for the U.S. Amateur, the most of any collegiate program.
Texas is one of 10 SEC schools featured on the rankings, along with South Carolina (5), Auburn (6), Arkansas (7), Texas A&M (11), Mississippi State (12), Louisiana State (17), Florida (18), Vanderbilt (23) and Ole Miss (24).
Golf Channel Team Rankings (Preseason)
Rank
school
1
Stanford
2
Texas
3
U.S.C.
4
University of California, Los Angeles
5
South Carolina
6
Auburn
7
Arkansas
8
Oregon
9
Arizona
10
Northwestern
11
Texas A&M
12
Mississippi
13
Michigan State University
14
Arizona
15
Wake Forest
16
Florida
17
LSU
18
Florida
19
Clemson
20
Virginia
twenty one
Kansas
twenty two
Duke
twenty three
Vanderbilt
twenty four
Ole Miss
twenty five
University of California, San Francisco