Four Texas women’s golfers have landed on Golf Channel’s preseason All-America teams, with seniors Farah O’Keefe and Lauren Kim leading the way for the Longhorns.
Golf Channel announced Monday morning that O’Keefe was selected to the First Team, Kim made the Second Team, freshman Charlotte Naughton was placed on the Third Team and junior Isla McDonald-O’Brien received honorable mention. Texas also checked in at No. 3 in the network’s preseason team rankings, and Naughton was named to the First Team All-Freshman squad.
O’Keefe and Kim return to Austin after stacking up more postseason recognition. Both earned Golfweek and WGCA All-America honors following the 2025-26 season, and both are back for their senior year at Texas.
O’Keefe’s résumé is already packed. She sits at No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and is the 2026 NCAA individual champion.
She also collected the 2026 ANNIKA Award, 2026 WGCA Player of the Year, 2026 Golfweek Player of the Year and 2026 Honda Award for golf. O’Keefe set an NCAA record with 12 top-10 finishes in the 2025-26 season and posted a Texas single-season stroke average mark of 69.84.
She won four events, and her five career victories are third-most in program history. This past season, she also played in three LPGA majors and was the low amateur at both the Chevron Championship and The Amundi Evian Championship.
Kim is ranked No. 19 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and delivered a steady season of her own with six top-10 finishes. Her best result was a runner-up finish at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate, and she tied for 12th at the SEC Championship.
Kim also competed in the U.S. Women’s Open, The Amundi Evian Championship and the CPKC Women’s Open on the LPGA Tour.
Her honors included First Team All-SEC and Second Team All-America recognition from Golfweek and the WGCA. She was part of Team International’s Arnold Palmer Cup win for the second straight season and finished runner-up this summer at the Canadian Women’s Amateur.
Naughton arrives with plenty of momentum after winning the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship and teeing it up in two LPGA events, including the AIG Women’s Open major. The Northumberland, England native was the youngest player on Great Britain & Ireland’s Curtis Cup team this summer.
She also represented Europe at the 2025 Junior Ryder Cup and England at the World Junior Girls Championship. In January, she won the Junior Orange Bowl by seven strokes and set a tournament record at 10-under.
She reached the round of 32 at the Women’s Amateur Championship in 2025 and finished third at the European Nations Cup in 2026.
McDonald-O’Brien, from Shrewsbury, England, played in 13 tournaments for Arizona State in the 2025-26 season and posted four rounds in the 60s along with 13 rounds at par or better. She has been selected for the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team and will compete later this week.
Her top individual round of the season came with an opening 7-under 66 at the Nanea Invitational, where she finished tied for 14th. McDonald-O’Brien led the Sun Devils with 113 birdies last season and added four top-five finishes as a freshman, including a tie for second at the Match in the Desert.
Her amateur résumé also includes time on the England Girls National Team, one of just seven players selected. She won the Fairhaven Trophy in 2023 for her first individual stroke play title at the international level, competed in the 2023 World Junior Girls Championship and finished 28th, and made match play at both the Women’s British Amateur and the U.S. Women’s Amateur this summer.
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