Texas Longhorns women's golf

Texas Longhorns women's golf
Founded1974
UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin
ConferenceSEC
Athletic directorChris Del Conte
Head coachRyan Murphy (10th season)
LocationAustin, Texas
CourseUniversity of Texas Golf Club
Par: 72
Yards: 6,278
NicknameLonghorns
ColorsBurnt Orange and White
   
NCAA individual champions
Deborah Petrizzi (1978 AIAW)
Charlotta Sörenstam (1993)
Heather Bowie (1997)
NCAA runner-up
1982 (AIAW), 1993, 2002
NCAA match play
2019, 2021, 2023
NCAA Championship appearances
1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference champions
SWC
1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Big 12
1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
Individual conference champions
SWC
Nancy Ledbetter (1984)
Sue Ginter (1986)
Kate Golden (1987)
Michiko Hattori (1988, 1989)
Jamie Fischer (1991)
Jenny Turner (1993)
Nadine Ash (1994)
Kelli Kuehne (1996)

Big 12
Heather Bowie (1997)
Madison Pressel (2011)
Agathe Laisné (2019)

The Texas Longhorns women's golf team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's golf competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.

The Longhorns have been to the NCAA Championship 32 times, seventh overall, and finished as the runner-up, or tied for runner-up, twice, in 1993 and 2002. As of 2024, they have finished in the top five on ten occasions, most recently in 2023 (t-5th) and 2021 (t-5th). In 2019, Texas won its first NCAA Regional in school history and was the stroke play medalist at the NCAA Championship.[1]

Texas women have won three individual championships. In 1978, Deborah Petrizzi won the AIAW national intercollegiate individual golf championship; and Charlotta Sörenstam and Heather Bowie won in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Former players Betsy Rawls and Sherri Steinhauer went on to win eight and two LPGA major championships respectively, with Rawls being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ "2023-24 Texas Women's Golf Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 47. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "2023-24 Texas Women's Golf Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 49. Retrieved May 28, 2024.