Farah O'Keefe
American amateur golfer (born 2005)
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Farah O'Keefe (born June 6, 2005) is an American amateur golfer from Texas. She won the 2025 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 2026 NCAA Championship.[1] She became the world number 1 golfer in September 2026.[2]
| Farah O'Keefe | |||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | June 6, 2005 Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||
| College | University of Texas at Austin | ||||||||||||
| Status | Amateur | ||||||||||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||||||||||
| Chevron Championship | T38: 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T36: 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Women's British Open | DNP | ||||||||||||
| Evian Championship | T35: 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||
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Amateur career
O'Keefe was born in Austin, Texas. She made her LPGA Tour debut at the 2021 Volunteers of America Classic, where she made the cut.[3]
In 2023, O'Keefe graduated from Anderson High School as the number one player from Texas on Junior Golf Scoreboard, and qualified for the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links.[4]
O'Keefe enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin in 2023. Playing with the Texas Longhorns women's golf team, she was Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.[5] As a junior, she won the NCAA Championship, was WGCA Player of the Year, and won the Honda Sports Award.[6]
O'Keefe won the 2024 Women's Western Amateur and in 2025, she was top-10 at the Augusta National Women's Amateur and runner-up at The Women's Amateur Championship.[7]
Playing for the U.S. National Team, O'Keefe won the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup, 2025 Espirito Santo Trophy in Singapore, and the 2026 Curtis Cup after going 5–0–0 at Bel-Air Country Club.[8]
Amateur wins
- 2022 LJT Texas Girls' Invitational
- 2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Women's Western Amateur
- 2026 Therese Hession Regional Challenge, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Betsy Rawls Invitational, NCAA Championship, Jackson T. Stephens Cup
Source:[9]
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| Chevron Championship | T38 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T36 | T38 | |
| Women's PGA Championship | ||||
| The Evian Championship | T35LA | |||
| Women's British Open |
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Arnold Palmer Cup: 2024 (winners), 2025, 2026
- Espirito Santo Trophy: 2025 (winners)
- Curtis Cup: 2026 (winners)