{"id":859661,"date":"2026-09-25T02:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859661\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:12:13","slug":"byu-womens-golf-wins-texas-techs-tournament-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859661\/","title":{"rendered":"BYU women\u2019s golf wins Texas Tech\u2019s tournament \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For the first time since April 2025, BYU\u2019s women\u2019s golf team has won a major college golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Cougars shot a 2-under 286 in the final round of the Red Raider Invitational on Wednesday and finished at 5-over 869 in the 54-hole event to beat host Texas Tech by two shots. New Mexico was third and Abilene Christian was fourth at The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It was BYU\u2019s first win since it claimed the USF Invitational in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are obviously really excited about the win,\u201d said BYU coach Carrie Roberts. \u201cThe girls played great, and everybody contributed. This should give us some confidence moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BYU\u2019s star was freshman Kate Walker, from St. George\u2019s Crimson Cliffs High. Playing in just her second college event, Walker shot 71-70-73 (214) and finished second at 2-under. All five BYU starters finished in the top 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Isabelle Hurrion of Sam Houston was the medalist, firing a 6-under 210 to win by four shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt felt really great,\u201d said Walker, who was runner-up at the 2025 Utah Women\u2019s State Amateur and a three-time Utah girls 4A golf individual state champion. \u201cWhen I made a bogey, I came back with birdies and just kept grinding. I am so proud that I kept my head up even though today wasn\u2019t my best. I am even more excited that our team won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Also for BYU, Whitney Banz of Salt Lake City tied for fifth at 2-over, the first top-five finish of her career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Maria Barragan tied for ninth at 4-over, Tatum Otto tied for 13th at 7-over, and Berlin Long tied for 25th at 11-over. Long shot a 70 in the final round to tie her career-best for an 18-hole round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It was quite a turnaround for the Cougars after they struggled a bit in their first tournament of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In their season-opening tournament on Sept. 9, the Cougars finished ninth at the Trophy Club in Texas, and Barragan placed sixth after shooting a 9-under 207 through 54 holes. No other Cougar finished in the top 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Banz tied for 33rd at 217 and Walker placed 41st in her first college tournament, shooting 221.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up next for the team is the PD Intercollegiate at Wichita Country Club in Kansas on Oct. 5-6.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50;background-color:#F3F1F0;cursor:pointer\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IDH5LCH5DJBN3HOIFCTB4UMQRA.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Crimson Cliffs\u2019 Kate Walker poses for a portrait after winning the individual title at the 4A girls golf state championship at Glendale Golf Course in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 7, 2026. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since April 2025, BYU\u2019s women\u2019s golf team has won a major college golf tournament.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,3125,99],"class_list":["post-859661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-news-feed-local","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}