Women’s Golf Continues Fall Season at Old Waverly

WEST POINT, Miss. – The Ole Miss women's golf team returns to action on Monday by traveling 90 miles down the road to compete in The Ally in West Point, Miss.

The three-day, 54-hole event will take place at Ole Waverly Golf Club, which will be playing 6,377 and par 72.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Monday, Oct. 19 – 18 holes (Rebels tee off at 8:54 a.m. CT)
Tuesday, Oct. 20 – 18 holes
Wednesday, Oct. 21 – 18 Holes

THE LINEUP

Andrea Lignell (So.) - Tees off at 9:42 a.m. on No. 10
-- Competing in the No. 1 spot for the second straight tournament
-- Registered an 11th place finish in first tourney of the season
-- 2019-20 SEC All-Freshman Team
-- 72.20 stroke average last season
-- One top-10 and four top-20 finishes in six career tournaments

Julia Johnson (Sr.) - Tees off at 9:30 a.m. on No. 10
-- Tallied an 11th place finish at Blessings Collegiate to open the season
-- Has finished inside the top-15 in seven straight tournaments
-- 2019-20 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
-- 2019-20 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
-- Led SEC with 70.72 stroke average in 2019-20
-- Been in lineup all 34 team tournaments since arriving on campus

Ellen Hume (Jr.) - Tees off at 9:18 a.m. on No. 10
-- Fired a team-best 2-under, 70 during the final round of the Blessings Collegiate
-- Transfer from Charleston Southern
-- 73.00 stroke average in 2019-20
-- 2019 English Women's Amateur champion

Chiara Tamburlini (So.) - Tees off at 9:06 a.m. on No. 10
-- Making her first appearance in the lineup for the 2020 season
-- Posted a 72.78 stroke average in 2019-20
-- Registered two top-five finishes as a true freshman last season
-- Tallied six rounds of par or better, including two in the 60s

Kennedy Swann (Sr.) - Tees off at 8:54 a.m. on No. 10
-- Finished 11th at Blessings Collegiate to begin 2020-21 season
-- 2019-20 Second Team All-SEC
-- Using fifth-year of eligibility to return and pursue her MBA
-- Finished fifth 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur
-- 71.39 stroke average last season, fourth in the SEC

THE FIELD

Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Missouri
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Southern Miss
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt

THE COURSE

Old Waverly Golf Club stretches to just under 6,400 yards and plays as a par 72. Old Waverly was founded by the George Bryan family and 29 other founders in 1988. Designed by U.S. Open Champion Jerry Pate and Bob Cupp, Old Waverly has hosted many tournaments across all levels of golf, most notably the 1999 U.S. Women's Open.

TAMBURLINI EARNS SPOT IN LINEUP

Sophomore Chiara Tamburlini will make her 2020 debut for the Rebels at The Ally. The St. Gallen, Switzerland, native earned the No. 4 spot in the lineup for Ole Miss after competing in three events last season. Tamburlini posted a 72.78 stroke average in 2019-20, with two top-five finishes and six rounds of par or better. She tallied a runner-up finish at the Battle at the Beach with three rounds under par, firing a 7-under 209 (70-69-70), a career-low 54-hole score.

SWANN DOMINANT OF PAR 5s

Kennedy Swann, a senior from Austin, Texas, was dominant on par 5s during the season's first tournament at the Blessings Collegiate. Swann tallied nine birdies, two pars and one bogey on par 5s, leading the field in scoring on the lengthy holes (-8). Swann finished second in the field in total birdies with 13 over her three rounds.

HUME FINISHES STRONG AT BLESSINGS

Playing in her first tournament as a Rebel, transfer Ellen Hume rebounded from a 82 and 77 during the first two rounds at the Blessings Collegiate to fire a 2-under, 70 in the third and final round in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Hume, a native of Whitwell, England, used four birdies on the back nine to post her first under-par round as a Rebel.

JOHNSON CONTINUES TO SHINE

Julia Johnson looks to continue to etch her name into the Ole Miss record books after she led the SEC with a 70.72 stroke average in 2019-20, the lowest single-season stroke average in program history. Johnson has finished inside the top-15 in seven straight events. She ended the 2019-20 season No. 22 in Golfstat's player rankings. Johnson led the Rebels on the leaderboard in three of the six events played, earning second team All-America honors from the Women's Golf Coaches Association. She tied an NCAA record for lowest individual round with an 11-under 61 at the Battle at the Beach.

BUILDING A POWERHOUSE

Kory Henkes took over the Ole Miss program in 2015 and has turned the Rebels into a top-tier program. Henkes has led the Rebels to two straight NCAA Championship berths and a No. 11 final ranking in the WGCA Coaches Poll last season. The Rebels were one of only two teams nationally to have four or more wins in 2019-20. Ole Miss also won its first SEC Championship in school history under Henke's guidance in 2019.

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Players Mentioned

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Andrea Lignell

Kennedy Swann

Chiara Tamburlini

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