Women's Golf Preps for Gators Invitational

OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss women's golf makes their second straight trip to Florida and will compete in Gators Invitational, beginning Sunday morning, in Gainesville.

The three-day event, hosted by Florida, will be held at the Mark Bostick Golf Course and will feature eight teams currently ranked in the top 25 by Golfstat. In total, 13 other women's NCAA Division I teams from the SEC, Big 10, ACC, American Athletic and the Southern Conference will join Ole Miss in Gainesville.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Sunday, Feb. 21 – 18 holes (Rebels tee off at 7:30 a.m. CT)
Monday, Feb. 22 – 18 holes
Tuesday, Feb. 23 – 18 holes

THE LINEUP

Julia Johnson (Sr.)
-- Averaged stroke average of 72.00 on the year
-- Ranked No. 24 individually in NCAA by Golfstat and No. 27 by Golfweek
-- Has registered back-to-back top-10 finishes (Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate & East Lake Cup)
-- Finished second at the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate to open the spring season
-- Her 9-under, 207 in Sarasota tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score in program history
-- Been in lineup all 38 team tournaments since arriving on campus
-- Will participate in the 2021 Augusta National Women's Am

Kennedy Swann (Sr.)
-- On the ANNIKA Award watch list
-- Leads team with 71.90 stroke average this season
-- Ranked No. 11 individually in NCAA by Golfweek and No. 21 by Golfstat
-- Earned second top-five finish of the season with a third place showing at Heroes Ladies
-- Registered co-medalist honors at the East Lake Cup to end fall season
-- Will participate in the 2021 Augusta National Women's Am
-- Recently invited to USGA Curtis Cup practice session
-- Finished fifth 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur

Andrea Lignell (So.)
-- 73.80 stroke average this season
-- Tallied a 15th place finish at both the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate and the East Lake Cup
-- Registered an 11th place finish in first tourney of the season at The Blessings Collegiate
-- One top-10 and six top-20 finishes in nine career tournaments
-- 2019-20 SEC All-Freshman Team

Chiara Tamburlini (So.)
-- 73.57 stroke average this season
-- Tied career-low with a 69 during the second round at Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate
-- Registered third top 10 finish with a seventh finish at the East Lake Cup
-- Finished 22nd in first appearance of 2020 (76-72-70—218)
-- Tied for team-best round of 70 (-2) during final round at The Ally
-- Has registered two top-five finishes in six career tournaments

Smilla Sonderby (Fr.)
-- Competing in first collegiate tournament
-- Arrived on campus at the start of the spring season
-- Member of the Danish Ladies' National Team since 2019
-- Competed in two European Girls' Team Championships and one European Nations' Cup
-- Member of the Danish team that placed third at the 2020 European Team Championships
-- Finished second in the 2019 Danish Match Play Championship.

THE FIELD

#20 Alabama
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#16 Florida
#10 Georgia
#28 Kentucky
#26 Maryland
#15 Miami
#38 Mississippi State
#60 Ohio State
#4 Ole Miss
#47 Penn State
#24 Tennessee
#14 UCF
#23 Vanderbilt

THE COURSE

Mark Bostick Golf Course, the home course for the University of Florida, has anchored the northwest corner of the UF's Gainesville campus for the last 80 years. Although the course was originally designed by renowned architect Donald Ross during the 1920s, it has evolved over the years to take on its own distinct personality. Contained within a 116-acre plot of land, the 6,701-yard, par-70 course is short by today's golf standards. However, a $4 million renovation project in 2001 by Jacksonville-based architect Bobby Weed transformed the contour of the landscape, creating a course that is both physically and mentally challenging.

ONE-TWO PUNCH

Seniors Julia Johnson and Kennedy Swann have been a lethal one-two punch for the Rebels for the last two-and-a-half seasons. The dynamic duo leads the Rebels in stroke average this season (Swann: 71.9, Johnson: 72.0) and have combined to participate in 72 tournaments over their collegiate career. Both Johnson and Swann recently earned invitations to participate in the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur later in the spring.

REBELS REMAIN RANKED TOP 5 IN BOTH POLLS

After their runner-up finish at the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate to start the spring season, the Rebels remain ranked No. 3 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings and No. 4 in the Golfstat Team Rankings. It's the first time in program history that the Rebels have been ranked inside the top 5 by both organizations.

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Players Mentioned

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Andrea Lignell

Smilla Sonderby

Kennedy Swann

Chiara Tamburlini

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