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The University of Mississippi Athletics
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Lady Bulldog Invitational
Rebels Send Four Golfers to Compete at Lady Bulldog Invitational
1/28/2022 | Women's Golf
36-hole Individual Event to Take Place at UGA Golf Course
ATHENS, Ga. – Ole Miss women's golf is set to send Ellen Hutchinson-Kay, McKinley Cunningham, Natacha Host Husted and Maddie May to take part in the Lady Bulldog Invitational, at the University of Georgia Golf Course, Saturday and Sunday.
The 36-hole, two-day event will serve an individual-only tournament, featuring 41 total golfers from nine different schools, including four Rebels in attendance playing. Tee times are currently set for a 10 a.m. CT shotgun start on Saturday.
| TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE |
Saturday, January 29 – *18 holes (Rebels to tee off at 10 a.m. CT)
Sunday, January 30 – 18 holes
*Maximum of 27 holes to be played on Saturday with all remaining holes to be played on Sunday.
| THE REBELS |
McKinley Cunningham (R-Fr.) - Teeing off Hole 9
-- Holds stroke average of 77.09 on the year
-- Earned new career lows 18-hole (71) and 54-hole (227) scores at the Stephens Cup
-- Finished a career-high 18th overall at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup
-- Earned comeback tie in match play against No. 5 golfer in nation at East Lake Cup
-- Competed at the Rapsodo in the Desert (78-77–155) where she finished tied for 39th
Natacha Host Husted (Fr.) - Teeing off Hole 11
-- Posting 75.00 stroke average through three tournaments this season
-- Made her collegiate debut at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup
-- Earned first collegiate Top-10 finish with eighth place finish at East Lake Cup
-- Finished 30th at the Rapsodo in the Desert (75-74–149)
-- Selected to represent Team Denmark at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship
Maddie May (Fr.) - Teeing off Hole 13
-- Making her collegiate debut for the Rebels
-- Captain of the St Andrews College varsity golf team for three years
-- Two-time Schools Regional Champion in 2020 and 2019
-- 2019 Canterbury Golf Order of Merit Women's Champion
– 2019 Canterbury Secondary Schools Mixed Champion
-- Has played on New Zealand Golf Junior Training Squad since 2019
Ellen Hutchinson-Kay - Teeing off Hole 14
-- Recorded 78.83 stroke average for the 2020-21 season
-- Posted her best performance of the season with a T39th finish at the Blessings Collegiate
-- Competed as an individual in the 2021 LSU Tiger Golf Classic (81-83-77–241)
-- Has tallied six career finishes inside of the Top 10 in her at at Ole Miss
-- 2018-19 WGCA All-American Scholar
| THE FIELD |
Alabama
Auburn
Georgia
Kentucky
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
UAB
Wake Forest
Western Kentucky
| THE COURSE |
Playing at 6,168 total yards as a par 72, the University of Georgia Golf Course opened in 1968 with the purpose of supporting the university community and a collegiate golf program. Over its history, the UGA Golf Course hosted a number of different collegiate tournaments including the annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, the Men's and Women's SEC Championships, Men's and Women's NCAA Regionals, as well as the women's collegiate national championships on five occasions - the 1971 Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) Intercollegiate Championships, the 1981 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championships and the 1983, 1993 and 2013 NCAA Championships.
| REBELS IN THE POLLS |
The Rebels enter the 2022 spring season holding a No. 15 ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, while sitting No. 24 as a team in the Golfstat Team Rankings. Individually, senior Julia Johnson leads the way for the Rebels in the rankings, holding the No. 13 spot in Golfstat's NCAA Women's Rankings while Chiara Tamburlini is ranked No. 74. Finding spots in the Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Rankings are Tamburlini (No. 49), Johnson (No. 65) and Andrea Lignell (No. 96).
| LIGNELL AND TAMBURLINI CRACK TOP 5 AGAIN |
Following the Rapsodo in the Desert, Rebel tandem Andrea Lignell and Chiara Tamburlini continued their hot 2021-22 season with third and tie for fifth place finishes, respectively. This is now the second-consecutive tournament in which Lignell and Tamburlini have wound up in the Top 5, as both did so in the team's fall season finale at the East Lake Cup (Lignell - T2nd; Tamburlini - T4th).
| VARYING DEBUTS FOR REBELS IN GEORGIA |
The Lady Bulldog Individual will mark an opportunity for two Rebels to get their first taste of action in the 2021-22, as senior Ellen Hutchinson-Kay and freshman Maddie May will both make the trip to Athens. This marks the first tournament of Hutchinson-Kay's senior campaign as well as the 22nd tournament of her career. For May, this will be her first collegiate appearance for the Rebels after enrolling in January.
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