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Ole Miss
Valspar Augusta Invitational
No. 25 Women’s Golf to Take Part in Valspar Augusta Invite
3/10/2022 | Women's Golf
Rebels to Battle in Two-Day, 54-Hole Event at Forest Hills Golf Club
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Ole Miss women's golf team will travel to Augusta, Georgia this weekend, as the Rebels are set to take part in the 2022 Valspar Augusta Invitational, at Forest Hills Golf Club.
The tournament will consist of 54 total holes of stroke play taking place March 12-13, with five of Golfstat's Top 25 teams appearing in the event, including the Rebels.
| TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE |
Saturday, March 12 – 36 holes (Shotgun start scheduled for 7 a.m. CT)
Sunday, March 13 – 18 holes (Shotgun start scheduled for 8 a.m. CT)
| THE LINEUP |
Andrea Lignell (Jr.)
-- Posting 73.52 stroke average
-- Named SEC Co-Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of Feb. 17, 2022)
-- Ranked No. 68 in the nation by Golfweek, No. 100 according to Golfstat
-- Earned her first career top 5 finish at the East Lake Cup, tying for second place
-- Third place finish at the Rapsodo in the Desert marked second-consecutive top 5 finish
-- Tied for fourth place at the Gators Invitational, earning her third top 5 finish of her season/career
-- Selected to represent Team Sweden at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship
Chiara Tamburlini (Jr.)
-- Leads the Rebels with 72.61 stroke average on the year
-- Ranked No. 36 in the nation by Golfstat, No. 39 in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin
-- Currently holds top 20 finish rate of 100 percent on the 2021-22 season (7-of-7 tournament appearances)
-- Sixth place finish at ICON Invitational marks third top 10 finish of season, sixth top 10 finish of her career
-- Earned second-consecutive top 5 finish at the Rapsodo in the Desert, finishing tied for fifth
-- Fourth place finish at East Lake Cup marked first top 5 finish since 2020
-- Selected to represent Team Switzerland at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship
Natacha Host Husted (Fr.)
-- 75.65 stroke average on the 2021-22 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
-- Logged a new career-low round of 67 (-3) at the Gators Invitational, where she would finish tied for 26th
-- Also would card a career-low 54-hole total of 218 (+8) at the Gators Invitational
-- Selected to represent Team Denmark at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship
Julia Johnson (Sr.)
-- Holds stroke average of 73.81 for the Rebels on the year
-- Named to the ANNIKA Award watch list
-- Currently ranked No. 19 in the world in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR)
-- Opened 2021 fall season with fourth career tournament win at ANNIKA Intercollegiate
-- Finished fourth at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup in October
-- Ranks second in NCAA amongst active golfers in career rounds in the 60s with 20 over her Ole Miss tenure
-- Will participate in the 2022 Augusta National Women's Am
Ellen Hutchinson-Kay (Sr.)
-- Recording 77.00 stroke average for the 2021-22 season
-- Earned top 20 finish in 2021-22 season debut for the Rebels, finishing tied for 17th at the Lady Bulldog Invitational
-- Posted her best performance of the season with a T39th finish at the Blessings Collegiate
-- Has tallied six career finishes inside of the Top 10 in her at at Ole Miss
-- 2018-19 WGCA All-American Scholar
McKinley Cunningham (R-Fr.) - Individual
-- Holds a stroke average of 76.68 over the 2021-22 season
-- Made her collegiate debut at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate
-- Finished with new career-high finish at the Lady Bulldog Invitational (T-12th)
-- Carded new career lows 18-hole (71) and 54-hole (227) scores at the Stephens Cup
-- Matched her career-low 54-hole total of 227 at the ICON Invitational
-- Earned comeback tie in match play against No. 5 golfer in nation at East Lake Cup
| THE FIELD |
Augusta
No. 9 Alabama
Coastal Carolina
No. 14 Florida State
No. 45 Furman
Georgia Southern
Memphis
No. 41 Miami
Minnesota
No. 25 Ole Miss
No. 38 Purdue
San Diego State
No. 4 South Carolina
USF
Tennessee
No. 23 Virginia Tech
| THE COURSE |
Playing at 6,244 yards as a par 72, Augusta University's Forest Hills Golf Club is a much loved staple within the Augusta, Georgia golf community. The course was originally designed by world renowned course architect Donald Ross, before being later renovated by the Arnold Palmer Company in 2003. Forest Hills is home to the Men's and Women's Augusta Jaguars Golf Teams, and also plays host to the annual 3M Augusta Invitational, which has featured players including Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Dustin Johnson, Justin Leonard, and Charles Howell III.
| OLE MISS REMAINS NO. 25 IN LATEST GOLFSTAT RANKINGS |
Following the team's sixth place finish at the VyStar Gators Invitational, the Rebels saw themselves maintain their No. 25 spot in the latest Golfstat NCAA Team Rankings. The Rebels also stayed put in the newest edition of the Golfweek/Sagarin Women's Team Collegiate Rankings from the week prior, as Ole Miss currently holds the No. 22 spot in the nation.
| REBELS IN THE POLLS |
Leading the way for the Rebels in the individual polls for the week is Chiara Tamburlini, who now has climbed into the No. 36 spot in the nation in Golfstat's NCAA Player Rankings, while also holding a No. 39 ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin Women's Collegiate Individual Rankings. Further down the board for Ole Miss sits Andrea Lignell, as the junior now holds a No. 68 ranking by Golfweek/Sagarin. Lignell also slots into the No. 100 spot in the nation according to Golfstat.
| LIGNELL EARNS ANOTHER TOP 5 FINISH AT GATORS INVITE |
Following a weekend where she logged a season-low 54-hole score of 212 (+2), junior Andrea Lignell was able to capture yet another top 5 finish at the VyStar Gators Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, finishing tied for fourth overall. This marks the third time of Lignell's collegiate career in which she has finished in the top 5, with all three of her top 5 appearances coming during the 2021-22 season. Lignell's other two top 5 finishes on the year came at the East Lake Cup (T-2nd) and the Rapsodo in the Desert (3rd).
| REBELS LAND TRANSFER ISABELLA FIERRO FOR 2022-23 |
The Ole Miss women's golf team has officially added Oklahoma State transfer Isabella Fierro to the 2022-23 roster, as announced by head coach Kory Henkes on Wednesday. A three-year letterwinner with the Cowgirls, Fierro earned third team All-America honors from Golfweek following her sophomore campaign in 2020. She also garnered honorable mention All-America accolades from the WGCA in 2021 and 2020. The Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, native is currently ranked as the No. 41 amateur golfer in the world according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). Fierro checks in at the No. 50 collegiate golfer in the nation according to Golfstat, while also slotting into the No. 57 spot nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Collegiate Rankings.
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