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The University of Mississippi Athletics
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Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
No. 22 Women’s Golf Prepares for Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Georgia
3/24/2022 | Women's Golf
Rebels Return to UGA Golf Course for Three-Day Battle Against Multiple Ranked Opponents
ATHENS, Ga. – The Ole Miss women's golf team will travel to Athens, Georgia to take part in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, March 25-27, at the UGA Golf Course.
A total of 11 teams ranked within Golfstat's Top 50 will be in attendance in Athens, including the No. 22 ranked Rebels.
| TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE |
Friday, March 25 – 18 holes (Rebels to tee off of Hole 1 8:15-8:51 a.m. CT)
Saturday, March 26 – 18 holes (Rebels to tee off of Hole 10 12:17-12:53 p.m. CT)
Sunday, March 27 – 18 holes (Tee times TBA)
| THE LINEUP |
Chiara Tamburlini (Jr.)
-- Leads the Rebels with 72.65 stroke average on the year
-- Ranked No. 22 in the nation by Golfstat, No. 32 in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin
-- Has finished in the top 20 in all eight tournaments this season
-- Fourth place finish at East Lake Cup marked first top 5 finish since 2020
-- Earned second-consecutive top 5 finish at the Rapsodo in the Desert, finishing tied for fifth
-- Matched season-best of fourth place at the Valspar Augusta Invitational
-- Selected to represent Team Switzerland at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship
Andrea Lignell (Jr.)
-- Posting 73.57 stroke average
-- Named SEC Co-Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of Feb. 17, 2022)
-- Ranked No. 65 in the nation by Golfweek, No. 81 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
Julia Johnson (Sr.)
-- Holds stroke average of 73.83 for the Rebels on the year
-- Named to the ANNIKA Award watch list
-- Currently ranked No. 21 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
Natacha Host Husted (Fr.)
-- 75.58 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
-- 18th place finish at Valspar Augusta Invitational marked third top 20 finish of career
-- Selected to represent Team Denmark at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship
Ellen Hutchinson-Kay (Sr.)
-- Recording 77.50 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 a 39th place finish at the Blessings Collegiate
-- Finished tied for 46th with a 156 (+12) over two rounds at the Valspar Augusta Invitational
-- Has tallied six career finishes inside of the Top 10 in her at Ole Miss
-- 2018-19 WGCA All-American Scholar
| THE FIELD |
No. 12 Alabama
No. 17 Arkansas
Charleston
No. 31 Georgia
Georgia Southern
Houston
No. 38 Louisville
Mercer
No. 22 Ole Miss
No. 30 Mississippi State
No. 4 South Carolina
No. 11 Texas
No. 16 Texas A&M
No. 13 USC
No. 3 Wake Forest
| THE COURSE |
Playing at 6,327 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.
| OLE MISS MOVES UP TO NO. 22 IN GOLFSTAT RANKINGS |
The Rebels have jumped up following the team's first team win of the year in the latest Golfstat NCAA Team Rankings, coming in as the No. 22 team in the nation. Ole Miss also ranks in the Golfweek/Sagarin Top 25, with the Rebels sitting in the No. 19 slot heading into the team's trip to Athens. The Rebels have now remained in the Golfweek/Sagarin Top 25 for the entirety of the 2021-22 campaign.
| REBELS IN THE POLLS |
Once again leading the way for the Rebels in the latest individual polls is Chiara Tamburlini, who has risen to No. 22 in the nation in Golfstat's Individual Rankings while ranking No. 32 in Golfweek/Sagarin's Individual Rankings. Not far behind Tamburlini sits Andrea Lignell, who has also climbed her way up in the latest rankings, sitting No. 65 according to Golfweek/Sagarin and No. 81 according to Golfstat.
| REBELS CO-CHAMPIONS AT VALSPAR AUGUSTA INVITATIONAL |
For the first time of the 2021-22 season, the Rebels came away with their first team title of the year by claiming a share of the 2022 Valspar Augusta Invitational March 12-13. Finishing with a two-day team score of 590 (+14) in the weather-shortened tournament, Ole Miss ended the Augusta Invite with a total of four golfers finishing in the top 20, including three that would finish in the top 10. This marked the first team title for the Rebels since capturing the Gators Invitational crown on February 23, 2021, where the team also took home co-champion honors after tying host Florida with a three-day team score of 856 (+16) on the week.
| TAMBURLINI CONTINUES RED-HOT SEASON FOR OLE MISS |
Coming off of yet another top 5 finish for the Rebels at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, Chiara Tamburlini's 2021-22 season continues to be a breakout one for the junior from St. Gallen, Switzerland. Tamburlini has now earned three top 5 finishes on the year, leading the Rebels alongside fellow junior Andrea Lignell, while also ending in the top 20 of all eight of her tournament appearances. Tamburlini's season stroke average of 72.65 also leads the team.
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