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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Monday, September 8
Charleston, S.C. | Yeamans Hall Club
Ole Miss
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Cougar Classic
No. 20 Women’s Golf Travels to the Lowcountry for Cougar Classic
9/7/2025 | Women's Golf
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The No. 20 Ole Miss women's golf team travels to the Palmetto State this week for play at the Cougar Classic Sept. 8-9, at Yeamans Hall Club in Charleston, South Carolina. Ole Miss has won the Cougar Classic twice under head coach Kory Henkes with back-to-back wins in 2022 and 2023.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, Sept. 8 – Rounds 1 & 2 (7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start, continuous play)
Tuesday, Sept. 9 – Final Round (7:45 a.m. CT shotgun start)
THE LINEUP (*competing as an individual)
Matilda Björkman (Fr.)
No. 18 Auburn, Boston College, Clemson, College of Charleston, No. 13 Florida, Furman, Georgia, Georgetown, No. 7 LSU, Maryland, Miami, NC State, No. 20 Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee, UCF, Virginia Tech, Yale.
HOMECOMING
Head Coach Kory Henkes and Associate Head Coach Zack Siefert are no stranger to the lowcountry or the state of South Carolina. Henkes was a member of South Carolina's 2002 SEC Championship team and a four-year letterwinner for the Gamecocks from 2002-04. Siefert is a 2008 graduate of Clemson and a native of Greenville, South Carolina. Siefert served as the assistant men's golf coach at Charleston Southern during the 2013 season and was the assistant golf professional and swing instructor at Dunes West Golf Course.
BACK IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE
Ole Miss tallied win number 20 of the Kory Henkes era in the season opener at the Boilermaker Classic. It marked the third time in the Henkes era that Ole Miss opened its season with a win. The Rebels led the field in par 5 scoring on the week and tallied 50 birdies as a team. Five players finished inside the top 25 with Matilda Björkman leading the way with a T3 finish.
SIX STRONG
Ole Miss returns 75 percent of their 2024-25 roster. Senior Nicole Gal earned Second Team All-SEC honors and sophomore Kajsalotta Svarvar was named to the SEC All-Freshman team a season ago. Sophie Linder enters her third season at Ole Miss and has tallied 69 rounds as a Rebel. The international duo of Filippa Sundquist and Larissa Carrillo look to bring a spark during their sophomore campaigns after playing postseason golf as freshman. Emerson Blair rounds out the six-returners ready take Ole Miss back to the NCAA Tournament.
NEW FACES
Kory Henkes and Zack Siefert added true freshman Matilda Björkman as part of the 2025 class and picked up sophomore Mary Miller via the portal. Björkman, a native of Töreboda, Västergötland, Sweden, accumulated a plethora of honors, most notably winning the 2023 Swedish Junior Tour Elite #1. She earned 14 top 10 finishes across amateur events prior to arriving in Oxford.
Mary Miller comes to Ole Miss after one year at Georgia Southern. Miller started all 13 tournaments as a freshman and set a program record 37 rounds played, the most in a single season at GSU. She finished with six top 10 finishes and seven top 20s. Miller won her first collegiate event at the More Than Golf Invitational.
UP NEXT
Following play in Charleston, the Rebels will head north for the Canadian Collegiate Invitational September 22-23. Beacon Hall Golf Club will be the site of the two-day tournament.
STAY CONNECTED
For all Ole Miss women's golf latest news and information, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWGolf, on Instagram at OleMissWGolf and on Facebook at Ole Miss Women's Golf. General athletic news can also be found at @OleMissSports on Twitter, Ole Miss Sports on Facebook, and OleMissAthletics on Instagram.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, Sept. 8 – Rounds 1 & 2 (7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start, continuous play)
Tuesday, Sept. 9 – Final Round (7:45 a.m. CT shotgun start)
THE LINEUP (*competing as an individual)
Matilda Björkman (Fr.)
- T3 finish in her collegiate debut at the Boilermaker Classic.
- Carded rounds of 67-75-71.
- 71.00 season scoring average.
- T5 finish to open the season at the Boilermaker Classic.
- 71.33 season scoring average.
- Low round of (69, -3) in the season opener.
- Finished 12th at the Boilermaker Classic.
- 72.33 season scoring average.
- Low round of (69, -3) in the season opener.
- T16 finish at the Boilermaker Classic.
- 73.33 season scoring average.
- Opened the season with a round of (71, -1).
- Georgia Southern transfer.
- 75.66 season scoring average.
- Second most birdies (11) in the season opener at the Boilermaker Classic.
- T18 finish at the Boilermaker Classic.
- 73.66 season scoring average.
- Low round of (70, -2) in the season opener.
No. 18 Auburn, Boston College, Clemson, College of Charleston, No. 13 Florida, Furman, Georgia, Georgetown, No. 7 LSU, Maryland, Miami, NC State, No. 20 Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee, UCF, Virginia Tech, Yale.
HOMECOMING
Head Coach Kory Henkes and Associate Head Coach Zack Siefert are no stranger to the lowcountry or the state of South Carolina. Henkes was a member of South Carolina's 2002 SEC Championship team and a four-year letterwinner for the Gamecocks from 2002-04. Siefert is a 2008 graduate of Clemson and a native of Greenville, South Carolina. Siefert served as the assistant men's golf coach at Charleston Southern during the 2013 season and was the assistant golf professional and swing instructor at Dunes West Golf Course.
BACK IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE
Ole Miss tallied win number 20 of the Kory Henkes era in the season opener at the Boilermaker Classic. It marked the third time in the Henkes era that Ole Miss opened its season with a win. The Rebels led the field in par 5 scoring on the week and tallied 50 birdies as a team. Five players finished inside the top 25 with Matilda Björkman leading the way with a T3 finish.
SIX STRONG
Ole Miss returns 75 percent of their 2024-25 roster. Senior Nicole Gal earned Second Team All-SEC honors and sophomore Kajsalotta Svarvar was named to the SEC All-Freshman team a season ago. Sophie Linder enters her third season at Ole Miss and has tallied 69 rounds as a Rebel. The international duo of Filippa Sundquist and Larissa Carrillo look to bring a spark during their sophomore campaigns after playing postseason golf as freshman. Emerson Blair rounds out the six-returners ready take Ole Miss back to the NCAA Tournament.
NEW FACES
Kory Henkes and Zack Siefert added true freshman Matilda Björkman as part of the 2025 class and picked up sophomore Mary Miller via the portal. Björkman, a native of Töreboda, Västergötland, Sweden, accumulated a plethora of honors, most notably winning the 2023 Swedish Junior Tour Elite #1. She earned 14 top 10 finishes across amateur events prior to arriving in Oxford.
Mary Miller comes to Ole Miss after one year at Georgia Southern. Miller started all 13 tournaments as a freshman and set a program record 37 rounds played, the most in a single season at GSU. She finished with six top 10 finishes and seven top 20s. Miller won her first collegiate event at the More Than Golf Invitational.
UP NEXT
Following play in Charleston, the Rebels will head north for the Canadian Collegiate Invitational September 22-23. Beacon Hall Golf Club will be the site of the two-day tournament.
STAY CONNECTED
For all Ole Miss women's golf latest news and information, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWGolf, on Instagram at OleMissWGolf and on Facebook at Ole Miss Women's Golf. General athletic news can also be found at @OleMissSports on Twitter, Ole Miss Sports on Facebook, and OleMissAthletics on Instagram.
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