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Monday, March 2
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3/1/2026 | Women's Golf

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The No. 15 Ole Miss women's golf team returns to action Monday at the 14th edition of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, March 2-4, at Long Cove Club.

Golf Channel has again partnered with the prestigious event and will be providing live coverage from 1:30-4:30 p.m. CT each day. It will mark Ole Miss' first time competing at the event.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, March 2 – 18 holes
Tuesday, March 3 – 18 holes
Wednesday, March 4 – 18 holes

THE LINEUP
Kajsalotta Svarvar (So.)
  • Team best 71.12 scoring average this season
  • New career low 54-hole score (203, -10) at the Cougar Classic.
  • Three top five finishes across six events.
Sophie Linder (Jr.)
  • Seven rounds under-par this season.
  • 72.29 season scoring average.
  • Second most rounds of even/below par this season.
Mary Miller (So.)
  • Three top 15 finishes this season.
  • 72.41 season scoring average.
  • Seven rounds in red figures. 
Matilda Björkman (Fr.)
  • Nine rounds of even/below par.
  • Second with 60 birdies this season.
  • 72.53 season scoring average.
Nicole Gal (Sr.)
  • Six rounds of par or better.
  • One of four Rebels with a top 10 finish this season.
  • 73.41 season scoring average.
THE FIELD
Alabama, No. 23 Arizona, No. 21 Arizona State, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 5 Auburn, No. 12 Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 20 Northwestern, Ohio State, No. 18 South Carolina, No. 9 Texas, No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Wake Forest.

SEC ROOTS
This week at the Darius Rucker will be a homecoming of sorts for Rebel head coach Kory Henkes. A four-year letterwinner at South Carolina, Henkes was a two-time WGCA All-American Scholar and a two-time Southeastern Conference Honor Roll recipient. She was also a member of the 2002 SEC Championship team.

Since being named head coach of the Rebels on June 22, 2015, Henkes has guided Ole Miss to national prominence year after year. In just under 11 years, Ole Miss has captured 22 team titles, 15 wins from individuals and a national championship in 2021. She has coached seven players to All-American honors and 11 to All-SEC accolades.

It is sure be a special moment for Henkes to reflect on the joy the game can bring to what was once a player and now a leader in the game of golf.

BACK IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE TIMES TWO
Ole Miss notched two victories in the fall including their second straight win at the Cougar Classic back on Sept. 9. It marked back-to-back wins for the sixth time in program history with four coming under head coach Kory Henkes. The win in Charleston was the third at the Cougar Classic under Henkes in the last four years with prior wins coming in 2022 and 2023. The Rebels have finished fourth or better in every event this season.

SIX STRONG
Ole Miss returns 70 percent of their 2024-25 roster broken down by one senior, one junior and three sophomores. Senior Nicole Gal has appeared in all six events for the Rebels, recording a 73.41 scoring average. Her best finish so far this season came in her home country of Canada where she placed T8 at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational.

Sophomore Kajsalotta Svarvar has been stellar this season with three top five finishes. She leads the team in nine statistical categories and carded a career best 54-hole score of (203, -10) at the Cougar Classic.

Through six tournaments, Sophie Linder has been solid in the middle of the lineup for Ole Miss as she steps into her third spring in the red and blue. Linder is second best in scoring average (72.29) and rounds under-par (7) this season.

Filippa Sundquist holds four top 20 finishes and has rattled home the fourth most birdies of any Rebel this season.

Larissa Carrillo rounds out the six-returners ready take Ole Miss back to the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight year.
 
NEW FACES, IMMEDIATE IMPACT
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, wasted little time cementing her name on the collegiate stage with a T3 finish in her debut at the Boilermaker Classic. She leads the team in eagles and is second with nine rounds of par or better.

Mary Miller came to Ole Miss after one year at Georgia Southern where she started all 13 tournaments as a freshman and set a program record 37 rounds played, the most in a single season at GSU. The Savannah, Georgia native didn't take long to make an impact for the Rebels with back-to-back top 10 finishes at the Cougar Classic and Canadian Collegiate Invitational.

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