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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Ole Miss keeps rolling with victory in Moon Golf Invitational; North Carolina gets share of fourth place


   Mississippi won’t be sneaking up on anybody this spring.
   A year ago, the Rebels were ranked 35th when they got into the match-play bracket in the Southeastern Conference Championship as the eight seed. Then they got on a serious roll that didn’t end until they had won the SEC crown for the first time in program history and then reached the NCAA Championship after getting through the Norman Regional as a nine seed.
   Ole Miss, No. 12 in the latest Golfstat rankings, fired a 4-under-par 284 in the final round of the Moon Golf Invitational at Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Fla. Tuesday to earn a 4-shot victory with a 6-under 858 total.
   Two of the Rebels who were such a big part of last spring’s magical run, Julia Johnson, a junior from St. Gabriel, La., and Kennedy Swann, a senior from Austin, Texas, were there in Melbourne Tuesday to help raise the Moon Golf Invitational trophy. So was sophomore Ellen Hutchinson-Kay of Sweden who gained so much experience as a freshman on the road to the NCAA Championship at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
   But there are reinforcements in a couple of talented freshmen and the victory at Duran was Ole Miss’ fourth in the wraparound 2019-2020 season.
   The Rebels opened with a 1-over 289 in the morning session of Monday’s scheduled double-round that wasn’t quite completed when darkness fell. Ole Miss returned to Duran Tuesday morning and completed a 3-under 285 that gave it a three-shot lead heading into the final round.
   The Rebels kept it going with another sub-par round to hold off No. 50 Augusta, which matched Ole Miss for the low round of the tournament with a 4-under 284 of its own over the 6,279-yard, par-72 Duran layout in the final round to earn runnerup honors with a 3-under 861 total.
   No. 38 Louisville, the tournament host out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, closed with a 1-under 287 to finish in third place at even-par 864, three shots behind Augusta.
   The Cardinals’ ACC rival, No. 34 North Carolina, led by a solid showing from senior Brynn Walker, Pennsylvania’s best player during her scholastic career at Radnor, got a share of fourth place with Ole Miss’ SEC rival Alabama, at No. 9 the highest-ranked team in the field, at 3-over 867, three shots behind Louisville.
   North Carolina completed a 3-over 291 Tuesday morning and trailed Ole Miss by just three shots going into the final round before closing with a 2-over 290. Alabama matched the low round of the tournament with its opening-round 284 and completed a 5-over 293 Tuesday morning. Like North Carolina, the Crimson Tide trailed Ole Miss by three shots and, like the Tar Heels, closed with a 2-over 290.
   No. 31 Furman, behind a 1-2 finish in the individual standings from a couple of Spartanburg, S.C. standouts, senior Natalie Srinivasan, No. 45 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), and freshman Anna Morgan, ended up alone in sixth place at 6-over 870, three shots behind North Carolina and Alabama, after closing with an even-par 288.
   Another SEC entry, No. 21 Kentucky, closed with a solid 2-under 286 to finish seventh in the strong 16-team field with a 9-over 873 total, three shots behind Furman.
   Ole Miss was led by one of its freshmen, Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland, who was part of a trio of players tied for third place in the individual standings at 5-under 211. Tamburlini was the Rebels’ medalist for the day with a 3-under 69. She had opened with a 2-under 70 and put the finishing touches on an even-par 72 Tuesday morning.
   Johnson and Swann landed in the group tied for 14th place at 1-over 217. Johnson finished up a 2-under 70 Tuesday morning, a round that included four birdies in her last seven holes, before closing with a 2-over 74 that was a throw-out for the Rebels. Swann completed a 1-under 71 Tuesday morning with two birdies in her last four holes, before finishing up with a 1-over 73.
   Johnson completed the Rebels’ fall campaign in early November by firing a spectacular 11-under 61 at Club Campestre San Jose, matching an NCAA single-round record, as she won the individual title and led Old Miss to the team crown in the Battle at the Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico.
   Another Rebels’ freshman, Andrea Lignell of Sweden, finished in the group tied for 21st place at 2-over 218. Her back-to-back even-par 72s in the second and third rounds were key counters for Ole Miss.
   Hutchinson-Kay rounded out the Ole Miss lineup, closing with a 2-under 70, the Rebels’ second-best score in the third round, to finish among the group tied for 41st place at 6-over 222.
   Furman’s Srinivasan pulled away from the field with a six-birdie, one-bogey masterpiece for a final round of 5-under 67 that gave her a 10-under 206 total. She had opened with a 1-under 71 and returned to the course Tuesday morning to complete a 4-under 68 in the second round.
   Srinivasan, like Louisville senior Lauren Hartlage, was one of the players invited to audition for the U.S. Curtis Cup team in a practice session at Loblolly in Hobe Sound, Fla. in December.  Performances like this week’s at Duran only bolster her resume in her bid to represent her country against Great Britain & Ireland in June at Conwy Golf Club in Caernarvonshire, Wales in June.
   Her teammate Morgan was the best player in the field Monday, opening with a 5-under 67 and returning to the golf course Tuesday morning to complete a 3-under 69 that left her at 8-under heading into the final round. Morgan closed with a 2-over 74, but still held on for second place with a 6-under 210 total, four shots behind Srinivasan.
   Joining Ole Miss’ Tamburlini in the trio tied for third place at 5-under 211, a shot behind Morgan, were Augusta’s Linda Lundqvist, a senior from Sweden, and Alabama’s Polly Mack, a junior from Germany. Lundqvist closed with a 3-under 69 while Mack finished up with a solid 2-under 70.
   Finishing in a tie for sixth place at 3-under 213 were Old Dominion’s Leah Onosato, a sophomore from Japan, Florida junior college power Seminole State’s Mihori Nagano, a freshman who also hails from Japan, Louisville’s Hanna Ryskova, a freshman from the Czech Republic, and Campbell’s Annna Nordfors, a sophomore from Sweden.
   Onosato moved up the leaderboard with a 3-under 69 in the final round, Ryskova and Nordfors each matched par with a final-round 72 and Nagano, who had moved into contention by matching the low round of the tournament in the second round with a 67, closed with a 1-over 73.
   It was a nice start to the spring portion of her senior season for North Carolina’s Walker, winner of the PIAA Class AAA Championship in 2014 and 2015. After opening with a 1-over 73, Walker returned to the course Tuesday morning and finished off a 1-under 71 and then added another 71 in the final round to finish in a tie for 10th place with Louisville’s Hartlage at 1-under 215.
   Hartlage, No. 48 in the Women’s WAGR, finished strong with a 3-under 69 to join Walker at 215.
   Walker led a solid showing by the Tar Heels. Kayla Smith, a freshman from Burlington, N.C., backed up Walker by finishing in a tie for 14th place at 1-over 217 after closing with a 1-over 73.
   Jennifer Zhou, a sophomore from China, matched par in the final round with a 72 to join the group tied for 21st place at 2-over 218. Krista Junkkari, a freshman from Finland, was the final counter for the Tar Heels Tuesday with a 2-over 74 that left her in the group tied for 29th place at 3-over 219.
   Rounding out the North Carolina lineup was Mariana Ocano, a senior from St. Petersburg, Fla. who got off to a good start with an opening-round 71. But Ocano fell back with a 75 in the second round before closing with a 76 that left her among the group tied for 41st place at 6-over 222.
   Nicole Lu, a sophomore from Taiwan, competed as an individual, but made a pretty good case for a spot in the first five. Lu closed with a 2-over 74 to join her teammate Zhou in the group tied for 21st place at 2-over 218.



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