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Ole Miss Gets Fall Season Underway in Memphis
9/13/2015 | Women's Golf
Fall Season Gets Rolling for New Look Rebels
The Ole Miss women's golf team will head up I-55 Monday to compete in the Memphis Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Memphis at Ridgeway Country Club. The tournament will consist of three 18-hole rounds with the first rounds being played Monday and final round being played Tuesday. The field will tee off at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Fans can keep up with the event live via BirdieFire.
The Field
Memphis (host)
Arkansas State
Cincinnati
IUPUI
North Texas
McNeese
Oklahoma City
Ole Miss
Samford
Sam Houston State
South Alabama
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
UAB
ULM
Xavier
Course Stats
Par 71; 6,105 yards
Featured Hole
The par-5 18th is the longest hole on the course and keeps players on their toes as it features two water hazards at the beginning and end of the hole. The approach can be tricky for even the strongest players with bunkers on each side of the green.
Rebel To Watch For
Senior Abby Newton (Katy, Texas) returns to the Memphis Intercollegiate after earning medalist honors a year ago. The Texas native fired a 73-68-69-210 while helping her team earn a third place finish behind Middle Tennessee and the host Memphis Tigers.
Ole Miss Lineup
Abby Newton
Madisen Bentley
Sofia Idoyaga
Alison Hovatter
Martina Flori
Rebel Individuals
Katie Voll
Laura Hoskin
Kie Purdom
New Kids on the Block
Ole Miss welcomes freshmen Martina Flori and Kie Purdom to the roster along with sophomore Laura Hoskin who joins the team after a year with Oregon State. Purdom is an Ole Miss legacy in every sense of the word as her mother Keilly also played golf at Ole Miss and served as the head coach from 1991-2001. In addition, her father Kirk Purdom played baseball for the Rebels.
Coach Henkes Debut
Kory Henkes makes her tournament debut as the Rebels head coach after spending the last four years at GRU-Augusta. Henkes brings six years of head coaching experience to Oxford. Henkes is familiar with the Rebels as her GRU -Augusta squad claimed the 2014 Rebel Intercollegiate team title.
Coach Kory Henkes quoted:
On the start of the year...
"I'm really excited. We have a really good group of girls, who've been playing really well in qualifying so we're excited to put it to test in a tournament."
On gaining experience...
"We taking the entire team for the first event, so we'll have five in the line up and three playing as individuals. It'll be fun to get everyone some experience and some team bonding."
On what the fall season means to the team...
"It can be a huge confidence booster for the girls if we can start out strong and have some good finishes, so that's the hope for the fall. We'll figure out what the lineup will look like and put some pressure on the girls and see what they do."
On the seniors...
"The seniors are great. They're a great group who work hard, and they always bring 100% when they come to play. We have a couple of fifth-year seniors so that experience is something that is going to be really good for our freshmen and sophomores to look up to. They'll all play a part in the lineup this year, and I think it's huge to have that leadership."
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