Women’s Golf in Second After Two Rounds at The Ally

WEST POINT, Miss. – After a full day on Monday that featured 36 holes of golf, the Ole Miss women’s golf team sits in second place following two rounds of play at The Ally.

The Rebels sit at 3-over following a first round 292 (+4) and a second round 287 (-1) at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi. Ole Miss is six shots back of tournament leader SMU headed into Tuesday’s final round.

Ole Miss is either first or second in nearly all team stats including par-3 scoring (+4), par-4 scoring (+10), par-5 scoring (-2), pars (117) and birdies (29).

“I thought we played really well in the second round today,” head coach Kory Henkes said. “We did a lot of really good things as a team, and I think that’s helpful for us to be able to go to sleep tonight on a good note so that we feel energized and ready to come back out here tomorrow and compete.

“Overall, I think today was a solid day, but we have a little bit of work ahead of us tomorrow to catch SMU.”

Ellen Hume and Andrea Lignell helped pace the Rebels Monday with a two-round 142 (-2) and are tied for fourth place individually. Hume opened the tournament with an even-par, 72 prior to responding with second round 70 (-2), the third-lowest round of the day by any competitor. The Whitwell, England, native is in search for first top-5 finish of the season, second of her career.

Lignell, ranked No. 4 in the latest individual Golfstat individual rankings, fired back-to-back rounds of 1-under par to continue her hot start to the season. The senior from Gothenburg, Sweden, has shot under par in seven of her eight rounds this season. She got her second round off to a strong start, making birdie on five of her first eight holes. Lignell is second in the field in par-3 scoring (-2) and birdies (9).

Also sitting in the top 10 on the individual leaderboard is Chiara Tamburlini. A two-round total of 144 (E) has the St. Gallen, Switzerland, native sitting tied for sixth entering Tuesday’s finale from West Point. After starting her day with a 73 (+1) in round one, Tamburlini fired home a birdie-filled second round that consisted of four total birdies to help launch her up into the tournament’s upper echelon.