COLUMBIA, Mo.- After consecutive road tournaments to open the fall campaign, the Mizzou Women's Golf team returns home this week as the Tigers host the 10th annual Johnie Imes Invitational on Monday.
The three-day tournament, hosted at the The Club at Old Hawthorne, launches Monday with tee times beginning at 9 a.m. CT. The second round tee times on Tuesday start at 9 a.m. CT and action concludes on Wednesday, Oct. 4, with the third and final round, which begins at 8 a.m. CT via shotgun start. The tournament is free and open to the public.
The Tigers will be hosting a field of 14 teams including Bradley, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida International, Illinois State, Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Missouri State, Arkansas-Little Rock, UMKC, Wichita State, Kennesaw State, East Tennessee State and North Texas.
Head Coach Stephanie Priesmeyer will play junior Emma Allen (Southampton, England), junior Cayce Hendrickson (Benton, Ky.), sophomore Jessica Yuen (Bolingbrook, Ill.), senior Clara Young (North Berwick, Scotland) and junior Amanda Kim (O'Fallon, Mo.) in this year's Johnie Imes Invitational. Sophomore Cherise Otter (Bloomington, Ind.), redshirt junior Mackenzie Perez (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and junior Marit Harryvan (Winschoten, Netherlands) will be participating as individuals.
Mizzou is searching for its fourth consecutive title at the Johnie Imes. The Tigers won last year by three strokes with an 864 (282-292-290). The last Tiger to capture an individual championship at the Johnie Imes was Jess Meek in 2015.
Mizzou is also partnering with "Rally for Rhyan" for the second year to continue raising awareness for pediatric cancer research. More information on that is posted here and in the 2017 program under the Johnie Imes tab. "Rally for Rhyan" shirts will be sold at the tournament.
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