GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Furman women's golf team will compete at the Valspar Augusta Invitational Saturday and Sunday at the par 72, 5,819 yard Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

Furman's lineup includes sophomore Jenna Madden, freshman Olivia Hasselbach, junior Audrey Ryu, freshman Ava Hanneman, and sophomore Eva Ringwald.  Sophomore Andrea Marin Raga will play as an individual.  

The Paladins will be joined in the 17-team field by host Augusta, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Daytona State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Illinois State, No. 41 Indiana, Northern Illinois, 34th-ranked Kentucky, Minnesota, No. 34 Missouri, North Florida, Western Kentucky, Xavier, and Yale.

The 54-hole tournament will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start each day.  Furman will tee off on No. 9 through No. 13 in the tournament's first two rounds and will play in a group with Georgia Southern, Columbia, and Missouri.  

Live tournament scoring for the tournament will be available at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239528/scoring/team.

Furman tied for third at the Lady Paladin Invitational in the fall.  Ryu turned in her second-consecutive top-11 finish of the fall, tying for 11th with scores of 71-72-70=213 to finish at 3-under par.  Earlier in the season, she carded rounds of 68-70-71 to finish at 4-under par and tie for seventh at the Cougar Classic.  In October, Ryu and Hanneman tied for 13th with a three-round total of 214 (+4) at the Evie Odom Invitational.  

The Paladins opened the spring at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic, where Ryu tied for eighth at 5-under, then Hasselbach (+4) tied for third to pace Furman at the Momentum Transportation UNF Collegiate.  Most recently, Madden tied for 11th at even par to lead Furman to a fifth-place finish at the Daniel Island Invitational.

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