GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Furman women's golf team will co-host the Second Annual Coach Mo Classic with North Florida Monday and Tuesday at the par 72, 6,533 yard St. John's Golf and Country Club in St. Augustine, Fla.

"It is exciting to conclude our regular season by again co-hosting the Coach Mo Classic," said Jeff Hull, who is in his tenth year as the head coach of the Furman program.  The Paladins will honor Furman alum, Mo Geasualdi, at the tournament.  "Geasualdi is a teaching professional at St. John's, and she has an amazing story and is a tremendous teacher, junior golf leader, and Paladin fan," added Hull.

The 54-hole tournament begins Monday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.  The Paladins will tee off on holes No. 5 through No. 9 and will play in a group with Purdue, Georgia Southern, and St. Thomas in Monday's two rounds.  The final round is scheduled for an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Tuesday. 

Furman will be joined in the 16-team field by co-host North Florida, Abilene Christian, Augusta, Cal State Bakersfield, No. 12 Central Florida, Chattanooga, Daytona State, Flagler, Florida International, 16th-ranked Florida State, Georgia Southern, Illinois, Michigan, Purdue, and St. Thomas

The Paladin lineup for the tournament includes freshman Olivia Hasselbach, junior Audrey Ryu, sophomore Jenna Madden, sophomore Eva Ringwald, and freshman Ava Hanneman.  Junior Kelsi Mauzy and sophomore Andrea Marin Raga will play as individuals.

Admission to the tournament is free and fans are welcome.  Live tournament scoring will also be available via https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238777/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.  Madden went on to tie for 11th at even par to lead Furman to a fifth-place finish at the Daniel Island Invitational.

Most recently, Furman finished as runner-up at the Valspar Augusta Invitational.  Hasselbach (-3) tied for third, Ryu (-1) tied for sixth, and Madden (+2) tied for 14th.  

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