AUGUSTA, Ga. – Ole Miss women’s golf senior Julia Johnson received an invitation to participate in the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which is set to take place March 30 to April 2.
This will mark the second consecutive invitation to the event for Johnson, who was invited to the inaugural event in 2020 prior to its cancellation and took part in the 2021 Amateur last spring. Johnson currently sits ranked No. 12 in the World Amatuer Golf Rankings (WAGR).
The tournament, taking place a week before The Masters, will feature 72 of the best women’s amateur golfers in the world. The event will be held at the Champions Retreat Golf Club. Following the second round, the field will be cut to 30 with the final round to be played at Augusta National.
Johnson, who is currently using her fifth-year of eligibility due to COVID-19 to compete for the Rebels, sits No. 13 in the nation in Golfstat’s individual NCAA rankings. The Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, native captured her fourth career individual title for the Rebels this fall, winning the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in Lake Elmo, Minneota.
With her victory at the ANNIKA, Johnson now sits tied or in sole possession of every individual record in Ole Miss women’s golf history, as she tied Ole Miss alum Sarah Britt (1989-93) for most career individual tournament wins. Johnson finished her fall season by posting a team-high 72.50 stroke average over her four tournament appearances.
Aside from her victory in Lake Elmo, Johnson also captured a fourth place finish at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. Johnson has earned 12 consecutive Top 20 finishes for the Rebels, and has finished in the Top 20 in 38 of the 47 tournament appearances at Ole Miss.
Johnson is coming off of a fruitful 2020-21 season that included becoming the program’s first golfer to receive first team All-America honors, while also helping to lead the Ole Miss women’s golf team to capture the first ever women’s team national championship in school history.
The 2020-21 season for Johnson ended with her leading the team and ranking No. 5 in the SEC in stroke average, tallying a 71.35 over the team’s 10 tournament schedule.
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