GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College will host the 18th annual Agnes McAmis Memorial Women's Golf Invitational, this Monday and Tuesday at Link Hills Country Club.

This year's tournament field consists of teams and players representing 17 institutions from five different states including Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. Nine schools represented will be competing in next month's South Atlantic Conference Championship.

Joining Tusculum at this year's McAmis Memorial are fellow SAC members Anderson University, Brevard College, Carson-Newman University, Catawba College, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Lincoln Memorial University, Newberry College and Wingate University.

The field also includes NCAA Division II squads Converse College, King University, Lander University, Pfeiffer University, Young Harris College and the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Spartanburg Methodist College and USC Beaufort round out the 17-team tournament field.

Tusculum has won their spring home tournament five times (1998, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013), including two of the last three years. Lincoln Memorial won the 2001 event, while Lenoir-Rhyne was the 2002 champion.

Wingate junior Caitlin Starrs is the defending McAmis Memorial champion as she carded a one-under par 71 in last year's event which was shortened to 18 holes due to weather. Starrs is looking to become only the second repeat medalist in the 17-year history of the tournament. Former Wingate standout Cris Mechereffe claimed medalist honors in 2000 and again in 2001.

The opening round starts Monday morning at 11 a.m. on the 5,832-yard, par 72 layout. Admission to the two-day, 36-hole tournament is free and open to the public.

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