GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College will host the 19th 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 16 institutions from three different states including Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. Eight 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 and Newberry College.

The field also includes NCAA Division II squads Belmont Abbey College, Converse College, King University, North Greenville University and Pfeiffer University. Methodist University, Maryville College and Spartanburg Methodist College round out the 16-team field.

Tusculum has won their spring home tournament five times (1998, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013). Belmont Abbey is a three-time McAmis Memorial champion (2008, 2009, 2011), Lincoln Memorial won the 2001 event, Lenoir-Rhyne was the 2002 champion and Methodist captured the title in 2010.

This will be the final collegiate home tournament for Tusculum seniors Calley Lawson and Kelly Horrell.

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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