Live Scoring  |  Round 1 Results  |  Second Round Pairings

OWENS CROSS ROADS, Ala. – Eastern Kentucky is tied for second, nine shots off the lead, after the first day of the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Golf Championship on Sunday at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
 
EKU shot a first round score of 301 (+13) and is tied with Belmont (301).  Jacksonville State (292) is 4-over and has the lead by nine strokes after the first 18 holes of play.
 
Murray State (303) is fourth at 15-over.  Austin Peay (304) is 16-over and sits in fifth.  Morehead State (306), Tennessee Tech (308) and Eastern Illinois (336) round out the field in sixth, seventh and eighth.
 
The three-day, 54-hole event is being contested on the par 72, 6,025-yard Highlands Course at Hampton Cove.

  Newcomer Diana McDonald leads the Colonels and is tied for ninth overall after a first round 2-over 74.  McDonald had two birdies and four bogeys mixed among 12 pars.
 
Bailey Hubbard shot a first round 3-over 75 and is tied for 11th overall.  After making the turn at 2-over, Hubbard birdied the par-4 No. 10.  She had an eagle on the par-4 No. 12 hole to go 1-under for the round.
 
The trio of Ragnhildur Kristinsdottir, Elisa Orduna Shackleton and Vilma Efraimsson shot rounds of 76 and are tied for 14th.  Back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and 15 got Shackleton to 1-under for the round.
 
The Colonels will begin teeing off for round two on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET.
 
T2.  Eastern Kentucky             301 (+13)
T9. Diana McDonald                 37-37 – 74 (+2)
T11. Bailey Hubbard                  38-37 – 75 (+3)
T14. Ragnhildur Kristinsdottir    39-37 – 76 (+4)
T14. Elisa Orduna Shackleton     36-40 – 76 (+4)
T14. Vilma Efraimsson              38-38 – 76 (+4)