Final Results

OWENS CROSS ROADS, Ala. – Eastern Kentucky placed second at the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Golf Championship on Tuesday at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
 
Diana McDonald led the Colonels and placed third overall.  Ragnhildur Kristinsdottir placed fourth.  Both players were chosen to the 2021 OVC All-Tournament Team.
 
This is the seventh time in the last eight trips to the OVC Championship that Eastern Kentucky has placed among the top-2.  EKU won the title in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
 
Eastern carded a final round team score of 296 and finished with a total of 885.  The Colonels were 17 shots in front of third place Belmont.  Jacksonville State captured the title with a total of 861.
 
McDonald concluded play with a final round 2-over 74.  Her total of 216 (E) was four shots out of second.  Kristinsdottir shot a final round 1-under 70 for a total of 217 (+1).  During a stretch midway through the round, Kristinsdottir birdied five of seven holes.
 
Vilma Efraimsson placed 14th overall with a total of 229.  She had two birdies over the final six holes.
 
Bailey Hubbard (230) and Elisa Orduna Shackleton (230) tied for 15th overall.  Hubbard had a pair of birdies on the back nine.  Shackleton finished the final round strong with back-to-back birdies on the final two holes.
 
Belmont (902) placed third.  Murray State (907) was fourth.  Morehead State (922) finished fifth and Austin Peay (924) was sixth.  Tennessee Tech (935) and Eastern Illinois (1017) rounded out the field in eight.
 
The three-day, 54-hole event was contested on the par 72, 6,025-yard Highlands Course at Hampton Cove.
 
2.  Eastern Kentucky                301-288-296 – 885 (+21)
3. Diana McDonald                   74-68-74 – 216 (E)
4. Ragnhildur Kristinsdottir        76-71-70 – 217 (+1)
14. Vilma Efraimsson                 76-72-81 – 229 (+13)
T15. Bailey Hubbard                  75-80-75 – 230 (+14)
T15. Elisa Orduna Shackleton     76-77-77 – 230 (+14)