OVC Golf Championship Rd1 - Racers Ninth & Edwards 27th

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OVC Golf Championship Rd1 - Racers Ninth & Edwards 27th

4/25/2021 9:13:00 AM | Men's Golf

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The Shoals GC in Muscle Shoals, Alabama is hosting the 71st playing of the OVC men’s golf championship

The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Golf Championship is underway with 18 holes of competition played Sunday at the Shoals Golf Club in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

The Murray State Racers came away from round one wanting more after they posted a 307, which put them into ninth place in the field of 11 teams. The Racers were ahead of Eastern Illinois (311) and behind eighth place Austin Peay (307). SIUE was in first place at 283, a shot ahead of Belmont (284). Tennessee Tech was in third place after posting a 285, while UT Martin (286), Jacksonville State (293), Morehead State (296) and Eastern Kentucky (301) made up the top-7.

MSU's Avery Edwards led the Racers with a 4-over-par 76 and a spot in 27^th place, while Austin Knight was in 32^nd place after a 77. Connor Coombs and Carson Holmes shared 28^th place on a score of 78 and Quinn Eaton was in 49^th place after an 81.

Through 18 holes, the medalist race saw Jack Story of UTM, Joe Muschong of Morehead State and Zakariya Butt of SIUE share the solo lead after all carded scores of 4-under-par 68.

The Fighting Joe Course is playing to a par of 72 and a distance of 7,147 yards.

The Racers will be paired with Battle of the Border rival Austin Peay in Monday's second round. EKU is also part of the five threesome pairings. MSU's Quinn Eaton will hit the Racers' first shot at 8:40 a.m.

71^st Ohio Valley Conference Championship
April 25-27, 2021
RJT at Muscle Shoals GC – Fighting Joe Course
Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Rd1 Scores

Team Scores
SIUE 283 -5
Belmont 284 -4
Tennessee Tech 285 -3
UT Martin 286 -2
Jacksonville State 293 +5
Morehead State 296 +8
Eastern Kentucky 301 +13
Austin Peay 307 +19
Murray State 309 +21
Eastern Illinois 311 +23
Tennessee State 314 +26

9 Murray State 309 309
T27 Avery Edwards (1) 76 76
T32 Austin Knight (2) 77 77
T38 Connor Coombs (3) 78 78
T38 Carson Holmes (5) 78 78
T49 Quinn Eaton (4) 81 81

About the Shoals
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and lies between the Wheeler and Wilson dams on the Tennessee River. Wheeler Dam is named in honor of General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler - the only Confederate General to attain the same rank later in the United States Army. The OVC Men's Championship has been held at The Shoals six times previously (2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). For the OVC Men's Championship, the Fighting Joe course will be par 72 with a yardage of 7,258.

About Murray State Men's Golf
The Racers' program is in its 64th season overall and head Coach Eddie Hunt is in his 20th as the second coach in program history. Hunt took over the program in 2001 and has announced his retirement at the end of the 2021 spring season. The founder of the Racer team was Coach Buddy Hewitt in 1959. Hewitt is a Murray State Hall of Famer, inducted in 1990. He was part of the famous Murray State football team that played in the 1948 Tangerine Bowl. The Racers have won Ohio Valley Conference championships four times (1971, 1987, 1991 and 2010). Hewitt won the first three titles and Hunt's team won it in 2010 as their most recent OVC championship. MSU has produced 11 all-time OVC Golfer of the Year winners: Bill Graham (1962, 1963), Ron Acree (1965), Chris Piggot (1971), Chris Carlson (1987), Adam Grogan (1996), Brandon Henson (2001), Nick Newcomb (2010), Cameron Carrico (2011) and Patrick Newcomb (2012, 2013).