2017 OVC Women's Golf Championship
The 2017 OVC Women's Golf Championship was held April 17-19 at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama (just outside of Huntsville). It marks the third-straight year the event will be held at the venue.
Hampton Cove, the northern gateway to the Trail, is a 54-hole facility with terrain that drastically changes from one side of the property to the other. Renovated in 2008, The Highlands course has been restored to its orginal Scottish Links design. Completely opposite in design is the River course, the only Robert Trent Jones layout without a single bunker. The River Course is a throwback to the way courses were built long ago. The dirt was merely pushed up to create the greens and tees, leaving all else, including massive oak trees, undisturbed. The OVC Championship will be contested on The Highlands course.
Murray State shot an OVC record of 866 (+2) to top two-time defending champion Eastern Kentucky by 10 shots. It marked the 10th overall Championship for the Racers.