Women’s golf team sits ninth after two rounds at Lipscomb-hosted Nashville Invitational in Old Hickory

Two-round position set ahead of final-day shotgun start

A women’s college golf team is in ninth place after 36 holes at the Nashville Invitational, a 54-hole tournament being played at the President’s Reserve course at Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The field is scheduled to complete the event with a final 18-hole round beginning with an 8 a.m. Central shotgun start.

The Nashville Invitational is hosted by Lipscomb and is staged on the President’s Reserve layout, a par-72 course set across a wetlands corridor along the Cumberland River. Tournament play follows a common collegiate format: two rounds on the opening day, followed by a single concluding round.

Leaderboard context: tight competition after 36 holes

After the opening 36 holes, the team standings at the top of the leaderboard have been closely contested. Washington State and Iowa were tied for the lead after day one in the 2025 edition of the event, illustrating how small differences in cumulative scoring can significantly affect placement over two rounds.

Individual scoring has also been clustered near the top. In the same 2025 tournament, Washington State’s Hannah Harrison shared the 36-hole individual lead, while other teams had golfers positioned within a few strokes of the leaders. Such density on the leaderboard typically places a premium on avoiding big numbers, converting par opportunities, and taking advantage of reachable par-5s during the final round.

What ninth place means heading into the final round

In a mid-sized collegiate field, ninth place after 36 holes generally keeps a team within striking distance of multiple competitors ahead on the board, while also leaving limited margin for error against teams immediately behind. With one round remaining, movement in the standings can be driven by:

• One or two low rounds from a team’s counting scores, especially if conditions change overnight.
• Stability across the lineup—teams often gain ground when all counting players remain near their scoring average.
• Performance on par-5 holes, where birdies can separate teams quickly over 18 holes.

The tournament is contested at Hermitage Golf Course’s President’s Reserve in Old Hickory, with the final round scheduled for an 8 a.m. Central shotgun start.

Local significance

The event adds to a growing calendar of collegiate golf competition in the Nashville area, bringing multiple programs to Middle Tennessee for a multi-round test on a course that has also been used for postseason championship play. With the final round ahead, the team in ninth will look to produce enough counting scores to climb the board and finish the tournament strongly.