Lauren Greeny and Macee Greenwood tied for the lead in the women’s State Am after the first round

BUTTE — Defending champion Lauren Greeny of Pullman, Wash., and Macee Greenwood of Corvallis tied for first place on the leaderboard in the first round of the 107th Montana Women’s State Amateur Golf Championship at Butte Country Club.

Greeny, a Montana State golfer, and Greenwood, who plays at Boise State, both shot 3-over 74 in Sunday’s opening round. Greeny had 14 pars and added a birdie on No. 12. Greenwood, who won the state junior championship in both 2021 and 2022, collected 11 pars in Round 1 and birdied both Nos. 12 and 16.

Hanna Ports of Oro Valley, Arizona, a golfer for the University of Montana, trails by two strokes (5-over) entering Monday’s second round, as does her Griz teammate Kylie Franklin of Chandler, Arizona.

Ports’ twin sister Raina, also from UM, is in fifth place after posting an 8-over 79 on Sunday.

Greeny won last year’s State Am in a playoff against Rocky Mountain College golfer Valentina Zuleta at Green Meadow Country Club in Helena. Greeny sank an eagle putt on a playoff hole on No. 18 to outlast Zuleta.

The second round begins Monday morning at Butte Country Club.