On Wednesday, July 3, the 2013 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour concluded the PKBGT PRECISION GOLF SCHOOL JR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS at Forest Oaks Country Club. Forest Oaks, former home of the PGA Tour Greater Greensboro Open, is a distinguished course for the fourth major championship of the 2013 season. The field was quite strong with 15 event champions from the 2013 season, 8 of the top 600 players ranked nationally by Junior Golf Scoreboard in the Bell Division, 12 of the top 25 players on the 2013 PKBGT Order of Merit lists in the Futures Division, and defending 2012 PKBGT PRECISION GOLF SCHOOL JR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Bell Division champion.
Sarah Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) is golden!
In the Bell Division, Spicer carded two under par with a score 70 to place a first with 73 + 70 = 143. Lucia Polo (Greensboro, NC 2013) carded even par with a score of 72 to place second with 72 + 72 = 144. Gina Kim (Chapel Hill, NC 2018) and Amanda Hollandsworth (Floyd, VA 2014) tied for third with scores of 146.
In the Futures Division, Samantha Vodry (Mooresville, NC 2016) carded even par with a score of 72 to place first with 79 + 72 = 151. Sirena Walsh (Chantilly, VA 2016) carded two over par with a score of 74 to place second with 81 + 74 = 155. Kathryn Carson (Mooresville, NC 2017) and Kit McHutchinson (Durham, NC 2015) tied for third with scores of 157.
With their top-three finishes, Spicer, Polo, Kim, Hollandsworth, Vodry, Walsh, Carson, and McHutchinson all received exemptions into the sixth major tournament of the season, the Tournament of Champions, which is being held at Moss Creek Country Club (North Course) in Hilton Head Island, SC in September.
PKBGT returns to action next week on Monday, June 24 with the One-Day Open Series @ Stoney Creek Golf Club in Stoney Creek, NC. The tournament brings together players from North Carolina and Virginia. It should be a great tournament.
The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour is an initiative of the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation aimed at increasing learning and playing opportunities for youth golfers. Based out of Greensboro, North Carolina, the PKBGT offers low cost, nationally ranked girls’ golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls’ golfers for high school and collegiate golf. The PKBGT is the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 330 members in 2012, 137 alumni in the collegiate ranks and 29 National Letter of Intent signees for fall 2013. Learn more about the tour at pkbgt.org or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at mparker@pkbgt.org or 336-347-8537.
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