On Saturday, November 9, the 2013 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour played the first round of the PKBGT INVITATIONAL at Grandover Resort (East Course). The course played 6,200 yards, but in actuality, the distance was even longer due to blustering winds throughout the day. Round 1 was crawling with college coaches watching the PKB girls play in conditions similar to college championships. Host of the annual Bridgestone Golf Collegiate tournament, the 2012 NCAA DI Men’s regionals, and the 2011, 2014 & 2015 NCAA DIII Men’s National Championship, Grandover Resort is a challenging course for this three-day event. The event features 51 players. The field is incredibly strong with 33 of the players ranked within the top-500 by Golfweek/Titliest Junior Rankings and 29 players ranked within the top-750 by the Junior Golf Scoreboard Rankings. With its depth, this event will be the strongest field in PKB Tour history. Six major championship winners and 16 event winners from the 2013 season will be playing at the PKBGT INVITATIONAL.
After round 1, Payton Schanen (Milton, GA 2015) is leading the field by three strokes at even par with a score of 72. Not far behind Schanen is Jennifer Chang (Cary, NC 2018) at three over par with a score of 75. There is a five-way tie for third between Kendra Dalton (Wake Forest, NC 2014), Gina Kim (Chapel Hill, NC 2018), Nikolette Schroeder (Avon Lake, OH 2015), Jessica Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016), and Sarah Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) who all shot four over par with scores of 76 each.
Sunny skies and temperatures in the high 60s are in the forecast for Sunday. It should be a great weather for “moving day” of the tournament. The PKBGT INVITATIONAL at Grandover Resort (East Course) brings together players from the Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The tournament is a highly ranked event by Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings, AJGA Performance Based Entry, and Junior Golf Scoreboard.
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 400 members in 2013, more than 200 alumni in the collegiate ranks, and 37 verbal committees in the class of 2014. 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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