On Saturday-Sunday, April 18-19, the 2015 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour plays the Hampton Roads Classic at Nansemond River Golf Club. Nansemond River, the region’s premier waterfront golf course, is a fantastic course for the second event of the PKB Tour’s Mid-Atlantic Series. The course will also host the 2015 Virginia Junior Girls Championship this summer. The event features a field 25 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 425 members in 2014 and over 350 girls playing in or committed to collegiate golf.
The Prep Series field features 8 golfers, highlighted by some strong players on the PKBGT Performance Index, including: Elizabeth Bose (Norfolk, VA 2015), Rebecca DiNunzio (Norfolk, VA 2019), Diana Cristina Domenech (Richmond, VA 2018), and Kelly Salamy (Williamsburg, VA 2020).
The Futures Series field features 17 golfers, highlighted by five of the top-40 players on the 2015 PKBGT Order of Merit lists, including: Carley Rudolf (Virginia Beach, VA 2019) in 1st position, Kendall Turner (Chesapeake, VA 2019) in 15th position, Jayla Rogers (Wilmington, NC 2019) in 23rd position, Katherine Schuster (Kill Devil Hills, NC 2021) in 29th position, and Phoenix Smith (Chesapeake, VA 2020) in 39th position.
The Hampton Roads Classic brings together players from North Carolina and Virginia. It should be a great event!
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. 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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