Recap: Capoccia Wins the Black Eyed Susan Classic

On Wednesday, June 29, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour played the final round of the Black-Eyed Susan Classic at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club. The course hosted a USGA US Junior Girls Championship and is a fantastic course for Mid-Atlantic Series finale. The top-three finishers in the the Mid-Atlantic Series will receive invitations to the 2016 PKBGT Invitational. This event featured a field 27 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour.

Winning the Prep Series was  Lena Copoccia (Bethesda, MD 2018) after firing 74-79-153 , she won the title on the first playoff hole with a birdie. Coming in second with a matching card of 73-80-153 was Bailey Davis (White Plains, MD 2021). One shot back and placing third was Casey Morrow (Mars, PA 2017) after carding two good rounds of 76-78-154.  Coming in fourth was Kayla Perkins (Bethesda, MD 2018) after firing 73-85-158.  Rounding out the top five was Jenny Hua (Boyds, MD 2020) after shooting 83-77-160.

Winning the Futures Series with two solid rounds of 76-71-147, clear of the field by 14 shots was Sophie Simon (Potomac, MD 2020). In second place with rounds of 81-80-161 was Elizabeth Coffren (Owings, MD 2020).  In third place with rounds of 87-85-172 was Aine Kenwood (Potomac, MD 2018). Finishing in a tie for fourth was Jordan Koller (Brookeville, MD 2018) and Katie Park (Fairfax, VA 2022) after shooting 86-87-173 and 89-84-173 respectively.

Congratulations to all of the players finishing in the PKBGT Top 5!

The PKBGT will be back in action next at the GIRLS GOLF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP @ Golden Horseshoe GC on July 7-9!

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 affordable, high-quality 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 450 members in 2015 and 450 girls playing in or committed to 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.