On Sunday, August 14, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour played round one of the SRIXON® TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP at Greenville CC, This event will wrap up the 2016 PKBGT season. Greenville Country Club is home of the ECU men’s and women’s golf teams. This is the second year that the Tour Championship will be sponsored by Srixon/Cleveland/XXIO 
Golf and we are excited to have them as a title sponsor again this year.
Leading the Prep Series after day two is Dorthea Forbrigd (Oslo, Norway 2016) after firing another under-par round of 71 today (69-71-140). In second place is Kendall Turner (Chesapeake, VA 2019) by seven strokes (75-72-147). In third place after shooting an even par 72 today is Amanda Sambach (Davidson, NC 2021) (76-72-148). In fourth place is Rebecca DiNunzio (Norfolk, VA 2019) with rounds of 74-76-150.
Leading the Futures Series after day two is Caroline Crumrine (Wilmington, NC 2020) after firing a -1 under 71 today (74-71-145). In second place by three shots is Sophie Simon (Potomac, MD 2020) (71-77-148). Ashley Milliken (Munroe, NC 2017) is in third place (83-87-170) and Caroline Bryant (New Bern, NC 2018) is in fourth place (87-86-173).
The SRIXON TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP marks the end of the regular 2016 season. A lot is at stake at this event, including many invitations to the PKBGT INVITATIONAL in November. At the conclusion of the event, invitations to the PKBGT INVITATIONAL will be extended to the top-30 players from the PKBGT 2015 Bell Division Order of Merit rankings, the top-15 players from the 2015 PKBGT Prep Division Order of Merit rankings, the top-five players from the 2015 PKBGT Futures Division Order of Merit Rankings, the top-three players on the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Series Order of Merit, the number one player on the 2015 Futures One-Day Division Order of Merit, and the top-30 finishers on the PKB Performance Index. The PKBGT will also recognize any state junior amateur champion at the Invitational. This tournament will bring together players from Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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 375 members in 2013 and 262 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.
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