Palmyra, VA-The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf heads back to the DMV for another strong event packed with Virginia and Maryland competitors for the Commonwealth Classic at Lake Monticello Golf Club in Palmyra, Virginia. The field includes four players ranked inside the Top-10 in the PKBGT National Order of Merit rankings, including Kathryn Ha (Roanoke, VA 2025) at #2 in the Futures National standings. The hottest player on the circuit continued her streak of great opening rounds in the Futures National division & a jam-packed Bell National field are the headlines after a perfect Saturday of golf on Lake Monticello.
Bell National
In the Bell division, Isabel Bae (Bristow, VA 2021) fired the low round in the Bell National field after her opening round of 71 (-1). Bae, carded three birdies, including a four on the last and two bogeys on Saturday afternoon. The Bristow, VA native, is vying for her first-ever PKB Girls Tour title. Her best finish came back in 2o18 at the Maryland Classic. A trio sits tied for second, including Elizabeth Tucci (New Market, MD 2022), Victoria Kim (West Chester, PA 2022), and Alice Zou (Potomac, MD 2022) at (+1) for the event.
1. Isabel Bae (Bristow, VA 2021) / 71 (-1)
T2. Elizabeth Tucci (New Market, MD 2022) / 73 (+1)
T2. Victoria Kim (West Chester, PA 2022) / 73 (+1)
T2. Alice Zou (Potomac, MD 2022) / 73 (+1)
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Futures National
Kathryn Ha (Roanoke, VA 2025), the winner of four straight PKB Girls Tour national events, has her eyes on her sixth title and fifth in a row after her opening round of 71 (-1). Elsie MacCleary (Crozet, VA 2025) birdied her final two holes to join Kathryn atop the Futures National leaderboard. MacCleary, in just her second event as a PKBGT member, and Ha hold a five-stroke lead over the field heading into tomorrow’s final round. Expect nothing less than a shootout on Lake Monticello for the Futures title tomorrow between these two birdie machines.
T1. Elsie MacCleary (Crozet, VA 2025) / 71 (-1)
T1. Kathryn Ha (Roanoke, VA 2025) / 71 (-1)
T3. Rachel Joyce (Quakertown, PA 2026) / 76 (+4)
T3. Saia Rampersaud (Durham, NC 2025) / 76 (+4)
T3. Raquel Walker (Burke, VA 2026) / 76 (+4)
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Round 2 will begin Sunday, July 12th, at 10:00 AM, weather permitting.
Follow the final round at the 2020 Commonwealth Classic.
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About the PKBGT
Founded in 2007 by Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as a local girls’ golf tour in the Triad region of North Carolina. The tour began as a simple concept: create more effective competitive playing opportunities for girls. By utilizing innovative yardage-based divisions instead of the traditional age-based format, the tour focused on developing tournament experience at the player’s pace. The 2020 season will feature over 1110 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast, and with over 1,000 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl’s only tour in the country. Learn more about the PKBGT at http://www.pkbgt.org/.
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