Recap: Flat Creek Girls Classic

Peachtree City, GA- The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour concluded the inaugural Flat Creek Girls Classic in Peachtree City, Georgia. Players from the six states experienced winter weather conditions on a soggy Saturday in the Peachbelt. The final two champions before the Christmas Holiday was crowned on a sunny and bitter December Sunday.

Bell National 

Lydia Swan (North East, PA 2022) led wire-to-wire en route to her second Bell National title at the inaugural Flat Creek Girls Classic in Peachtree City, GA. Swan, the champion of the 2019 Middle Atlantic Classic, took home the second classic event in Peachtree City. Lydia matched her day one score of 73 with a round of (+1) on Sunday as well to take the title by a single shot over Mary Miller (Savannah, GA 2024), a PKB Girls Tour newcomer. Swan gave up her lead at the turn on Sunday to Miller who made the turn in 36 (E). Swan steadied making birdie on hole ten and the two par fives to come home in 34 (-2). Rounding out the top three was Lydia’s younger sister Anna Swan (North East, PA 2024). With the title, Lydia earns an invitation to the 2021 PKBGT National Tournament of Champions.

1. Lydia Swan (North East, PA 2022) / 73 / 73 = 146 (+2)

2. Mary Miller (Savannah, GA 2024) / 74 / 73 = 147 (+3)

3. Anna Swan (North East, PA 2024) / 76 / 75 = 151 (+7)

4. Averi Cline (Suwanee, GA 2022) / 77 / 75 = 152 (+8)

 

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Futures National

Wearing her Team Storie Apparel jacket from last Linville Cup, Madilyn Saxton (Guyton, GA 2025) followed her round of 79 (+7) on Saturday with an eighteen-hole score of 80 on Sunday to claim the spoils of her first National Series event. Saxton, the Futures SC Storie Order of Merit winner, will once again be representing her region at the annual Linville Cup. She can now add the National Tournament of Champions to her 2021 schedule as well. Making things interesting for Guyton was Alicia Fang (Waxhaw, NC 2026) who fired the low round on Sunday at 79 (+7). Two double-bogeys down the stretch for the Waxhaw native prevented Alicia from adding her name to the title. Lilian Alexander (Duncan, SC 2023) brought home the bronze.

1. Madilyn Saxton (Guyton, GA 2025) / 79 / 80 = 159 (+15)

2. Alicia Fang (Waxhaw, NC 2026) / 83 / 79 = 162 (+18)

3. Lilian Alexander (Duncan, SC 2023) / 88 / 80 = 168 (+24)

4. Mahathi Vurupatur (Alpharetta, GA 2026) / 87 / 85 = 172 (+28)

 

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The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour returns to action after the Christmas Holiday for the PKB Junior at Pine Needles and Southern Pines Golf Club in Pinehurst, NC.

Founded in 2007 by Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, 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 110 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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