Greensboro, NC- The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour opens its championship season next weekend at the ROCKET TOUR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP at the University of Georgia Golf Club. The ninth edition of the Players Championship will be contested on the same course as the annual Liz Murphy Collegiate, one of the strongest fields in college women’s golf every single year. UGA Golf Club, a top 10 university golf course, will welcome the best of the Bell National, Prep Preview, and Futures National the PKB Girls Tour has to offer. A record thirteen states will be in the field. The PKB Girls’ Tour will be livestreaming the first tee on Saturday and the tenth tee on Sunday on our Facebook page.
Bell National
In the Bell National division, forty players will tee it up on the 6000 yards par 72 set up.
Top-ranked players in the field include:
- Sara Im — Duluth, GA — Class of 2023 — #4 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Sophie Lauture— Charlotte, NC — Class of 2024 — #7 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Melanie Walker — Burke, VA — Class of 2022 — #9 on the PKBGT Performance Index
Play will begin on Saturday, February 6, at 9:00 AM EST with a double tee start (weather permitting).
Prep Preview
In the Prep Preview division, twenty-one players will compete on the 5701 yards par 72 set up.
Top-ranked players in the field include:
- Emerson Dever —Durham, NC — Class of 2025 — #77 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Garland Gould — Raleigh, NC — Class of 2024 — #93 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Saia Rampersaud — Durham, NC — Class of 2025 — #115 on the PKBGT Performance Index
Play will begin on Saturday, February 6, at 9:00 AM EST with a double tee start (weather permitting).
Futures National
In the Futures National division, twenty-one players will compete on the 5200 yards par 72 set up.
Top-ranked players in the field include:
- Caroline Hawkins —Columbia, SC — Class of 2026 — #140 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Elizabeth Sullivan — Atlanta, GA — Class of 2025 — #259 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Kathryn Deloach — Athens, GA — Class of 2026 — #281 on the PKBGT Performance Index
Play will begin on Saturday, February 6, at 9:00 AM EST with a double tee start (weather permitting).
Rocket Tour has been the presenting sponsor of the Players Championship since 2015. As a part of the sponsorship, custom limited edition PKBGT knit headcovers are given out as a tournament gift. PKBGT players sport these limited edition headcovers with pride, knowing they earned the right to play in the prestigious Rocket Tour Players Championship. The Rocket Tour Players Championship has steadily grown into one of the most popular events to compete in on tour. This year, in the ninth edition of the Players Championship, the tour received more applications to play than any other year!
Founded in 2004, Rocket Tour designs headcovers that are a “unique mix of classic and modern with a stylish fun twist to encourage self-expression.” The fine quality knit covers are personally designed by founder Helena Stanton and hand-finished in Boulder, Colorado. Rocket Tour currently outfits more than 250 collegiate golf programs, junior golf programs, state golf associations, and charity initiatives.
“We are thrilled to be the PKBGT presenting sponsor for the 7th consecutive year. I look forward to the Rocket Tour Players Championship every year” says Helena Stanton, Rocket Tour Founder and CEO. “The PKBGT team does an amazing job and It is remarkable to see so many gifted girls compete at such a high level. I could not be more proud to be the host sponsor. Rocket Tour is committed to developing the game and believes that tournaments such as this event are important to junior golf as competition is a main ingredient for future participation. We hope these girls go as far as the game will take them and look forward to seeing many of them join their peers at top university programs around the country.”
“The Girls Golf of America Foundation and the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour are proud to partner with Rocket Tour Golf to promote girls golf,” Mike Parker, PKBGT Director stated. “Rocket Tour is a long-standing supporter of girls competitive golf and the girls display the custom headcover in their golf bags with pride.”
About the PKBGT
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 2020-21 season will feature over 110 tournaments in 10 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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