Greensboro, NC– The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour headed to Bryan Park Golf Club for the final round of the Katherine Perry Hamski Girls Tradition.
Bell National
Due to incoming inclement weather, the Katherine Perry Hamski Tradition final round was canceled meaning the first round would determine our 2023 champions. It was very tight at the top of the Bell leaderboard as 15 players would end up with four strokes of the lead creating an exciting finish to the round. Heather Appelson (Wake Forest, NC 2023) and Emerson B. Dever (Durham, NC 2025) would separate themselves from the pack and post matching 74’s (+2) and go into a sudden-death playoff. Neither of the girls flinched during the playoff and it would take FIVE playoff holes to decide our champion. On the fifth playoff hole, Heather Appelson would claim the victory with a par. She made four birdies during her round including three in a row from the third hole through the fifth! Dever had two birdies of her own during her round to get her into into the playoff. There was a four way tie for third between Ann-Sophie Bourgault (Quebec, Canada 2026), Reagan Folk (Madison, GA 2024), Anna Howerton (Winston Salem, NC 2023), and Anne-Lea Lavoie (Quebec City, Canada 2026). Bourgault and Lavoie both made two birdies on the day while Howerton and Folk made three a piece.
1. Heather Appelson (Wake Forest, NC 2023) / 74 (+2)
2. Emerson B. Dever (Durham, NC 2025) / 74 (+2)
T3. Ann-Sophie Bourgault (Quebec, Canada 2026) / 75 (+3)
T3. Reagan Folk (Madison, GA 2024) / 75 (+3)
T3. Anna Howerton (Winston Salem, NC 2023) / 75 (+3)
T3. Anne-Lea Lavoie (Quebec City, Canada 2026) / 75 (+3)
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Prep Preview
Leonie Tavares (Mirabel, Canada 2028) picked up a couple of clutch birdies down the stretch on the fourteenth and sixteenth holes to give herself a lead. She would be able to win the tradition event with a bogey on the 18th hole, which she would do following her round of 76 (+4). Grace Anderson (Burlington, Canada 2024) and Elizabeth Sullivan (Atlanta, GA 2025) both played their back nines incredibly shooting 36 (E) and 38 (+2), respectively, but it end up not being enough to catch Tavares and they would settle tied for second. It was a birdie fest for Jillian Fatkin (Oak Island, NC 2024) and Kate Roberts (Phoenixville, PA 2024) at Bryan Park on Saturday! The pair made four birdies each and would tie for fourth with a round of 78 (+6).
1. Leonie Tavares (Mirabel, Canada 2028) / 76 (+4)
T2. Grace Anderson (Burlington, Canada 2024) / 77 (+5)
T2. Elizabeth Sullivan (Atlanta, GA 2025) / 77 (+5)
T4. Jillian Fatkin (Oak Island, NC 2024) / 78 (+6)
T4. Kate Roberts (Phoenixville, PA 2024) / 78 (+6)
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Futures National
Ira Joshi (Charlotte, NC 2029) won the Eastern NC Girls Classic a week ago at Benvenue Country Club and continued her hot play into this weekend. Joshi birdied two holes during her round on her way to a 76 (+4) and a two stroke victory for two wins in a row! Mia Poirier (Victoriaville, Canada 2026) caught fire to start her round birdieing three of her opening six holes, she would add one more birdie at the par-5 twelfth and shoot 78 (+6) to finish in solo second. Kellyn Arnold (Marvin, NC 2025) and Madison Park (Charlotte, NC 2026) tied for third with rounds of 79 (+7). Both players birdied the thirteenth hole and Park added an eagle at the twelfth!
1. Ira Joshi (Charlotte, NC 2029) / 76 (+4)
2. Mia Poirier (Victoriaville, Canada 2026) / 78 (+6)
T3. Kellyn Arnold (Marvin, NC 2025) / 79 (+7)
T3. Madison Park (Charlotte, NC 2026) / 79 (+7)
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Congratulations to the 2023 Katherine Perry Hamski Tradition champions and all the medalists from Bryan Park Golf Club! We would like to thank the staff at Bryan Park for their incredible hospitality over the weekend and keeping the course in great shape! The course provided a great test for all our players and created an exciting final round to crown our champions!
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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 2022-2023 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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