Furman University Golf Club Hosts the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour this past weekend
Katherine Perry of Cary, NC wins the Furman Classic shooting 75 in the heavy rain!
Greenville, SC– On a weekend when most people were sitting inside with the heat turned on high and a hot “something” to drink, the girls of the Peggy Kirk Bell Tour were battling on the golf course. In all the rain, the newly rebuilt Furman Universiy golf club handled the first day of terrential rain very well.
The girls of the Bell division were able to complete all 18 holes and one of the tours best “fair weather” golfers, Katherine Perry of Cary, NC, posted a 75. On Sunday, the rain and potential snow washed out the chances for any other players to catch Perry and the 2008 Tour Champion claimed her first victory of 2009.
“After losing in a playoff at our first event this year, I was determined to come out and play my best this week, said Perry. The conditions reminded me a lot of last years event at Bermuda Run CC & I played great in that event despite some really bad weather.”
The win now puts Perry at the top of the 2009 Order of Merit.
Since joining the tour last year, the Cary’s Perry has one every two day event she has played.
The one she missed… she lost in a playoff in this years opener to Goose Creek, SC junior golf sensation Katelyn Dambaugh.
Following Perry were Meghann Burnham of Gastonia, NC and Katelyn Dambaugh of Goose Creek, SC with 81, and tied at fourth was Katie Rose Higgins of Charleston, SC and Andrea Robbins of Liberty, NC with 83.
The Futures division was reduced to nine holes of play for the weekend.
The winner of the event was 2008 Futures Tour Champion Cassidy England of Madison Heights, VA with a 43, followed by Lyndsey Hunnell of Troutville, VA & Allyson Markiewicz of Charlotte, NC with 44, Nicolette Donovan of Cary, NC with 46, and Marley Felthousen of Southern Shores, NC with a 47.
The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Tour will be headed to Wildwood Green in Raleigh, NC for their next event.
For more information about the tour please visit girlstour.tygf.org.
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