Wilmington, NC– The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour returned to the Country Club of Landfall for the eighteenth playing of the PKBGT Invitational.
Play began today on the Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall at 8:30 AM. As players started battling the difficult, firm Pete Dye greens, the wind picked up adding another challenge to the chilly conditions the Invitational competitors faced.
Macie Rasmussen (Chesapeake, VA 2027) played steady golf throughout her opening round with four birdies to two bogeys to grab a share of the lead with a 70 (-2). Rasmussen, the 2023 PKBGT Invitational champion, looks to become the first player to win both the PKBGT Spring & Fall Invitational in the same calendar year.
Victoria Davis (Cary, NC 2028) birdied the first hole of her day and would play her front nine bogey-free. Davis added three more birdies on her back nine and post 70 (-2). Joining Rasmussen and Davis at two-under was Hadley Kate Elvington (Leland, NC 2031). Coming off claiming the Prep Preview Order of Merit title last season, Elvington got her season off to a hot start making five birdies en route to a share of the lead. This next chapter of the PKBGT Invitational is still far from over as 12 players are within six strokes of the lead with 36 holes still to play!
The second round of the 18th PKBGT Invitational will begin tomorrow at 8:30 AM. Following the second round, the field will be reduced to the top 33 players and ties. Players will look to position themselves inside the cut line and make a charge on moving day! You can follow the live leaderboard tomorrow at the link below!