One-Day Open Series @ Bermuda Run CC (West) Event Preview

The 2012 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour tees off Friday, June 15 at the One-Day Open Series @ Bermuda Run CC (West). Bermuda Run CC (West) is a challenging course for this one-day event. The event features a field of 55 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 400 members and 94 alumni in the collegiate ranks.

The Bell Division field features 19 golfers, highlighted by three of the top 30 players on the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists, including: Ashlii Thompson (Browns Summitt, NC 2013) in 10th position, Jessica Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) in 26th position, and Sarah Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) in 26th position. There are several new players to the tour this season, including: Lindsey Ball (Winston-Salem, NC 2012), Sarah Johnson (Siloam, NC 2012), and Rachel Walker (Waxhaw, NC 2012).

The Futures Division field features 36 golfers, highlighted by four of the top 20 players on the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists, including: Megan Cullip (Charlotte, NC 2015) in 7th position, Katie Turk (Blacksburg, VA 2015) in 8th position, Savannah Gowarty (Raleigh, NC 2015) in 15th position, and Holly McCann (Raleigh, NC 2019) in 18th position. There are 13 new players to the tour this season, including: Caroline Cox (Greensboro, NC 2013), Nicole Hayton (Concord, NC 2013), and Becca Halter (Chapel Hill, NC 2013).

The One-Day Open Series @ Bermuda Run CC (West) is the third one-day event of the season, bringing together the top players from the Carolinas and Virginia. It should be an exciting & challenging event.

The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour is an initiative of the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation aimed at increasing learning and playing opportunities for youth golfers. Based out of Greensboro, North Carolina, the PKBGT offers low cost, nationally ranked girls’ golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls’ golfers for high school and collegiate golf. Learn more about the tour at pkbgt.org or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at mparker@pkbgt.org or 336-347-8537.