On Saturday, October 4, the 2014 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour played the first round of the 6th Annual Jimmy Anderson Junior Girls’ at Jacksonville Country Club. The event is a partner event between the Carolinas Golf Association & the PKB Tour. The event features a field of 40 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 375 members in 2013 and 262 girls playing in or committed to collegiate golf. The participants will be vying for four coveted invitations to the PKBGT INVITATIONAL at Grandover Resort (East Course) in November.
After round one, Jennifer Chang (Cary, NC 2018) is leading the field by two strokes at one under par with a score of 71. Not far behind Chang is Killian Casson (Greenville, NC 2015) and Emilia Migliaccio (Cary, NC 2017) who are tied for second at one over par each with scores of 73 and Caroline Curtis (Glen Allen, VA 2019) who is in fourth place at two over par with a score of 74.
Weather for Sunday’s round looks like a fabulous fall day, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 60s. It should be a great day to conclude the 6th Annual Jimmy Anderson Junior Girls’.
The tournament held ever year is to honor Jimmy Anderson, the former head golf professional at Jacksonville Country Club for over 25 years. Each Saturday morning, he conducted a junior golf clinic to help spread the game of golf to the next generation. During his tenure at Jacksonville CC, he taught many juniors including numerous future collegiate and golf professionals. Not only did he teach the game of golf, but was always there with a helpful word of encouragement to any young golfer.
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 affordable, high-quality nationally ranked girls’ golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls’ golfers for high school and collegiate golf. The PKBGT is the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 375 members in 2013 and 262 girls playing in or committed to 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.
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