On Saturday-Monday, November 8-10, the 2015 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour plays the PKBGT INVITATIONAL at Grandover Resort (East Course). Host of the annual Bridgestone Golf Collegiate tournament, the 2012 NCAA DI Men’s regionals, and the 2011, 2014 & 2015 NCAA DIII Men’s National Championship, Grandover Resort is a challenging course for this three-day event. The event features 60 players. The field is incredibly strong with 22 of the players ranked within the top-500 by Golfweek/Titliest Junior Rankings, 16 players ranked within the top-500 by Junior Golf Scoreboard, and 17 players ranked within the top-30 by the PKBGT Performance Index. With its depth, this event will be the strongest field in PKB Tour history. Eight championship winners and 17 event winners from the 2014 season will be playing at the PKBGT INVITATIONAL.
A few competitors to watch out for include: CGA/PKBGT Jimmy Anderson Junior Girls winner and ranked 86th nationally, Jennifer Chang (Mooresville, NC 2018); NC University Classic winner and ranked 87th nationally, Emilia Miglaccio (Cary, NC 2017); Wolfpack Classic winner, PKBGT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP winner, and ranked 160th nationally, Siranon Shoomee (Sanford, NC 2016); PKBGT MASTERS winner and ranked 300th nationally, Madison Moosa (Charlotte, NC 2017); PKBGT PGS JR GIRLS winner and ranked 401st nationally, Haeley Wotnosky (Wake Forest, NC 2018); and winner of six Futures Division events in 2013, including four championship events, and ranked 1032nd nationally, Katharina Floyd (Chapel Hill, NC 2020).
The PKBGT INVITATIONAL at Grandover Resort (East Course) brings together players from the Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The tournament is a highly ranked event by Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings, AJGA Performance Based Entry, and Junior Golf Scoreboard. Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 60s are in the forecast for this weekend. It should be a great weather for the first event of the 2015 season.
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. The PKBGT is the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 400 members in 2014 and more than 300 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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