The PKBGT returns to action this coming weekend for the Peggy Kirk Bell Foundation Classic at Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club. Mid Pines, a classic Donald Ross designed course in the heart of the Sandhills of North Carolina, was named “Best U.S Restoration of the Year” in 2013 by Golf Magazine. The event features a field 58 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’
s largest “girls’ only” junior tour.
This event is the first event in the LPGA Symetra Tour’s Women’s Health Classic Junior Challenge. This challenge is composed of 6 events where Bell and Prep players are awarded points based on their finish in those fields. The Top-29 players, and one sponsors exemption, will then compete in the Junior Challenge Qualifier on April 1-2, 2017 at The Links at Stoney Point. The Challenge champion will receive a sponsor exemption into the Self Regional Women’s Health Classic on May 1-7 2017 at the Links at Stoney Point.
Winning the Bell Series was defending champion Caroline Wrigley (Wexford, PA 2019) with rounds of 77-74-151. In second place by four strokes was Kathryn Carson (Mooresville, NC 2017) with rounds of 82-75-157. In third place matching cards with a 77-80-157 was Riley Smyth (Cary, NC 2018). In fourth place by one stroke was Muskan Uppal (Cornelius, NC 2019) with rounds of 80-78-158. In fifth place with rounds of 79-81-160 was Lauren Freyvogel (Gibsonia, PA 2019).
Winning the Futures Series was Maria Atwood (Holly Springs, NC 2022) with rounds of 74-79-153. In second place was Angelique Seymour (Fayetteville, NC 2019) with rounds of 86-86-172. In third place was Abby Hunter (Blacksburg, VA 2021) with rounds of 88-88-176. In fourth place was Layla Meric (Wesley Chapel, NC 2021) with rounds of 88-89-177. In fifth place was Morgan Ellison (Peachtree City, GA 2021) with rounds of 90-88-178.
Congratulations to our top-5 finishers!
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 450 members in 2016 and 450 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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