The 2012 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour tees off this weekend with the NC University Classic @ UNC Chapel Hill Finley GC. UNC Chapel Hill’s home stomping ground, UNC Finley GC, serves as a challenging course for this two day event. The event features a full field of 90 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 51 players highlighted by six of the top 10 players of the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists and two champions from 2011 making their 2012 debut. Leading the field will be 2012 PKBGT PKB Foundation Classic @ Pine Needles champion Madison Moosa (Charlotte, NC, 2017), currently sitting in 4th position on the Order of Merit lists. Fellow top-5 players Sarah Bae (Raleigh, NC 2013) and Shannon Brooks (Vienna, VA 2015) will be vying for their first titles of 2012. Eden Howard (2014, Lamar, SC) looks to make it two in a row after claiming the SC University Classic at Clemson University. Cecily Overbey (2014, High Point, NC) looks to build off her strong final round at the Clemson while reigning Order of Merit champion Bryana Nguyen (2014, Columbia, MD) is always lurking at the top of the leader board. 2011 Precision Jr’ Girls’ Champion Amanda Hollandsworth (2014, Floyd, VA) and 2011 rocketTour Kick-Off champion Victoria Allred (2014, Pfafftown, NC) look to make a statement in their first PKBGT events of 2012.
The Futures Division field features another strong field with 39 players from across the region. Four of the top five players on the Order of Merit lists are in the field, including current leader Gina Kim (2018, Chapel Hill, NC), the winner of the 2012 PKB Foundation Classic at Pine Needles. Amy Wooten (2018, Clinton, NC) looks for her 2nd victory of the year while Emilia Migliaccio (2017, Cary, NC) and Kristin Hearp (2016, Salem, VA) look for their first.
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.
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