On Saturday, September 15, the 2012 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour played the first round of the PKBGT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP @ Ocean Ridge Plantation (Lion’s Paw Golf Links). Ocean Ridge Plantation (Lion’s Paw Golf Links) proved a challenging course for this two-day event. The event features a field of 57 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 35 players highlighted by three of the top 10 players on the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists. After round one, Cecily Overbey (High Point, NC 2014) is leading the field by one stroke with a score of 76. Not far behind Overbey is Madison Moosa (Charlotte, NC 2017) at five over par with a score of 77. Annika Bovender (Mount Pleasant, SC 2015) and Emily Stinson (Charlotte, NC 2013) are tied for third place at seven over par with a score of 79. There are four other girls within four strokes of the leader.
The Futures Division field features 22 players highlighted by four of the top 10 players of the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists. After round one, Haeley Wotnosky (Wake Forest, NC 2018) is leading the field by three strokes with a score of 75. Not far behind Wotnosky is Moon Cheong (Charlotte, NC 2017) at six over par with a score of 78. Naomi Mitchell (Norfolk, VA 2018) is in third place with nine over par with a score of 81. There are four other girls within nine strokes of the leader.
Weather on Sunday looks like another beautiful day with sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. It should be an exciting end to a great event. Who will be golden?
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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