{"id":10871,"date":"2019-07-24T21:51:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=10871"},"modified":"2019-07-24T21:51:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:51:35","slug":"19event60_recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/19event60_recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2019 PKBGT NOVA Girls&#8217; Championship at Hidden Creek Country Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, July 24, the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> played the final round of the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=11339\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 PKBGT NOVA Girls\u2019 Championship<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiddencreekcc.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidden Creek Country Club<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Reston, VA.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A luscious breeze swirled around Hidden Creek Country Club\u2019s gazebo Wednesday morning, where the PKBGT set check-in for a mid-week matinee on the course. In contrast to gloomy skies and spotty showers encompassing Tuesday\u2019s first round, vivacious sunlight sprawled across the fairways, leaking onto the tee box &#8211; a spotlight at center stage of the 2019 PKBGT NOVA Girls\u2019 Championship\u2019s final round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free of the energy-draining humidity which plagued recent PKBGT events, a jovial buzz echoed across the practice facilities. A new day and a clean slate, one final opportunity to challenge the field and push toward the top of the leaderboard. As the girls\u2019 marched to the starting tent, one by one, they locked eyes with 18 holes of golf ahead to prove themselves worthy of being crowned champion of Northern Virginia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the air remained dominated by rumbling engines of incoming commercial jets, a chorus of birds chirped their melodic tune &#8211; calming the nerves of anxious golfers overthinking the impending contest. Absolved of stress and strenuous thoughts, players were free to perambulate the fairways and simply play golf on a picturesque day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The field of 29 had a handle on the course Tuesday afternoon. <\/span><b>Danielle Suh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in particular, who jumped out to a commanding three-stroke lead in the Bell National division on the back of a three-under-par 69. Clustered atop the leaderboard in the Futures National division, several players were in a position to pull away and claim victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scorecards signed and the final tally posted, let\u2019s take a look at the final results of the 2019 PKBGT NOVA Girls\u2019 Championship!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bell National\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cruising through the mid-week championship with an under-par performance, <\/span><b>Danielle Suh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Herndon, VA 2020) defended her title as PKBGT NOVA Girls\u2019 champion. The future High Point attendee carded a two-day total score of 69, 73 = 142 (-2), departing Reston as back-to-back champion. She sank three birdies in her final round, bringing her tournament total to seven.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding on to the second spot on the leaderboard, <\/span><b>Sydney Hackett <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ashburn, VA 2022) finished runner-up to Suh. Hackett\u2019s two-day total score of 72, 75 = 147 (+3) was the product of five birdies, four of which came in her final round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the Bell National division top five, in a three-way tie for third place, were <\/span><b>Tatum Walsh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Midlothian, VA 2021), <\/span><b>Ester Choi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Midlothian, VA 2021) and <\/span><b>Alyssa Wang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Rockville, MD 2021). All three players finished with two-day total scores of 153 (+9).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walsh found her stride on the back nine of her final round, a scorching three-under-par 32. Her two-day split was 79, 74. A fellow Midlothian native, Choi enjoyed success of her own on the back nine, posting an even-par 35. She closed out the week with scores of 78, 75. Wang took advantage of a strong first round, finishing the tournament with scores of 74, 79.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Futures National<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emerging victorious in the Futures National field, <\/span><b>Cailyn Park <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Fairfax, VA 2025) maintained steady composure down the stretch. Park made a crucial birdie and finished her final four holes one-under-par. During her two-day performance of 81, 78 = 159 (+15), Park never gave in and powered from behind to earn her first National Series win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locked in a two-way tie for second place, <\/span><b>Emily Wang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Mclean, VA 2024) and <\/span><b>Shelby Herbert <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Charlotte Hall, MD 2024) each finished with scores of 160 (+16). One stroke behind Park, Wang put forth her best effort amid a three-birdie final round, closing the tournament with scores of 78, 82. Herbert\u2019s scores of 79 and 81 landed her in an identical spot, one stroke behind first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Fannie Sukhumparnich <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Bethesda, MD 2024) leaves Reston with a fourth-place medal after posting a two-day total score of 79, 82 = 161 (+17). Sukhumparnich made one birdie on the front nine of her final round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capping off Wednesday\u2019s top finishers at Hidden Creek, <\/span><b>Katie Vu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Fairfax Station, VA 2024) earned a fifth-place finish with scores of 84, 79 = 163 (+19). Vu closed out strong, with one birdie and a five-stroke improvement in her final round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Closing Remarks\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would like to thank Hidden Creek Country Club for their weekday hospitality in hosting the 2019 PKBGT NOVA Girls\u2019 Championship. Congratulations to all of our top performers in this week\u2019s event!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Final Leaderboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=11339&amp;TournamentDivisionID=61505&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/button_blog_scoreboard.jpg\" alt=\"View Event Photos\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" data-large_image_width=\"205\" data-large_image_height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the PKBGT<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 2007 by the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as a local girls\u2019 golf tour in the Triad region of North Carolina, the tour began as a simple concept: create more effective competitive playing opportunities for girls. By utilizing innovative yardage-based divisions instead of the traditional age-based format, the tour focused on developing tournament experience at the player\u2019s pace. The 2019 season will feature over 90 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast and with over 900 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl\u2019s only tour in the country.\u00a0 Learn more about the PKBGT at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, July 24, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour played the final round of the 2019 PKBGT NOVA Girls\u2019 Championship at Hidden Creek Country Club in Reston, VA.\u00a0 A luscious breeze swirled around Hidden Creek Country Club\u2019s gazebo Wednesday morning, where the PKBGT set check-in for a mid-week matinee on the course. 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