{"id":12426,"date":"2020-08-09T13:18:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2020-08-09T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:53:28","slug":"20event101_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/20event101_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Tour Championship at Pine Needles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Greensboro, NC-<\/strong><i> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour<\/a> heads to our tour namesake for the annual Tour Championship hosted at Ms. Bell&#8217;s Pine Needles Golf Resort. Pine Needles, voted annually as one of the top tracks in the Carolina&#8217;s, has been privileged to host three USGA Women&#8217;s Opens, including the upcoming 2022 US Women&#8217;s Open. The best of the tour converge at the home of golf in North Carolina for this 54 hole championship event.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/inc\/20PKBGT_safetyprotocols.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/images\/banner\/pkbgtsafetyprotocols.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bell National<\/h2>\n<p>In the Bell National division, forty-five players will compete on the 6050 yards par 72 set up.\u00a0 Players earned their way into the field based on their standing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Public\/Standings?TourID=190\">PKBGT Bell National Order of Merit list<\/a> for the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked players in the field include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>#1 &#8211; Sydney Hackett <\/b>\u2014 Ashburn, VA\u00a0 \u2014 Class of 2022 \u2014 #6 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<li><b>#3 &#8211; Maria Atwood<\/b>\u2014 Holly Spring, NC\u00a0 \u2014 Class of 2022 \u2014 #12 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<li><b>#4 &#8211; Melanie Walker <\/b>\u2014 Burke, VA\u00a0 \u2014 Class of 2022 \u2014 #13 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<li><b>#8 &#8211; Adrian Anderson<\/b> \u2014 Murrels Inlet, SC\u00a0 \u2014 Class of 2022 \u2014 #5 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both fields are flooded with talent, including sponsor exemption <strong>Hyo Joon Jang<\/strong> (Bluffton, SC 2022), the #1 ranked junior golfer on Junior Golf Scoreboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Play will begin on Friday, August 14, at 7:30 AM EST (weather permitting). To view starting times, <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings\/14635\/TOUR-CHAMPIONSHIP--Pine-Needles-Lodge--GC\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Futures National<\/h2>\n<p>In the Futures National division, thirty-nine players will compete on the 5,472 yards par 72 set up.\u00a0 Players earned their way into the field based on their standing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Public\/Standings?TourID=190&amp;TourSeasonID=677&amp;DivisionID=2999&amp;TourRankingSystemID=0\">PKBGT Futures National Order of Merit list<\/a> for the 2019-20 season.\u00a0 \u00a0The Top 29 players in the Futures Order of Merit list are all in the field at Pine Needles this coming weekend to compete for the title!<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked players in the field include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>#1 &#8211; Madison Messimer <\/b>\u2014 Myrtle Beach, SC \u2014 Class of 2025 \u2014 #57 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<li><b>#2 &#8211; Kathryn Ha <\/b>\u2014 Roanoke, VA \u2014 Class of 2025\u2014 #23 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<li><b>#3 &#8211; Emerson Dever <\/b>\u2014 Durham, NC\u00a0 \u2014 Class of 2025 \u2014 #109 on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Play will begin on Friday, August 14, at 10:00 AM EST (weather permitting). To view starting times, <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings\/14635\/TOUR-CHAMPIONSHIP--Pine-Needles-Lodge--GC\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the PKBGT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2007 by Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as a local girls&#8217; golf tour in the Triad region of North Carolina.\u00a0 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&#8217;s pace. The 2020 season will feature over 110 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast, and with over 1,000 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl&#8217;s only tour in the country.\u00a0 Learn more about the PKBGT at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For complete coverage of the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour, follow the PKBGT on social media @PKBGirlsTour (Twitter), facebook.com\/girlsgolftour (Facebook), @pkbgirlstour (Instagram) or visit our website at <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">www.pkbgt.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greensboro, NC- The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour heads to our tour namesake for the annual Tour Championship hosted at Ms. Bell&#8217;s Pine Needles Golf Resort. 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