{"id":13948,"date":"2022-04-25T15:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=13948"},"modified":"2022-04-25T15:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:31:12","slug":"22event43_recap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/22event43_recap-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2022 PKBGT Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational at Carolina Trace CC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Sunday, April 24th, the <a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> played the final round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails\/0\/SPRING-INVITATIONAL--the-Links-at-Stoney-Point\/10567\">2022 PKBGT Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinatracecc.com\/\">Carolina Trace Country Club<\/a> in Sanford, NC. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The aroma of spring greeted the players as they took to the practice range Sunday morning. Tee times for the final round of the 2022 PKBGT Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational were set to commence at 8:00 AM off of Hole #1. Players arrived at the practice facilities eager to get the round started and to potentially take home the hardware. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the first round of play at the six-time host facility of the US Women&#8217;s Open Sectional Qualifier, Spring Invitational was open for the taking. Going into Round 2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Emma Niebauer <\/b>and<b> Riley Grimm<\/b> shared the lead at just four-over-par for the Prep Preview Division. <strong>Adelyn Rosado<\/strong> held the lead after day one for the Discovery Division firing a round of 78 (+6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girls took to the course, beaming rays of sunshine livening the aesthetic course and setting the perfect scene for the final round of the 2022 Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational. Yes, indeed, Day Two at the iconic Carolina Trace Country Club came with the quintessential conditions to catch Spring Fever. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the day, one player stood alone atop each leaderboard as champions of the PKBGT Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Prep Preview<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strutting with swag for the second day in a row, Emma held on to the lead with another strong performance in the final round to win the 2022 PKBGT Spring Prep Invitational. <strong>Emma Niebauer<\/strong><\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High Point, NC 2022) took home the championship bowl in the 22 player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/schedule.php?code=PP\">Prep Preview<\/a> field with a two-day score of 76, 78 = 154 (+10). Though Niebauer hit some bumps along the road, she turned her swag on to go home with the win. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just five strokes behind Niebauer, finishing as tied for runner up with a two-day scores of 84, 75 = 159 (+15) and 79, 80 = 159 (+10) was <strong>Xinyan Li<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Waxhaw, NC 2026) and <strong>Cailynn Winford<\/strong> (Mooresville, NC 2023). Li had a strong second round which catapulted her from 13th after round 1 to runner-up for the event. Winford&#8217;s consistency between her two rounds led her to taking home the Third Place hardware after a scorecard playoff with Li.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Prep Preview Top-5<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n1. Emma Niebauer, 2022, High Point, NC 76-78&#8211;154<br \/>\nT2. Xinyan Li, 2026, Waxhaw, NC 84-75&#8211;159<br \/>\nT2. Cailynn Winford, 2023, Mooresville, NC 79-80&#8211;159<br \/>\nT4. Riley Grimm, 2028, Pinehurst, NC 76-84&#8211;160<br \/>\nT4. Malerie Lague, 2025, Huntersville , NC 85-75&#8211;160<br \/>\nT4. Grace Lindsey, 2025, Mount Pleasant, SC 81-79&#8211;160<br \/>\nT4. Olivia Ireland, 2023, Inman, SC 79-81&#8211;160<\/p>\n<h2><b>Discovery<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 36-Hole event is rare to see with our Discovery Division, but 7 players decided to take up the challenge and participate. <strong>Adelyn Rosado<\/strong><\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cary, NC 2030) took home the championship bowl in the with a two-day score of 78, 78 = 156 (+12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryn Krosse<\/strong> (York, PA 2030) , the 2021 Delaware Valley Discovery Order of Merit Champion came in second with a stellar bogey-free, even-par front nine during Round 1. The back-nine proved to be a challenge for all players on Day 2, but Krosse held her own to finish just four-strokes behind Rosado. <strong>Gayatri Arora<\/strong> (Pinehurst, NC 2030) played in her first ever PKBGT Event and had a great finish that lead her to take home the Third Place hardware.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Discovery Top-5<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n1. Adelyn Rosado, 2030, Cary, NC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a078-78&#8211;156<br \/>\n2. Bryn Krosse, 2030, York, PA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a080-80&#8211;160<br \/>\n3. Gayatri Arora, 2030, Pinehurst, NC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a083-80&#8211;163<br \/>\nT4. Ryland Portadin, 2029, Colts Neck, NJ\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a088-77&#8211;165<br \/>\nT4. Vivian Lott, 2029, Fayetteville, GA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a084-81&#8211;165<\/p>\n<h2><b>Closing Remarks <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would like to extend our greatest thanks to Ray and the entire staff at Carolina Trace Country Club for their incredible hospitality throughout the weekend, hosting the Tour\u2019s Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational event for the first time. Competing on a course that has hosted many high-level Amateur events, the weekend provided a challenge for all of our competitors. We would like to congratulate all of our Top Finishers at the Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Final Scoreboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=20037&amp;TournamentDivisionID=101601&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=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" data-large_image_width=\"1111.699604743083\" data-large_image_height=\"1372\" \/><\/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 2022 season will feature over 138 tournaments in 12+ states and with over 1,000 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl\u2019s 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, April 24th, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour played the final round of the 2022 PKBGT Spring Prep and Discovery Invitational at Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, NC. \u00a0The aroma of spring greeted the players as they took to the practice range Sunday morning. 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