{"id":14493,"date":"2023-01-28T18:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=14493"},"modified":"2023-01-28T18:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:43:33","slug":"23event3_update-3-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/23event3_update-3-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: River Landing Girls Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Wallace, NC<\/b><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><i> The <\/i><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a><i> headed to Wallace, NC \u00a0for the opening round\u00a0of the River Landing Girls Classic at River Landing Golf Club<\/i><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bell National<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ella June Hannant<\/strong>\u00a0(Pikeville, NC 2026) took an early lead at the River Landing Girls Classic this afternoon. Hannant made two birdies in route to an opening 75 (+3). She leads by one over <strong>Malerie Lague<\/strong>\u00a0(Huntersville, NC 2025) and <strong>Karsyn Roberts<\/strong> (Pikeville, NC 2024). Lague played very steady over the course of the round, making 14 pars. The highlight of Roberts round was her three birdies including a back-to-back pair on the 13th and 14th. Close behind are <strong>Sanaa Carter<\/strong>\u00a0(Jacksonville, NC 2025) and <strong>Sloane Spessard\u00a0<\/strong>(Raleigh, NC 2024). Carter opened with a round of 77 (+5) and Spessard scored 79 (+7) for her round. They sit in fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Ella June Hannant<\/strong>\u00a0(Pikeville, NC 2026) \/ 75 (+3)<\/p>\n<p>T2. \u00a0<strong>Malerie Lague<\/strong>\u00a0(Huntersville, NC 2025) \/ 76 (+4)<\/p>\n<p>T2. <strong>Karsyn Roberts<\/strong> (Pikeville, NC 2024) \/ 76 (+4)<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Sanaa Carter<\/strong>\u00a0(Jacksonville, NC 2025) \/ 77 (+5)<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Sloane Spessard\u00a0<\/strong>(Raleigh, NC 2024) \/\u00a079 (+7)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=22747\">Click Here to View Full Bell National Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Futures National<\/h2>\n<p>The low round of the day in the Futures National division belonged to <b><strong>Aspen Bikowski\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(White Plains, MD 2027). Bikowski made two birdies during her round and holds a two shot lead. Her closest competitor is <b>Peyton Nichols\u00a0<\/b>(Winterville, NC 2024) who played steady all day and avoided any large numbers to put her right in the mix heading into the final round. <b>Elle Overly\u00a0<\/b>(Lititz, PA 2025) and <strong>Karoline Sweet\u00a0<\/strong>(Moseley, VA 2028) made matching 82&#8217;s (+10) and are tied for third. Just five shots behind is <strong>Katelyn Cox\u00a0<\/strong>(Taylors, SC 2026) who is looking to make a Sunday charge at River Landing Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Aspen Bikowski<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>(White Plains, MD 2027) \/ 77 (+5)<\/p>\n<p>2. <b>Peyton Nichols\u00a0<\/b>(Winterville, NC 2024)\u00a0\/ 79 (+7)<\/p>\n<p>T3.\u00a0<b>Elle Overly\u00a0<\/b>(Lititz, PA 2025) \/ 82 (+10)<\/p>\n<p>T3. <strong>Karoline Sweet\u00a0<\/strong>(Moseley, VA 2028) \/ 82 (+10)<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Katelyn Cox\u00a0<\/strong>(Taylors, SC 2026) \/ 82 (+11)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=22747&amp;TournamentDivisionID=112360&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\">Click Here to View Full Futures National Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Round 2 will begin Sunday, January 8th, at 10:00 AM, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the final round at the River Landing Girls Classic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Live-Scoring\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=22751&amp;TournamentDivisionID=112392&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/button_blog_scoreboard.jpg\" alt=\"View Event Scoreboard\" 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 Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, 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 2022-2023 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<hr \/>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wallace, NC&#8211; The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour headed to Wallace, NC \u00a0for the opening round\u00a0of the River Landing Girls Classic at River Landing Golf Club.\u00a0 &nbsp; Bell National Ella June Hannant\u00a0(Pikeville, NC 2026) took an early lead at the River Landing Girls Classic this afternoon. Hannant made two birdies in route to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":14479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[1040,1041,872,712,1103],"class_list":["post-14493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event_news","tag-bell-national","tag-futures-national","tag-national-series","tag-pkbgt","tag-river-landing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Update: River Landing Girls Classic - PKB Girls&#039; Tour News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/23event3_update-3-3-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update: River Landing Girls Classic - PKB Girls&#039; Tour News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wallace, NC&#8211; The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour headed to Wallace, NC \u00a0for the opening round\u00a0of the River Landing Girls Classic at River Landing Golf Club.\u00a0 &nbsp; Bell National Ella June Hannant\u00a0(Pikeville, NC 2026) took an early lead at the River Landing Girls Classic this afternoon. 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