{"id":15143,"date":"2024-10-29T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=15143"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:25:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:25:29","slug":"25event3_recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/25event3_recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Mia Carles and Anna Norris win big at the Azalea Girls Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Aiken, S.C. \u2014 Mia Carles<\/strong> (Clinton, SC 2027) and <strong>Anna Norris<\/strong> (Johns Creek, GA 2030) lapped their respective divisions with stellar find rounds at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour<\/a>&#8216;s Azalea Girls Classic at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invitedclubs.com\/clubs\/woodside-country-club\">Woodside Country Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PKBGT headed to South Carolina for the Azalea Girls Classic where players competed in the Bell National &amp; Futures National divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Bell National division, Mia Carles entered the Sunday holding the lead following an opening round of 74 (+2)! Carles started her round steady by playing her front nine in an even par 36. After dropping a shot on the 10th hole, Carles caught fire. She rattled off five birdies over the next seven holes to close with a round of 70 (-2). Her two rounds of 74 &amp; 70 were the two best rounds in the Bell National division leading to her seven shot victory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-e1730209179138.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-e1730209179138.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-e1730209179138.jpeg 651w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-e1730209179138-300x172.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2024 Azalea Girls Classic Bell National Medalists<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ava Cottis <\/strong>(Savannah, GA 2025) played consistently all weekend with rounds of 76 (+4) &amp; 75 (+3) helping her to a solo second finish. Cottis made par or better on 30 of her 36 holes. <strong>Tatiana Ang<\/strong> (Lake Mary, FL 2026) played her final 11 holes on Saturday in one-under par with 10 pars and a birdie to shoot an opening 75 (+3). She continued her back-nine success on Sunday with eight pars and a lone bogey helping her to a third place finish. A pair of late birdies on Sunday for <strong>Emma Marshall<\/strong> (Bremen, GA 2025) led her to a fourth place finish. Her fourth straight top-10 finish in the Bell National series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Futures National division, Anna Norris played lights out all weekend. She birded four holes on Saturday to shoot a round of 69 (-3) to pace the division by a shot. After holing out for an eagle on her first hole on Sunday, Norris played the rest of her front nine in even par. Then she caught fire, she birded five of her last seven holes to close with a 65 (-7) to run away with a 13 shot victory! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reema Venkatesh<\/strong> (Marietta, GA 2031) followed her first round 75 (+3) with a round of even par 72 on Sunday. Venkatesh was perfect on the front nine all weekend making a birdie and 17 pars helping her to a second place finish. In her first Futures National round, <strong>Sadie Muns<\/strong> (Martinez, GA 2031) made four birdies and shot 70 (-2). It was an impressive debut for Muns that resulted in a third place finish. <strong>Kennedy Gallentine<\/strong> (Iron Station, NC 2029) finished in fourth place, her best finish in the PKBGT National Series in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-e1730210812773.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-e1730210812773.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-e1730210812773.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-e1730210812773-300x153.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-e1730210812773-768x392.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">2024 Azalea Girls Classic Futures National Medalists<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the champions of the Azalea Girls Classic and all of our medalists from this past weekend. We would also like to thank the staff at Woodside Country Club for hosting us this weekend and their great hospitality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, the PKBGT will head to <a href=\"https:\/\/wngc.com\">Williamsburg National Golf Club<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=27396&amp;TnmtDate=2024&amp;TnmtName=ColonialClassic%40WilliamsburgNational#overview\">Colonial Girls Classic<\/a>! Good luck and safe travels to all the players competing this weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=27391\">Click Here to View the Full Azalea Girls Classic Leaderboard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the PKBGT<\/h2>\n\n\n\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.&nbsp; 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 2023-2024 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.&nbsp; Learn more about the PKBGT at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">www.pkbgt.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aiken, S.C. \u2014 Mia Carles (Clinton, SC 2027) and Anna Norris (Johns Creek, GA 2030) lapped their respective divisions with stellar find rounds at the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour&#8216;s Azalea Girls Classic at Woodside Country Club. 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