{"id":15428,"date":"2025-11-15T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=15428"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:23:48","slug":"joshi-fires-a-69-leads-by-one-at-the-17th-pkbgt-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/joshi-fires-a-69-leads-by-one-at-the-17th-pkbgt-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshi Fires a 69(-3), Leads by One at the 17th PKBGT Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wilmington, NC<\/strong>&#8211; The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour headed to the Country Club of Landfall for the seventeenth playing of the PKBGT Invitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Play began today on the Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall at 8:30 AM with <strong>Erin Mullin<\/strong> (Clifton, VA 2026) hitting the opening tee shot. As players started battling the difficult, firm Pete Dye greens, the wind picked up bringing another challenge to the Invitational competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ira Joshi<\/strong> (Pinehurst, NC 2029) played steady golf through her front nine with 8 pars and a lone bogey. As she made the turn, her birdie putts started dropping: closing with four birdies in an impressive back nine 32! Her round of 69 (-3) was the low round of the day giving her the overnight lead. Joshi will be looking to earn her second Bell National Series victory this weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192-1014x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15431\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192-297x300.jpg 297w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192-768x776.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192-1521x1536.jpg 1521w, http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0204-1-scaled-e1763241239192.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ira Joshi hitting her tee shot on the third hole at the 16th PKBGT Invitational<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a quartet of players under par right behind Joshi. <strong>Kennedy MacCleery<\/strong> (Crozet, VA 2027) made six birdies during her opening round on her way to posting a 70 (-2) to sit in solo second place. Three players shot rounds of 71 (-1) and are positioned nicely to make a charge this weekend: <strong>Abigail Avallone<\/strong> (Bethesda, MD 2026), <strong>Isabella Anderson<\/strong> (Columbus, OH 2026), and <strong>Ava Osborne<\/strong> (Austin, TX 2027). The second strongest field in PKBGT history is showing its strength as many players are within striking distance after one round! 16 of the 66 players in the field are within five shots of the lead with 36 holes still to play!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second round of the 17th PKBGT Invitational will begin tomorrow at 8:30 AM. Following the second round, the field will be reduced to the top 33 players and ties. Players will look to position themselves inside the cut line and make a charge on moving day! You can follow the live leaderboard tomorrow at the link below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings?TournamentID=32014&amp;TournamentName=the-17th-PKBGT-INVITATIONAL\">Click here to See Second Round Pairings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=32014\">Click Here to See the Leaderboard <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilmington, NC&#8211; The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour headed to the Country Club of Landfall for the seventeenth playing of the PKBGT Invitational. Play began today on the Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall at 8:30 AM with Erin Mullin (Clifton, VA 2026) hitting the opening tee shot. 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