On Saturday-Sunday, June 6-7, the 2015 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour plays the Wolfpack Classic at Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State University. Lonnie Poole, home to the North Carolina State University women’s golf teams is a demanding course for this two-day tournament. The event features a field 67 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 425 members in 2014 and over 350 girls playing in or committed to collegiate golf.
The Prep Series field features 31 golfers, highlighted by the 2014 defending champion, Siranon Shoomee (Sanford, NC 2016), and six of the top-35 players on the 2015 PKBGT Performance Index, including: Shoomee ranked 11th, Samantha Vodry (Mooresville, NC 2016) ranked 13th, Grace Massengill (Hickory, NC 2016) ranked 20th, Hailey Freedman (Chapel Hill, NC 2018) ranked 23rd, Joliana Elias (Jamestown, NC 2015) ranked 34th, and Caroline Cahill (Wilmington, NC 2017) ranked 35th.
The Futures Series field features 36 golfers, highlighted by a 11 of top-50 players on the 2015 PKBGT Futures Series Order of Merit list, including: Parker Melting (Mint Hill, NC 2018) in 4th position, Kendall Turner (Chesapeake, VA 2019) in 7th position, Emily Anderson (Matthews, NC 2017) in 11th position, Mogie Adamchik (Raleigh, NC 2017) in 14th position, Jayla Rogers (Wilmington, NC 2019) in 25th position, Riley Hamilton (Reidsville, NC 2020) in 30th position, Jordan Young (Winston-Salem, NC 2016) in 31st position, Melissa Meng (Blacksburg, VA 2020) in 43rd position, Jenna Nagy (Apex, NC 2017) in 46th position, Emily Brubaker (Raleigh, NC 2020) in 47th position, and Taylor Bair (Browns Summit, NC 2017) in 48th position.
The Wolfpack Classic brings together players from North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. It should be a great event!
The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour is an initiative of the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation aimed at increasing learning and playing opportunities for youth golfers. Based out of Greensboro, North Carolina, the PKBGT offers low cost, nationally ranked girls’ golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls’ golfers for high school and collegiate golf. Learn more about the tour at pkbgt.org or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at mparker@pkbgt.org or 336-347-8537.
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