Greensboro, N.C. — Throughout the 2025 season, the 48 National Series events held this season varied across Classics, Traditions, and Championship-level events. Between 12 Traditions, which served as qualifiers for the LPGA*USGA Girls Golf Championship, 24 regular-season National events, including Classics, and 12 Championship-level events, this season’s National Series schedule stayed quite busy. With 2,550 players competed between all 48 events, averaging approximately 53 players per event, PKBGT players kept their calendars just as full, with our highest attended event being the second annual LPGA*USGA National Championship at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club.
Bell National
In the Bell National division, Riley Grimm (Pinehurst, N.C.) remained at the top of the Order of Merit rankings, successfully defending her title this year with 567.25 points. Riley became the fourth player to win back-to-back Bell National Order of Merit races and just the second player to win four or more total Order of Merit titles! Rising to second after an impressive finish at the season-closing Tour Championship, Emma Marshall (Bremen, Ga.) took second with 434.25 points. Making top-5 of the Bell National Order of Merit for the second consecutive year, Macie Rasmussen (Chesapeake, Va.) took third this season with 416 points.
Meanwhile, Miraya Lurie (Raleigh, N.C.) jumped seven spots up the leaderboard after taking fourth at the Tour Championship, landing her in fourth in the Bell National Order of Merit with 409 points. Rounding out her junior golf career before joining the Virginia Tech women’s golf program, Emerson B. Dever (Durham, N.C.) ended the season in fifth with 367.75 points.
Prep Preview
In the Prep Preview division, Katherine Yun (Ashburn, Va.) claimed first with 332.25 points after collecting two wins during the season at the PKBGT Open Championship & the Precision Jr. Girls Championship. After finishing second at the Tour Championship, Makenzie Aaron (Browns Summit, N.C.) jumped four spots to tie for second with Arley Jennings (Spartanburg, S.C.), with both players ending the season with 284.5 points. This marks both Jennings and Aaron’s rise from Futures National into the Prep Preview’s Order of Merit top-5.
Kameron Kohutek (Charlotte, N.C.) jumped five spot to land comfortably in fourth place in the Order of Merit rankings, with a total of 268.75 points. In the largest jump of all top-5 Order of Merit players across the three National Series divisions, Mary McCarlie (Winterville, N.C.) jumped an impressive eight spots to take fifth with 264.5 points after tying for fourth at the Tour Championship.
Futures National
In the Futures National division, all fresh, new faces greet the top-5 of this season’s Order of Merit. Taking first is Autumn Solesbee (Stanley, N.C.), ending the season with 402.5 points after winning two championship events at the PKBGT Tour Championship & the PKBGT Open Championship. With four wins throughout the season, Hadley Kate Elvington (Leland, N.C.) finished in second with 345 points. Close behind in third with 344.5 points is PKBGT Masters Futures National Champion Addie Lupton (Tega Cay, S.C.).
Reema Venkatesh (Marietta, Ga.) jumped six spots with her second place finish at the Tour Championship, landing in fourth with 309.5 points. Kathleen Kelly (Fairfax, Va.) took fifth with 278.5 points thanks to her consistent play by placing top-10 in all seven events she played in.
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We wish everyone congratulations on their wins and other high finishes this season, as well as thank you to those that continue to support the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour as we continue to grow and expand across the country. We look forward to making even more memories, upping our game, and setting new records in our 20th season next year! Have a look at what we’ve got planned for the start of the 2026 National Series below.
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About the PKBGT
Founded in 2007 by Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, a local girls’ 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’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’s only tour in the country. Learn more about the PKBGT at http://www.pkbgt.org/.
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