Salisbury, NC–On Saturday, May 23 the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour ended their 76-day hiatus from tournament play due to the Coronavirus-19 pandemic when the trio of Victoria Cook (Reidsville, NC 2020), Anna Howerton (Winston-Salem, NC 2023), and Megan Morris (Cary, NC 2021) struck their opening tee balls at high-noon on the Donald Ross Classic Design at Country Club of Salisbury. Due to flooding, holes 11-14 were unplayable today. The course was rerouted for the competitors to replay holes 1-4 with hole #3 being played as a par-4.
Bell National
Leading the Bell National field is Nicole Adam (Pinehurst, NC 2020), after an opening round of 68 (-3). The 2019 Carolina’s Golf Association Junior Player of the Year carded six birdies in her opening round on the par 71 layout. Nicole’s last PKBGT tournament outing ended with a victory back in 2019 at the Peggy Kirk Bell Junior at Pine Needles Golf and Lodge on December 28-29. The UNC-Chapel Hill commit heads into the second round with a three-shot lead.
- Nicole Adam (Pinehurst, NC 2020) / 68 (-3)
T2. Emma Chen (Derwood, MD 2022) / 71 (E)
T2. Sara Im (Duluth, GA 2023) / 71 (E)
T2. Adrian Anderson (Murrels Inlet, SC 2023) / 71 (E)
T2. Mikayla Dubnik (Murrayville, GA 2021) / 71 (E)
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About the PKBGT
Founded in 2007 by Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as 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 2020 season will feature over 1110 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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