Greensboro, NC- The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour opens its championship season this weekend at the ROCKET TOUR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP at the University of Georgia Golf Club. The tenth edition of the Players Championship will be contested on the same course as the annual Liz Murphy Collegiate, one of the strongest fields in college women’s golf every single year. UGA Golf Club, a top 10 university golf course, will welcome the best of the Bell National, Prep Preview, and Futures National the PKB Girls Tour has to offer. The field consists of players from eleven states as well as Panama and Quebec, Canada.
Bell National
In the Bell National division, forty players will tee it up on the 6000 yards par 72 set up.
Top-ranked players in the field include:
- Elizabeth Rudisill — Charlotte, NC — Class of 2025 — #9 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Hailey Han — Duluth, GA — Class of 2025 — #17 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Heather Appelson — Wake Forest, NC — Class of 2023 — #24 on the PKBGT Performance Index
Play will begin on Saturday, February 19, at 9:00 AM EST with a double tee start (weather permitting).
Prep Preview
In the Prep Preview division, twenty-one players will compete on the 5701 yards par 72 set up.
Top-ranked players in the field include:
- Saanvi Venkatesh —Marietta, GA — Class of 2024 — #168 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Trisha Shivaiah —Milton, GA — Class of 2024 — #184 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Mahathi Vurupatur — Alpharetta, GA — Class of 2026 — #191 on the PKBGT Performance Index
Play will begin on Saturday, February 19, at 9:00 AM EST with a double tee start (weather permitting).
Futures National
In the Futures National division, twenty-one players will compete on the 5200 yards par 72 set up.
Top-ranked players in the field include:
- Madison Rizzo —Leesburg, VA — Class of 2025 — #177 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Molly Spector — Atlanta, GA — Class of 2028 — #185 on the PKBGT Performance Index
- Hannah Rizzo — Leesburg, VA — Class of 2023 — #212 on the PKBGT Performance Index
Play will begin on Saturday, February 19, at 9:00 AM EST with a double tee start (weather permitting).
Rocket Tour has been the presenting sponsor of the Players Championship since 2015. As a part of the sponsorship, custom limited edition PKBGT knit headcovers are given out as a tournament gift. PKBGT players sport these limited edition headcovers with pride, knowing they earned the right to play in the prestigious Rocket Tour Players Championship. The Rocket Tour Players Championship has steadily grown into one of the most popular events to compete in on tour. This year, in the ninth edition of the Players Championship, the tour received more applications to play than any other year!
Founded in 2004, Rocket Tour designs headcovers that are a “unique mix of classic and modern with a stylish fun twist to encourage self-expression.” The fine quality knit covers are personally designed by founder Helena Stanton and hand-finished in Boulder, Colorado. Rocket Tour currently outfits more than 250 collegiate golf programs, junior golf programs, state golf associations, and charity initiatives.
“We are thrilled to be the PKBGT presenting sponsor for the 7th consecutive year. I look forward to the Rocket Tour Players Championship every year” says Helena Stanton, Rocket Tour Founder and CEO. “The PKBGT team does an amazing job, and it is remarkable to see so many gifted girls compete at such a high level. I could not be more proud to be the host sponsor. Rocket Tour is committed to developing the game and believes that tournaments such as this event are important to junior golf as competition is a main ingredient for future participation. We hope these girls go as far as the game will take them and look forward to seeing many of them join their peers at top university programs around the country.”
“The Girls Golf of America Foundation and the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour are proud to partner with Rocket Tour Golf to promote girls golf,” Mike Parker, PKBGT Director stated. “Rocket Tour is a long-standing supporter of girls competitive golf, and the girls display the custom headcover in their golf bags with pride.”
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 2021-2022 season will feature over 110 tournaments in 10 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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