On Friday, September 20, the Carolinas Golf Asssociation and the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour hosted the first annual Carolinas Girls’ High School Challenge at Keith Hills Country Club in Buies Creek, NC. Keith Hills, home to the Campbell University men’s and women’s golf teams, was an ideal venue for inaugural event. The championship was 18-holes of team and individual stroke play. There were 62 girls at the event, including 14 different high school teams and a handful of individuals.
In individual stoke play, Savannah Gowarty (Raleigh, NC 2015) of Sanderson High School and Leigha Holt (Holly Springs, NC 2014) of Holly Spring High School both shot two over par with scores of 74. There was a two-hole sudden-death playoff which Gowarty proved triumphant to capture the medalist title.
In the team stroke play, Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, NC carded 249 to capture the team title. The Ardrey Kell High School squad was represented by Moon Cheong (Charlotte, NC 2017), Megan Cullip (Charlotte, NC 2015), Alexis Whitney (Charlotte, NC 2016), and Sarah Zimmerle (Charlotte, NC 2017), who, in addition to being a championship high school team, are all standout PKB Tour players!
Click the button below to see the tournament recap, including pictures and the scoreboard.
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. The PKBGT is the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 330 members in 2012, 137 alumni in the collegiate ranks and 29 National Letter of Intent signees for fall 2013. Learn more about the tour at pkbgt.org or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at mparker@pkbgt.org or 336-347-8537.
The Carolinas Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with 685 member clubs represented by over 150,000 individuals. With its rich legacy, championship traditions and commitment to the future of the game, the CGA has been a steward of golf in the Carolinas for over 100 years. Learn more about the Carolinas Golf Association at carolinasgolf.org or by contacting Director of Junior Golf Jason Cox at jason.cox@carolinasgolf.org.
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