{"id":10324,"date":"2019-03-30T22:54:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=10324"},"modified":"2019-03-30T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T22:54:15","slug":"19event22_update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/19event22_update\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: 2019 PKBGT Commonwealth Classic at Lake Monticello Golf Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Saturday, March 30, the <a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> played the first round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=10569\">2019 Commonwealth Classic<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakemonticellogolf.org\/\">Lake Monticello Golf Course<\/a> in Palmyra, VA. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The breeze flowing off of Lake Monticello, through the trees and to the course on Saturday morning set a soothing vibe to calm any nerves surrounding the stakes of the 2019 Commonwealth Classic. The glowing rays of the sun shining down from the crystal clear blue skies reassurance that it was going to be a good day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting times for the 2019 Commonwealth Classic were set to begin at 10 a.m. on the first tee. Each of the 32 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/schedule.php?code=B\">Bell National<\/a> players entered the day with a chance to win a spot in the LPGA Pure Silk Girls\u2019 Junior Championship Qualifier. The 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/schedule.php?code=FN\">Futures National<\/a> players had their eyes set on the coveted glass trophy of a PKBGT Classic Championship. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tour was welcomed to Lake Monticello Golf Course with open arms, the utmost of hospitality. The girls felt at home as they took to the tee to begin their afternoon. Upon the first rounds completion, here is how the leaderboard stands! <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bell National <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading the Bell National field by two strokes following the first day of play is <\/span><b>Sue Lee <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Lorton, VA 2022). Lee fired a first-round 73 (+1) to give herself a bit of room to breath entering Sunday\u2019s final round. She sprinkled three birdies into her round and had two birdies in three holes from the fifth to the seventh. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishing in a two-way tie for second place following the first round is <\/span><b>Katie Park <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Fairfax, VA 2022) and <\/span><b>Kendall Turner <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Chesapeake, VA 2019). Both players shot scores of 75 (+3) on the afternoon. Turner had a birdie on the fifth hole while Park had two birdies on the day including her first hole of the afternoon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the Bell National top five, in a three-way tie for fourth place is <\/span><b>Melissa Meng <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Blacksburg, VA 2020), <\/span><b>Lydia Swan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(North East, PA 2022), and <\/span><b>Jennifer Cleary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Wilmington, DE 2020). All three players shot 76 (+4) on the afternoon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meng carded two birdies on the afternoon, one on the eighth hole and one on the 16th. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swan birdied her second hole of the day and Cleary birdied the fifth hole. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Futures National <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Elizabeth Tucci <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(New Market, MD 2022) jumped out to an early lead on Saturday and sits in first place on the Futures National Leaderboard. Tucci finished the first round with a score of 76 (+4). She started the day off strong with two pars and a birdie, setting the tone for the entire afternoon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In second place, just one shot behind Tucci is <\/span><b>Sarah Lydic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ocean View DE 2024). Lydic finished the day with a score of 77 (+5) and started her back nine off strong with a birdie on the 11th hole. She looks to keep pace with Tucci in Sunday\u2019s final round. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nobody was willing to give in and relinquish third place in the Futures National division. After the first round, there was a four-way tie to round out the top finishers. <\/span><b>Kanchana Duangsuam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Haymarket, VA 2026), <\/span><b>Anna Swan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(North East, PA 2024), <\/span><b>Madison Yom <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Burke, VA 2024), and <\/span><b>Amelia Cho <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ashburn, VA 2024) all finished the afternoon with scores of 82 (+10). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Looking Forward <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With everything on the line, Sunday afternoon promises for an exciting finish in Virginia. Players in both divisions look for a rally to the top of the leaderboard. A spot in the LPGA Pure Silk Girls\u2019 Junior Championship Qualifier and additional PKBGT hardware is at stake, so stay tuned to the live scoring link below to follow the action. Tee times for the final round begin at 10 a.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Live Scoring<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=10569\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/button_blog_scoreboard.jpg\" alt=\"View Event Photos\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" data-large_image_width=\"1154.6442687747035\" data-large_image_height=\"1425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the PKBGT<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 2007 by the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as a local girls\u2019 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\u2019s pace. The 2019 season will feature over 90 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast and with over 900 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl\u2019s only tour in the country.\u00a0 Learn more about the PKBGT at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, March 30, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour played the first round of the 2019 Commonwealth Classic at Lake Monticello Golf Course in Palmyra, VA. 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