{"id":10573,"date":"2019-05-26T22:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T22:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=10573"},"modified":"2019-05-26T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T22:25:18","slug":"19event41_update2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/19event41_update2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Update 2.0: 2019 PKBGT Open Championship at Country Club of Salisbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Sunday, May 26, the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> played the second round of the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails\/0\/PKBGT-OPEN-CHAMPIONSHIP--CC-of-Salisbury\/10927\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 PKBGT Open Championship<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/ccofsalisbury.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Country Club of Salisbury<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Salisbury, NC. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm. With the first tee times at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour was graced with a clean, crisp golf course at the Country Club of Salisbury. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sun beat down on players and spectators early and often, blessed with another scenic day of bright blue skies and a mix of soft white clouds. A double-tee start was set to place, sending girls off of holes one and ten. In contrast to Saturday\u2019s all-out blitz of a shotgun start, the PKBGT course takeover was slow and steady. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was moving day at the 2019 PKBGT Open Championship on Sunday, with the field shrinking following the completion of the second round. Players hit the practice facilities from the moment they arrived at the course until their respective tee times. All working out the kinks from their previous round in hopes of earning a spot in Monday\u2019s final round. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were snakes falling out of trees, a five-under-par front nine, a slew of college coaches in attendance and a strong batch of talent vying for their position on the leaderboard. Sunday was far from an ordinary day on the course, with post round Cheerwine slushies by the pool. If that is any indication for what\u2019s to come on Monday, we are all in for a treat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a look at how the leaderboard panned out in the second round. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bell National <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading the Bell National field of 23 remaining players following the cut is <\/span><b>Kendall Turner <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Chesapeake, VA 2019). Turner followed up her first-round performance with a second consecutive under-par score, posting a 70 (-1). The future Duke shined in the spotlight as her coaches from James Madison University were on sight for the afternoon. With a clean front nine scorecard, Turner took advantage of three birdies on the back nine to enter the final round with a two-under-par 140 total score. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kayleigh Reinke <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Rock Hill, SC 2021) and <\/span><b>Kelley Topiwala <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Matthews, NC 2020) are in a two-way tie for second place heading into Monday\u2019s final round with total scores of 145 (+3). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reinke made a Sunday surge in the second round, posting a two-under-par 69 on the afternoon. She channeled the heat from the scorching sun onto her scorecard, where she made five birdies throughout her round. Topiwala held on to her spot near the top of the leaderboard with a three-birdie showing on Sunday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the 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>Kara Carter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Kingsport, TN 2021) and <\/span><b>Vynie Chen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Centreville, VA 2020) with total scores of 146 (+4). Carter and Chen matched each other with back-to-back scores of 73 (+2) in the first two rounds. Meng followed a Saturday score of 74 (+3) with a 72 (+1) on Sunday. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Futures National <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Top Two remains unchanged atop the Futures National field now standing at 16 players following Sunday\u2019s cut. <\/span><b>Grace Ridenour <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cary, NC 2025) sits in first place after posting a 75 (+4) in the second round, following up her first round 70 (-1). She made two birdies on the afternoon and enters Monday\u2019s final round with a total score of 145 (+3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One stroke behind Ridenour after matching her second-round score of 75, <\/span><b>Ellen Yu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High Point, NC 2026) is currently in second place in Salisbury. Yu made three birdies on the afternoon, including two in a row at the beginning of her back nine to boost her confidence. She heads to the final round with a total score of 146 (+4). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Becca Connolly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Winston-Salem, NC 2020) and <\/span><b>Madison Messimer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Myrtle Beach, SC 2025) are in a two-way tie for third place heading into the final round. Both players posted two-day total scores of 151 over the weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messimer made five birdies in her 76 (+5) on Sunday. Connolly dropped in three of her own to keep pace and remain in the chase, posting a 75 (+4). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the Top Five, in a two-way tie for fifth place is <\/span><b>Lauren Denhard <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Salisbury, NC 2019) and <\/span><b>Josephine Nguyen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Springfield, VA 2024) with total scores of 154 (+12).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Looking Forward <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memorial Day Weekend and the 2019 PKBGT Open Championship comes to a close with Monday\u2019s final round in Salisbury! Will anyone in the Bell National field make a charge and challenge Turner for the title? Who will prevail in the dual between Ridenour and Yu, or will a dark horse emerge from within the shadows to take the Futures National championship?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the live scoring link below to find out!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Live Scoring<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=10927\"><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=\"205\" data-large_image_height=\"253\" \/><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, May 26, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour played the second round of the 2019 PKBGT Open Championship at Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, NC. As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm. 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