{"id":10669,"date":"2019-06-16T18:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T18:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=10669"},"modified":"2019-06-16T18:57:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T18:57:42","slug":"19event49_recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/19event49_recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2019 PKBGT Valley Junior Girls Open at Hidden Valley Country Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Sunday, June 16, 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 final round of the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=11336\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 PKBGT Valley Junior Girls Open<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiddenvalleycc.com\/home\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidden Valley Country Club<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Salem, Virginia. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entering the final round in Salem on Saturday, the Bell National division remained up for grabs. Though <\/span><b>Sue Lee <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Lorton, VA 2022) held a three-stroke lead over the next closest competitor, there were 18 holes of golf to make up ground. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dedicated golf dads of the PKBGT spent Father\u2019s Day along the fairway, gazing on at the glistening course <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hidden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the valley, caps of the Appalachians towering off in the distance. Closing out an ideal weekend in Virginia, the simmering sun was a representation of the on-course performance from our Bell National leader. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Futures National division, the race was on &#8211; three players atop the leaderboard battling it out for the championship trophy. Opposite of the Bell National division, the Futures contest came down to the wire with a nail biting finish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In total, the field of 26 who traveled to Salem for a sensational Father\u2019s Day weekend of golf were blessed with pristine conditions in the air and on the course. Let\u2019s take a look at how the leaderboard panned out following Sunday\u2019s final round. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bell National <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running away with the title and posting a final round three-under-par 69, <\/span><b>Sue Lee <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Lorton, VA 2022) earned her first PKBGT national victory on the season! Lee set the pace early, rounding the turn with a three-under-par 33 including back-to-back birdies on the final two holes. She closed out her round with an even-par back nine on the way to an 11-stroke victory at Hidden Valley Country Club. Her two-day total score was 72, 69 = 141 (-3). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Maddie Smithco <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cranberry Township, PA 2020) and <\/span><b>Melissa Meng <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Blacksburg, VA 2020) finished in a tie for second place, each posting two-day total scores of 152 (+8). Smithco started off red-hot, making the turn at even-par. She cooled off on the back nine, closing out her weekend with back-to-back scores of 76. Meng stumbled early but regained her footing, finishing the tournament with two birdies on the last three holes. She posted scores of 75 and 77. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishing the tournament in fourth place, <\/span><b>Rachel Detore <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Fredericksburg, VA 2020) posted a two-day total score of 78, 81 = 159 (+15). Detore made two birdies in her Sunday afternoon round, with one on each half of the golf course. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the top five in the Bell National division, <\/span><b>Ester Choi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Midlothian, VA 2021) took fifth place honors at Hidden Valley Country Club this weekend. Choi carded a two-day total score of 84, 79 = 163 (+19). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Futures National <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fighting down to the very end, <\/span><b>Kathryn Ha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Roanoke, VA 2025) ended the tournament at the top of the leaderboard as champion of the 2019 PKBGT Valley Girls Junior Open in the Futures National division. Ha posted a two-day total score of 78, 76 = 154 (+10). She set the tone by making two birdies on the front nine in her round on Sunday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishing one stroke behind Ha, <\/span><b>Ellen Yu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High Point, NC 2026) fell just short of the championship trophy this weekend in Salem. Yu matched the final round score of 76 that Ha posted, but her first round performance proved to be the difference maker. She closed out the weekend with a two-day total score of \u00a079, 76 = 155 (+11). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In third place, with a two-day total score of 77, 86 = 163 (+19) was <\/span><b>Amelia Cho <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ashburn, VA 2024). Cho faced her fair share of struggles on Sunday, but made the highlight of her day with a birdie on the 7th hole. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standing alone in fourth place, <\/span><b>Kaitlyn Mosdell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Roanoke, VA 2021) finished off her weekend performance with a total score of 81, 84 = 165 (+21). Closing out the top finishers at the Valley Girls Junior Open was <\/span><b>Grace Addison <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Abingdon, VA 2023) and <\/span><b>Maddison Messimer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Myrtle Beach, SC 2025) who tied for fifth place. They both finished the weekend with two-day total scores of 168 (+24). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Closing Remarks <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would like to thank the entire staff at Hidden Valley Country Club for their gracious hospitality in hosting this weekend\u2019s 2019 PKBGT Valley Junior Girls Open. We would also like to thank our partner, the Valley Junior Girls Open Scholarship Fund, for their support in this event. Congratulations to all of our top finishers! <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Final Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=11336&amp;TournamentDivisionID=61498&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\"><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, June 16, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour played the final round of the 2019 PKBGT Valley Junior Girls Open at Hidden Valley Country Club in Salem, Virginia. Entering the final round in Salem on Saturday, the Bell National division remained up for grabs. 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