{"id":10706,"date":"2019-06-24T22:55:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T22:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=10706"},"modified":"2019-06-24T22:59:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T22:59:31","slug":"19event53_recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/19event53_recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2019 PKBGT North Carolina Series at Mill Creek Golf Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, June 24, the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour&#8217;s<\/span><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/schedule.php?TID=10\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Carolina Series<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> competed at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmillcreek.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mill Creek Golf Course<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mebane, North Carolina.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading up to Monday\u2019s North Carolina Series event, competitors and spectators geared up for a sweltering afternoon at Mill Creek Golf Course. Just several days prior, many familiar faces closed out their round in a swirling, yet soothing wind at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/19event51_recap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryan Park Golf Course<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though sunshine was far from absent, the fresh air in Mebane paired with a pleasant breeze kept conditions manageable for an afternoon of golf. The field of 35 members competed in one of three divisions: Prep division at 5,711 yards, Futures division at 5,147 yards and Discovery division at 1,779 yards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PKBGT regional events offer innovative yardage-based divisions to girls aged 9-17. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/about_series.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PKBGT Series Progression<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows players to progress towards playing collegiate golf by playing yardage\/skill appropriate tournaments as they develop their game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 18 (or 9) riveting holes of competition, let\u2019s take a look at how the leaderboard panned out following Monday\u2019s round!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Prep Division\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the short trip west, <\/span><b>Ella Perna <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Durham, NC 2022) departed Mebane with a first-place trophy after winning the Prep division title. Perna posted a score of 75 (+3) on the afternoon, dropping a pair of birdies on the front nine. She closed out her round with two additional birdies on the back nine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishing runner-up, <\/span><b>Sophie Lauture <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Raleigh, NC 2024) fell one stroke short of forcing a tiebreaker playoff. Lauture made three birdies in a row from the 12th hole through the 15th hole. She finished Monday\u2019s competition with a final score of 76 (+4).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenging both Perna and Lauture throughout the afternoon, <\/span><b>Chloe Pittman <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Davidson, NC 2020) finished in third place. Pittman ended her day with a score of 77 (+5) and posted two birdies in her round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the top four, <\/span><b>Emily Matthews <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Mebane, NC 2023) posted a score of 78 (+6) at Mill Creek. The hometown showing started off slow, but Matthews regained her form, making two birdies on an even-par back nine. She earned a fourth place finish with her performance on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Future Division\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stealing the show at Mill Creek, <\/span><b>Kinsley Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Raleigh, NC 2024) rode a 76 (+4) to victory on Monday afternoon. Smith set the pace early with a one-under par front nine which featured two birdies. She added one final birdie on the back nine en route to victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joining the Smith\u2019s party, <\/span><b>Brooke Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Morrisville, NC 2022) finished runner-up, two strokes behind Kinsley. Smith dropped three birdies on the afternoon, including two on her front nine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah Edwards <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Greensboro, NC 2025) cracked the top finishers for her second tournament in a row. Edwards earned a third place finish after posting a score of 84 (+12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fourth place, rounding out the top finishers, was <\/span><b>Haylie George <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cary, NC 2021). George posted a score of 86 (+14) for her round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Discovery Division\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her second place finish at Bryan Park now a distant memory, <\/span><b>Jenna Kim <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Raleigh, NC 2027) jumped to the top of the leaderboard, taking home the championship in the Discovery division. Kim posted a final score of 37 (+9) in her round at Mill Creek Golf Course. Her peak moment of the day came with a birdie at the seventh hole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Riley Grimm <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High Point, NC 2028) earned runner-up honors after posting two-over par 38 on the afternoon. Grimm made six straight pars to open her round, riding the hot start to second place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishing in third place with a score of 39 (+3) was <\/span><b>Ellie Crichton <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cary, NC 2026). Crichton found her stride with a birdie on the fourth hole. Closing out Monday\u2019s top finishers was <\/span><b>Ellie Acrey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Winston-Salem, NC 2026). Acrey was on fire, posting three birdies through her nine holes of competition. She earned fourth-place honors after finishing with a score of 41 (+5).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Looking Forward<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PKBGT North Carolina Series is back in action on Saturday at Anderson Creek GC in Spring Lake, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About the PKBGT Regional Series<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional tournaments are designed for golfers of all skill levels but are a great place for development golfers to \u201cget into the swing of things\u201d playing tournament golf. The goal of Regional Series events is to provide a fun and friendly tournament on a premium golf course.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Final Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=11800&amp;TournamentDivisionID=64209&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 Monday, June 24, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour&#8217;s North Carolina Series competed at Mill Creek Golf Course in Mebane, North Carolina.\u00a0 Leading up to Monday\u2019s North Carolina Series event, competitors and spectators geared up for a sweltering afternoon at Mill Creek Golf Course. 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