{"id":11690,"date":"2020-02-02T23:20:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=11690"},"modified":"2020-02-02T23:20:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:20:43","slug":"20event16_recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/20event16_recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Peggy Kirk Bell Foundation Classic at Forest Creek Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pinehurst, NC-<\/strong><em>On February 1-2, 2020, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour<\/a><em> traveled back to the home of our tour namesake to a new facility for the PKB Foundation Classic at Forest Creek Golf Club. Forest Creek&#8217;s south course, designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1996, was modeled after Augusta National Golf Club. The 50 participants in the PKB Classic were treated to a first-class golf course over the two days of play.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11730\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11730\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SolisBall.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Solis retrieving her golf ball after acing the par-three sixth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speedy putting conditions and blustery winds challenged the competitors on both days of play on this Superbowl weekend. None the less, there were plenty of scoring opportunities on the bent grass greens. Congratulations to <strong>Monica Solis <\/strong>(Clemons, NC 2021), who recorded her second ace on number six in the second round! Solis hit a smooth five-iron from 133 yards and &#8220;couldn&#8217;t believe what was happening when her ball was rolling towards the hole&#8230;I think I blacked out&#8221; before she eventually saw her ball drop for the hole-in-one!<\/p>\n<h2>Bell National<\/h2>\n<p>Finishing in first place in the Bell National Division was <strong>Morgan Ellison <\/strong>(Peachtree City, GA 2021) after posting a two day total of 150 (81-69). Ellison&#8217;s next competitor was ten strokes off, thanks to a stellar second round 69 (-3). The Peachtree City native fired four birdies in the second round. This is Ellison&#8217;s first PKBGT victory of her 2020 campaign and earns her an exemption into the PKB Tournament of Champions later this year.<\/p>\n<p>1. Morgan Ellison (Peachtree City, GA 2021) | 81-69=150<\/p>\n<p>T2. Ella Perna (Durham, NC 2022) | 76-84=160<\/p>\n<p>T2. Macy Pate (Boone, NC 2024) | 81-79=160<\/p>\n<p>4. Tatum Walsh (Midlothian, VA 2021) | 85-76=161<\/p>\n<p>5. Mara Hirtle (Pinehurst. NC 2020) | 79-83=162<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=13800\">Click here to view the full Bell National Leaderboard.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Futures National<\/h2>\n<p>Finishing in first place in the Futures National Division was <strong>Sawyer Brockstedt\u00a0<\/strong>(Rehoboth Beach, DE 2025) after posting a two day total of 155 (78-77). The Rehoboth Beach native lead the PKB Foundation Classic wire-to-wire to claim her first PKBGT title and an invite into the 2020 PKBGT Tournament of Champions later this year. Brockstedt recorded four birdies over 36 holes on the Fazio designed South at Forest Creek.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sawyer Brockstedt (Rehoboth Beach, DE 2025) | 78-77=155<\/li>\n<li>McKenzie Weddle (Floyd, VA 2023) | 79-80=159<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Spriggs (Cary, NC 2023) | 79-81=160<\/li>\n<li>Emerson Dever (Durham, NC 2025) | 81-80=161<\/li>\n<li>Kathryn Ha (Roanoke, VA 2025) 81-82=163<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=13800&amp;TournamentDivisionID=71413&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\">Click here to view the full Futures National Leaderboard.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The PKBGT is back in action next weekend, February 8-9, for the Orange Whip Classic at Clemson University!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Live-Scoring\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=13800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/button_blog_scoreboard.jpg\" alt=\"View Event Scoreboard\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" data-large_image_height=\"253\" data-large_image_width=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the PKBGT<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 2007 by Girls Golf of America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as a local girls\u2019 golf tour in the Triad region of North Carolina.\u00a0 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 2020 season will feature over 1110 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast, and with over 1,000 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl\u2019s only tour in the country.\u00a0 Learn more about the PKBGT at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pinehurst, NC-On February 1-2, 2020, Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour traveled back to the home of our tour namesake to a new facility for the PKB Foundation Classic at Forest Creek Golf Club. Forest Creek&#8217;s south course, designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1996, was modeled after Augusta National Golf Club. 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