{"id":12744,"date":"2020-12-17T15:51:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=12744"},"modified":"2020-12-20T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T16:04:32","slug":"pkbgt_classification_updates_2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/pkbgt_classification_updates_2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates to PKBGT Classifications and Age Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2007, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour has continually evolved to provide the best possible experience for our membership.\u00a0 From the creation of the Prep division in 2014 to the creation of the Regional Series in 2016, our goal is to provide a competitive environment that meets the needs of all our members.\u00a0 Since we do not use traditional age divisions, but yardage and skill based divisions, having clear metrics that allow players to properly move through the competitive pathway is very important.<\/p>\n<p>As part of our year-end evaluation of the current policies and needs of the membership, the PKBGT Executive Committee has approved the following adjustments to the PKBGT Classifications, Exemptions &amp; Age Protocols.\u00a0 These changes will take effect January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">DIVISION ELIGIBILTY FOR BELL NATIONAL\/PREP PREVIEW DUAL EVENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For events where the Bell National &amp; Prep Preview division are both offered, players who meet the automatic priority entry criteria for the Bell National field are ineligible for the Prep Preview division at that event. PKBGT offers two types of Priority Entry events, PKBGT50 (Top 50 PKBGT Performance Index &amp; Top 500 Junior Golf Scoreboard automatically exempt) and PKBGT75 (Top 75 PKBGT Performance Index &amp; Top 750 Junior Golf Scoreboard automatically exempt).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">CLASS PROMOTION BASED ON ELITE PERFORMANCE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automatic Division Promotion to Class 1:<\/strong> Players who win 3 times in the Prep Preview or Prep Regional division respectively during a season are automatically increased to Class 1 status. The player may petition the tour committee for eligibility in the Prep Series Finale if they have required points to qualify.\u00a0 Players who are in their first or second season of PKBGT age eligibility are exempt from this rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automatic Division Promotion to Class 2:<\/strong> Players who win 3 times in a specific Futures National or Futures Regional division during a season are automatically increased to Class 2 status. The player may petition the tour committee for eligibility for the Tour Championship\/Series Finale if they qualify.\u00a0 Players who are in their first season of PKBGT age eligibility are exempt from this rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>NATIONAL PARTICIPATION WAIVERS FOR ELITE LEVEL UNDER-AGE PLAYERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The PKBGT will offer select Futures National fields during the PKBGT National season that will offer limited access to elite 10 &amp; 11 year old girl golfers who do not meet the age requirement for Classification 3 status.\u00a0 Elite is defined by a top 10 finisher in the U.S. Kids World Championship or other nationally recognized 12 &amp; under championship.\u00a0 These events will be labeled on the tournament page as a \u201cFutures National Exempt\u201d event and players will be able to apply for a sponsor exemption into these fields.\u00a0 The PKBGT Tour Committee will have sole discretion on the number of under-age exemptions available and the recipients of these exemptions.\u00a0 The goal of the committee is to create at least one playing opportunity per quarter for these players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2021 Futures National Exempt Event Schedule (subject to change)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>March 13-14, 2021 &#8211; Katherine Perry Hamski Girls Tradition @ UNC Finley GC, Chapel Hill, NC<\/li>\n<li>April 17-18, 2021 &#8211; PKBGT Masters presented by Aunt Ruby&#8217;s Peanuts @ Greenville CC, Greenville, NC<\/li>\n<li>May 15-16, 2021 &#8211; Dupont Girls Classic @ Dupont CC, Wilmington, DE<\/li>\n<li>Summer Opportunities TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Tour Director Mike Parker at mparker@pkbgt.org or by calling 336-347-8537. We look forward to a great 2021!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2007, the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour has continually evolved to provide the best possible experience for our membership.\u00a0 From the creation of the Prep division in 2014 to the creation of the Regional Series in 2016, our goal is to provide a competitive environment that meets the needs of all our members.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tour_news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Updates to PKBGT Classifications and Age Requirements - PKB Girls&#039; Tour News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/pkbgt_classification_updates_2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Updates to PKBGT Classifications and Age Requirements - PKB Girls&#039; 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