{"id":12840,"date":"2021-01-09T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=12840"},"modified":"2021-01-09T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T22:05:13","slug":"21event20_update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/21event20_update\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Kiawah Resort Girls Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Kiawah Island, SC- <\/b>T<i>he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> began the annual Kiawah Resorts Girls Classic at Oak Point Golf Course on a brisk January morning with a talented field representing seven states.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Bell National<\/h2>\n<p>Continuing her great play from December, <strong>Sydney Yermish\u00a0<\/strong>(Wynnewood, PA 2023), the 2020 PKBGT National Tournament of Champions medalist, takes the overnight lead of the Kiawah Girls Classic after an opening-round 71 (-1). Yermish, wintering in Pinehurst, carded four birdies on the day, including back-to-back birdies on the final two holes to come in at 33 (-3). Sydney was just one of six players to close the day with a blue circle. Yermish was within striking distance in her last event at the PKB Junior right after the Christmas holiday before struggling on the final day of play. Currently #10 in the PKBGT PINDEX and #1 in the Bell National Order of Merit race, Yermish has the defending champion and UNC-G signee, <strong>Grace Holcomb<\/strong> (Wilmington, NC 2021), at (+1) for the tournament. Joining Holcomb and Yermish in the final pairing will be <strong>Maggie Jackson<\/strong> (Tallulah Falls, GA 2021) at (+3).<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Sydney Yermish\u00a0<\/strong>(Wynnewood, PA 2023) \/ 71 (-1)<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> Grace Holcomb <\/strong>(Wilmington, NC 2021) \/ 73 (+1)<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Maggie Jackson<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>(Tallulah Falls, GA 2021) \/ 75 (+3)<\/p>\n<p>T4. <strong>Hannah Barrett<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>(Carlisle, PA 2023) \/ 76 (+4)<\/p>\n<p>T4. <b>Alisa Pressley<\/b> (Hoschton, GA 2025) \/ 76 (+4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=16103&amp;TournamentDivisionID=84849\">Click Here to View Full Bell National Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings?TournamentID=16103&amp;TournamentName=Kiawah-Resort-Girls-Classic-Oak-Point\">Click Here to View Second Round Tee Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Futures National<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Caroline Hawkins<\/strong> (Columbia, SC 2026), the first two-time Futures National Champion of the 2020-2021 wraparound season, has her eyes set on the Palmetto Coast after her opening round 74 (+2). Hawkins, the champion at the Atlanta Girls Classic and the Georgia Highlands Girls Classic, carded two birdies on the day. The Columbia, SC native struggled coming home with bogeys on seventeen and eighteen, but her round was good enough to hold the overnight lead on a young but talented field. <strong>Megan Adelman<\/strong> (Bryn Mawr, PA 2023) and <strong>Mia Andrade<\/strong> (Chapin, SC 2025) hold the second place position at (+4).<\/p>\n<p>1. <b>Caroline Hawkins<\/b> (Columbia, SC 2026) \/ 74 (+2)<\/p>\n<p>T2.<strong> Megan Adelman<\/strong> (Bryn Mawr, PA 2023) \/ 76 (+4)<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Mia Andrade<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>(Chapin, SC 2025) \/ 76 (+4)<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Maddie Peake<\/strong>\u00a0 (Pauline, SC 2023) \/ 80 (+8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=16103&amp;TournamentDivisionID=84848&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\">Click Here to View Full Futures National Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings?TournamentID=16103&amp;TournamentName=Kiawah-Resort-Girls-Classic-Oak-Point\">Click Here to View Second Round Tee Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Round 2 will begin Sunday, January 9, at 9:00 AM, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the final round at the Kiawah Resort Girls Classic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Live-Scoring\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=16103&amp;TournamentDivisionID=84849\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><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_width=\"205\" data-large_image_height=\"253\" \/><\/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, a local girls&#8217; 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&#8217;s pace. The 2020-2021 season will feature over 110 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast, and with over 1,000 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl&#8217;s 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<hr \/>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For complete coverage of the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour, follow the PKBGT on social media @PKBGirlsTour (Twitter), facebook.com\/girlsgolftour (Facebook), @pkbgirlstour (Instagram), or visit our website at <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">www.pkbgt.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiawah Island, SC- The\u00a0Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour began the annual Kiawah Resorts Girls Classic at Oak Point Golf Course on a brisk January morning with a talented field representing seven states.\u00a0 Bell National Continuing her great play from December, Sydney Yermish\u00a0(Wynnewood, PA 2023), the 2020 PKBGT National Tournament of Champions medalist, takes the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event_news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Update: Kiawah Resort Girls Classic - PKB Girls&#039; 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