{"id":13475,"date":"2021-05-16T01:15:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T01:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=13475"},"modified":"2021-05-16T01:15:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T01:15:42","slug":"21event61_update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/21event61_update\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: DuPont Girls Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Wilmington, DE-<\/b> <i>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> returned to Dupont Country Club after a year off due to COVID-19 for the annual Dupont Girls Classic. Dupont Country Club, former host of the LPGA Championship, will be a true test for this full field representing 10 states.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Bell National<\/h2>\n<p>Two PKB vets hold a share of the overnight lead at the Dupont Girls Classic at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, DE. <strong>Rylie Heflin<\/strong> (Avondale, PA 2021) and <strong>Irene Kim<\/strong> (Woodstock, MD 2026) fired opening rounds of 72 (E) to lead by two heading into tomorrow&#8217;s final round. Heflin, the Duke Women&#8217;s Golf signee, carded two birdies on the day. Irene added two more on the card to be the early clubhouse leader. <strong>Alina Ho\u00a0<\/strong>(Great Falls, VA 2024) joins Heflin and Kim as the third player in the final group after her round of 74 (+2).<\/p>\n<p>T1. <strong>Rylie Heflin <\/strong>(Avondale, PA 2021) \/ 72 (E)<\/p>\n<p>T1.<strong> Irene Kim <\/strong>(Woodstock, MD 2026) \/ 72 (E)<\/p>\n<p>3. <b>Alina Ho <\/b>(Great Falls, VA 2024) \/ 74 (+2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=17042\">Click Here to View Full Bell National Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Futures National<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Vidhi Lakhawala<\/strong> (Kendall Park, NJ 2026) finds herself with the lead Wilmington, DE, searching for her second PKBGT Futures National title of the spring. Lakhawala carded an opening-round 75 (+3) on Saturday. Vidhi went off the rails when she made the turn and took nearly seven holes to find her best form. Lakhawala recovered, making birdies on both seventeen and eighteen to sleep with some momentum heading into tomorrow. <strong>Michelle Yeung<\/strong> (Clarksville, MD 2027) sits in second place after her round of 78 (+6). Six players are tied for third. The third in the final pairing will be <strong>Vincenza &#8220;Vinny&#8221; Papa<\/strong> (Foster, RI 2026).<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Vidhi Lakhawala<\/strong> (Kendall Park, NJ 2026) \/ 75 (+3)<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> Michelle Yeung <\/strong>(Clarksville, MD 2027) \/ 78 (+6)<\/p>\n<p>T3. <b>Papa\/Czarkowski\/Grubb\/Laverty, Park\/Roberts<\/b>\u00a0\/ 80 (+8)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=17042&amp;TournamentDivisionID=88748&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\">Click Here to View Full Futures National Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the final round at the DuPont 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=17042&amp;TournamentDivisionID=88748&amp;IsCombinedDivision=False\" 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>Wilmington, DE- The\u00a0Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour returned to Dupont Country Club after a year off due to COVID-19 for the annual Dupont Girls Classic. 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