{"id":14159,"date":"2022-08-04T11:58:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=14159"},"modified":"2022-08-06T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T01:09:20","slug":"22event106_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/22event106_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: 2022 PKBGT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greensboro, NC –<\/strong> The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Tour<\/a> returns to historic Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club for the PKBGT Tour Championship at the home of our Tour namesake, Ms. Peggy Kirk Bell. Champions and top performers of the season will gather to Pine Needles, which has been voted annually as one of the top tracks in the Carolina\u2019s. The best of the tour converge at the home of golf in North Carolina for this 54 hole championship event.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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** 2022 Official Field<\/a><\/p>\n

** Tour Championship Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n

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The field of 83 competitors will be split into two separate divisions of play; the Bell National Division<\/a> and the Futures National Division<\/a>. There will be representatives from eleven different states along the east coast, ranging from Georgia to New York. We delve deeper into each division with our players to watch at the strongest junior golf event on the East Coast next week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bell National<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Bell National Division field features 47 of the tour\u2019s top players, including 32 of the top 100 players on the PKBGT Performance Index<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ranked #2 on the PKBGT Performance Index is Kathryn Ha <\/b>(Roanoke, VA 2025). Ha returns to the PKBGT Tour Championship as defending champion, so there is a possibility for her to continue her reign if she secures first for a second year in a row. Not only did she win this event last year, but she also tied for third at the PKBGT Masters presented by Aunt Ruby’s Peanuts and took sixth at the PKBGT Open Championship in order to play next week.<\/p>\n

Only three spots behind Ha is Elsie MacCleery<\/strong> (Crozet, VA 2025), at #5 on the PKBGT Performance Index. The Crozet, VA native has had quite the season finishing first in both the Kandi Comer Girls Classic and the PKBGT Regional Tournament of Champions at Palmetto Dunes Resort.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, the Bell National Order of Merit title will be announced.<\/p>\n

Highest Ranked Players<\/strong><\/p>\n