{"id":14421,"date":"2022-12-20T10:51:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=14421"},"modified":"2022-12-20T11:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T16:20:24","slug":"21event17_preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/21event17_preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: 14th Peggy Kirk Bell Junior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Southern Pines, NC-<\/strong><i> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour<\/a> travels back to the home of our namesake and the host of four US Women&#8217;s Opens for the Peggy Kirk Bell Junior Girls. Due to a large application pool, a second site has been added to host a secondary Futures National field. The Futures National division will be contested at Southern Pines Golf Club, a Pine Needles Donald Ross property.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>14th Peggy Kirk Bell Junior Girls<\/h2>\n<h2>Bell National<\/h2>\n<p>In the Bell National division, thirty-seven players will tee it up on the 6050 yards par 72 set up.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked players in the field include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0Elsie MacCleery\u00a0<\/b>\u2014 Crozet, VA \u2014 Class of 2025 \u2014 #4 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 5 PKB career wins<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Anna Howerton\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Winston Salem, NC \u2014 Class of 2023 \u2014 #10 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 5 PKB career wins<\/li>\n<li><b>\u00a0Emerson Dever\u00a0<\/b>\u2014 Durham, NC \u00a0\u2014 Class of 2025 \u2014 #11 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 5 PKB career wins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Play will begin on Wednesday, December 28, at 10:00 AM EST (weather permitting). To view starting times, <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings\/22132\/14th-Peggy-Kirk-Bell-Junior--Pine-Needles-Lodge--GC\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Prep Preview<\/h2>\n<p>In the Prep Preview division, thirty-seven participants will compete on the 5752 yards par 72 set up.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked players in the field include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sophie Cao\u00a0<\/b>\u2014 McLean, VA \u00a0\u2014 Class of 2027 \u2014 #163 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 3 PKB career wins<\/li>\n<li><b>Malerie Lague\u00a0<\/b>\u2014 Huntersville, NC \u2014 Class of 2025 \u2014 #196 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 2 PKB career wins<\/li>\n<li><b>Kelsey Sciacca<\/b> \u2014 Charlotte, NC \u2014 Class of 2026 \u2014 #251 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 1 PKB win in 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Play will begin on Wednesday, December 28 at 10:00 AM EST (weather permitting). To view starting times, <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings\/22132\/14th-Peggy-Kirk-Bell-Junior--Pine-Needles-Lodge--GC\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Futures National<\/h2>\n<p>In the Prep Preview division, thirty-eight participants will compete on the 5250 yards par 72 set up.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked players in the field include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Aspen Bikowski\u00a0<\/b>\u2014 White Plains, MD \u2014 Class of 2027 \u2014 #201 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 5 PKB wins in 2022<\/li>\n<li><b>Sydney Dinh\u00a0<\/b>\u2014 Fairfax, VA \u2014 Class of 2029 \u2014 #282 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 1 PKB win in 2022<\/li>\n<li><b>Julianna Ishii<\/b> \u2014 Cockeysville, MD \u2014 Class of 2027 \u2014 #296 on the PKBGT Performance Index, 2 PKB career wins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Play will begin on Wednesday, December 28 at 10:00 AM EST (weather permitting). To view starting times, <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the PKBGT<\/strong><\/p>\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 2020-21 season will feature over 110 tournaments in 10 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<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Pines, NC- The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour travels back to the home of our namesake and the host of four US Women&#8217;s Opens for the Peggy Kirk Bell Junior Girls. 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