{"id":15161,"date":"2024-11-09T18:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=15161"},"modified":"2024-11-09T18:59:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T23:59:50","slug":"ridenour-leads-by-three-at-the-16th-pkbgt-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/ridenour-leads-by-three-at-the-16th-pkbgt-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridenour leads by three at the 16th PKBGT Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wilmington, NC<\/strong>&#8211; The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour headed to the Country Club of Landfall for the opening round of the sixteenth edition of its most prestigious championship: the PKBGT Invitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Play began today on the Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall at 8:30 AM with the Wilmington native Ellie Hildreth hitting the opening tee shot. As players started battling the difficult Pete Dye greens, the wind picked up bringing another challenge to the Invitational competitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grace Ridenour<\/strong> (Raleigh, NC 2025) handled the difficult conditions with ease playing her first thirteen holes in a bogey-free five-under-par! But no players would play their full rounds without a blemish in the gusty Wilmington winds. Ridenour would drop to one-under par for the day after a bogey-double bogey-bogey stretch on holes #15-17. On 18, she would make a bounce-back birdie to completer her round of 70 (-2). It was the only round under par of the day, giving her a three-shot lead entering tomorrow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grace Ridenour prepares to hit a shot at the 16th PKBGT Invitational<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The closest competitor to Ridenour is Georgia native and commit, <strong>Hailey Han <\/strong>(Duluth, GA 2025). Han played a steady opening round, making two birdies and three bogey&#8217;s to shoot 73 (+1) putting herself in good position entering the second round. <strong>Jenna Kim<\/strong> (Raleigh, NC 2027) &amp; <strong>Tiffany Ha Eun Moon<\/strong> (Chapel Hill, NC 2028) are tied for third place with rounds of 74 (+2). The North Carolinians combined for seven birdies today and are within striking distance of Ridenour&#8217;s lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Round two of the 16th PKBGT Invitational will begin tomorrow at 8:30 AM. After the second round, the field will be reduced to the top 50% and ties. Players will look to position themselves inside the cut line and make a charge on moving day! You can follow the live leaderboard tomorrow at the link below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/Pairings?TournamentID=27398&amp;TournamentName=the-16th-PKBGT-INVITATIONAL\">Click here to See Second Round Pairings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=27398\">Click Here to See the Leaderboard <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilmington, NC&#8211; The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour headed to the Country Club of Landfall for the opening round of the sixteenth edition of its most prestigious championship: the PKBGT Invitational. 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