{"id":1621,"date":"2011-03-26T20:46:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T20:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tygf.org\/blog\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2012-11-05T16:36:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T16:36:35","slug":"pkbgt-event-news-unc-finley-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/pkbgt-event-news-unc-finley-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Smidinger takes PKBGT @ UNC Finley title by 1 shot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PKBGT Hosts UNC Chapel Hill Finley Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Smidinger wins by a smidgen !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tygf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PKB-Pine-Needles-2011-299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1637\" hspace=\"20\" title=\"Elise Smindinger\" src=\"http:\/\/tygf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PKB-Pine-Needles-2011-299-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Chapel Hill, NC &#8212; The cool winds, quick greens and arctic temperatures \u00a0proved difficult for the PKB Girls\u00a0this weekend\u00a0at UNC Finley GC as only a few girls posted sub 80 rounds.\u00a0However, all of the players who competed THROUGH 36 HOLES demonstrated great determination battling the elements\u00a0while\u00a0testing their shot making abilities.\u00a0\u00a0Elyse Smidinger of Croffton, MD took home the title posting back to back 77&#8217;s for a two day total of 154 for the event\u00a0 claiming\u00a0victory\u00a0by\u00a0one shot !<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland high school champion has been &#8220;knocking at the Champions Gate &#8221; often this year, most impressively at the PKB first big event of the year at the \u00a0Pine Needles Classic where she lost in a three hole playoff (not to mention her only other event this year where she claimed second place at Patriots Point). This time, she hung on in tough conditions to close out her first win of 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I managed to find the hole yesterday despite a few off iron shots and today I was playing great as I was one under through thirteen, but coming down the stretch I was treading water a bit so I am pretty happy that I had a big cushion built up. Nonetheless it feels great to win !&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following Smidinger were Lyberty Anderson of Chesterfield, VA (posting 75 subsequently,\u00a0the\u00a0 low round of of the event) 80-75&#8211; 155, Karishma Thiagaraj of Haymarket, VA at 159 (78-81), Alaina Yeatts of Durham, NC at 160 (81-79), and Bryan Nguyen of Columbia, MC at 161 (85-76).<\/p>\n<p>The Futures Division witnessed a tight race at the top as Jessica Spicer of Bahama, NC slid past first round leader and tour new comer Sarah Kern of Springboro, OH (79-89 &#8212; 168)\u00a0for a two shot victory posting 86 on the final day for a 166 total (80-86).<\/p>\n<p>Following the two were Sarah Spicer of Bahama, NC at 82 &#8211; 88 &#8212; 170, Grace Masengill of Hickory, NC at 82-89 &#8212; 171, and Anna Redding of Concord, NC at 89-85 &#8212; 174.<\/p>\n<p>The PKB Girls Golf Tour will head to Lexington, NC in a couple of weeks\u00a0for the Sapona Classic. A great field is already starting to assemble as Pine Needles Classic Champion Victoria Allred, and many others are ready to compete at the\u00a0at the event.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the PKB Girls Golf Tour visit us online at PKBGT.ORG or call us directly at 336 &#8211; 373 &#8211; 4630<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tygf.org\/girlstour\/schedule.php\">Full Results Here <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=68\">Check out Event Results and Stats at ShotStat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PKBGT Hosts UNC Chapel Hill Finley Classic Smidinger wins by a smidgen ! Chapel Hill, NC &#8212; The cool winds, quick greens and arctic temperatures \u00a0proved difficult for the PKB Girls\u00a0this weekend\u00a0at UNC Finley GC as only a few girls posted sub 80 rounds.\u00a0However, all of the players who competed THROUGH 36 HOLES demonstrated great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[20,62,73,148,121,186,105,27,5,66,45,74,7,8,187],"class_list":["post-1621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event_news","tag-allyson-markiewicz","tag-bryana-nguyen","tag-chapel-hill","tag-elyse-smidinger","tag-girls-golf","tag-girls-golf-tournaments","tag-jessica-spicer","tag-lane-gakeler","tag-lpgausga-girls-golf","tag-lyberty-anderson","tag-nc","tag-sara-bae","tag-tournaments","tag-triad-youth-golf-foundation","tag-unc-finley-gc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smidinger takes PKBGT @ UNC Finley title by 1 shot! - PKB Girls&#039; Tour News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/pkbgt-event-news-unc-finley-classic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smidinger takes PKBGT @ UNC Finley title by 1 shot! - PKB Girls&#039; Tour News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PKBGT Hosts UNC Chapel Hill Finley Classic Smidinger wins by a smidgen ! 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