{"id":2322,"date":"2012-02-15T22:15:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T22:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tygf.org\/blog\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2012-11-05T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T16:35:13","slug":"event-preview-pkbgt-wolfpack-classic-nc-state-lonnie-poole-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/event-preview-pkbgt-wolfpack-classic-nc-state-lonnie-poole-gc\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfpack Classic @ NC State Event Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pkb_logo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PKBGT\" width=\"357\" height=\"78\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lonniepoole.gif\" alt=\"Lonnie Poole\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" align=\"right\" \/>The 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> tees off this weekend with the <a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/Tour\/TournamentDetail.aspx?Show=P&amp;TID=356\">Wolfpack Classic @ Lonnie Poole at NC State University<\/a>.\u00a0 Lonnie Poole makes its debut on the tour, as this event moved from nearby Lochmere Golf Club.\u00a0\u00a0An Arnold Palmer Signature Course, Lonnie Poole is a stunning and challenging layout that will be a great test for the girls. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The event features another large field of 72 girls from the PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour, the nation\u2019s largest \u201cgirls\u2019 only\u201d junior tour with over 400 members and 94 alumni in the collegiate ranks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bell Division field features the year&#8217;s strongest field to date. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Current <a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/Tour\/TourStandings.aspx\">Order of Merit<\/a> leader Shannon Brooks (2015, Vienna, VA) leads a strong national field with top contenders from the eastern United States.\u00a0 Four players in the Top 200 in the national rankings by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juniorgolfscoreboard.com\/\">Junior Golf Scoreboard<\/a> lead the field:\u00a0 118 &#8211; Lucia Polo (2013, Greensboro, NC), 126 &#8211; Bryana Nguyen\u00a0(2014, Columbia, MD), 170 &#8211; Jessica Porvasnik (2013, Hinckley, OH), and 178 &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sarah Bae (2013, Raleigh, NC).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> This year&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> tournament champion will automatically qualify for the year-end Tour Championship in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Futures Division field sets another field size record with 36 girls from 6 states.\u00a0 Current <a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/Tour\/TourStandings.aspx\">PKBGT Order of Merit<\/a> leader and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PKBGT Kick-Off Classic champion Amy Wooten (2018, Clinton, NC) and PKB Foundation Class champion Gina Kim (2018, Chapel Hill, NC) will again battle head to head. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2011 Order of Merit runner-up  and defending champion Jennifer Chang (2018, Cary, NC),\u00a0Grace Massengail (2016, Hickory, NC) and Emilia Migliaccio (2017, Cary, NC) and a host of newcomers to the division will all look to claim their first victory of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Round 1 begins Saturday morning at 9 am with a shotgun start.\u00a0 Following play, a special <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PKB Experience <\/strong><\/span>will be offered at the host hotel, Holiday Inn &amp; Suites @ NC State from 5 &#8211; 6 pm.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precisiongolfschool.com\/\">Precision Golf School<\/a> Director of Instruction Robert Linville, a 2-time National NCAA Coach of the Year, will be offering a seminar entitled &#8220;Preparing To Win: Your Tournament Day Preparation Essentials&#8221;.\u00a0 This seminar is offered free for participants and families.\u00a0 Spaces are limited so RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:mparker@pkbgt.org\">mparker@pkbgt.org<\/a> to reserve your spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> is an initiative of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tygf.org\">Triad Youth Golf Foundation<\/a>, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation aimed at increasing learning and playing opportunities for youth golfers.  Based out of Greensboro, North Carolina, the PKBGT offers low cost, nationally ranked girls\u2019 golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls\u2019 golfers for high school and collegiate golf.  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