{"id":2831,"date":"2012-04-29T00:13:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T00:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tygf.org\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2012-11-05T16:34:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T16:34:43","slug":"polo-rice-win-at-one-day-open-series-sapona-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/polo-rice-win-at-one-day-open-series-sapona-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"Polo, Rice win at One-Day Open Series @ Sapona CC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pkb_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"78\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/sapona.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/>The 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> tees off Saturday, April 28 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/Tour\/TournamentDetail.aspx?TID=363\">One-Day Open Series @ Sapona CC<\/a>. Sapona CC, site of the U.S. Women&#8217;s Amateur Championship Sectional Qualifier, is a challenging course for this one-day event. The event features a field of 65 players 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;\">In the Bell Division, Lucia Polo (Greensboro, NC 2013)\u00a0carded one over par with a score of 72 to win the tournament.\u00a0 This is Polo&#8217;s second win of the 2012 PKBGT season and makes back-to-back wins in the past two PKB events she has played.\u00a0 When asked about how it feels to win back-to-back, Polo responded, &#8220;Back-to-back wins feels really good&#8221; In her first tournament as a Bell Division player, Gina\u00a0Kim (Gina Chapel Hill, NC 2018) \u00a0shot four over par with a score of 75 to place second and\u00a0Jessica Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) shot seven over par with a score of 78 to place third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PKBGT would also like to congratulate Bell Division player Bethany\u00a0Galloway (Charlotte, NC 2013) on her hole-in-one on hole #3, a 155 yard par 3. \u00a0This is Galloway&#8217;s second hole-in-one in her career and her first on the PKBGT. \u00a0Galloway&#8217;s hole-in-one is the third in PKBGT history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the Futures Division, \u00a0Callista Rice (Mars Hill, NC 2017) carded 12 over par with a score of 83 to win the tournament. \u00a0This was Rice&#8217;s first PKBGT event of the 2012 season.\u00a0 When asked about her win, Rice said, &#8220;It was great to play my first PKB event and I&#8217;m surprised I won.&#8221;\u00a0Annika Winebarger (State Road, NC 2014) shot 14 over par with a score of \u00a085 to place second and Janie\u00a0Thomas (Winston-Salem, NC 2016) shot 16 over par wit ha score of 87 t<\/span>o place third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PKBGT returns to action in two weeks with the <a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/Tour\/TournamentDetail.aspx?TID=365\">Carolina&#8217;s Classic @ Carolina Trace CC<\/a> in Sanford, NC on May 12-13. It should be an exciting &amp; challenging event.<\/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. Learn more about the tour at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">pkbgt.org<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:mparker@pkbgt.org\">mparker@pkbgt.org<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> or 336-347-8537.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour tees off Saturday, April 28 at the One-Day Open Series @ Sapona CC. Sapona CC, site of the U.S. Women&#8217;s Amateur Championship Sectional Qualifier, is a challenging course for this one-day event. 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