{"id":2841,"date":"2012-04-25T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tygf.org\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2012-11-05T16:34:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T16:34:43","slug":"one-day-open-series-sapona-cc-event-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/one-day-open-series-sapona-cc-event-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Day Open Series @ Sapona CC Event Preview"},"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;\">The Bell Division field features 33 golfers, highlighted by four of the top 30 players on the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists, including: Lucia Polo (Greensboro, NC 2013) in 2nd position, Sarah Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) in 20th position, Alaina Yeatts (Durham, NC 2014) in 25th position, and Jessica Spicer (Bahama, NC 2016) in 27th position. There are several new players to the tour this season, including: Sydney Legacy (Lexington, SC 2014) and Isabella Rusher (Salisbury, NC 2015). Also, Gina Kim (Chapel Hill, NC 2018) will be playing her first event as a Bell Division player at Sapona CC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Futures Division field features 32 golfers, highlighted by five of the top 20 players on the 2012 PKBGT Order of Merit lists, including: Katie Turk (Blacksburg, VA 2015) in 9th position, Elizabeth Rand (Asheville, NC 2013) in 12th position, Grace Massengill (Hickory, NC 2016) in 13th position, Savannah Gowarty (Raleigh, NC 2015) in 19th position, and Jesse Long (Mooresville, NC 2013) in 20th position. There are 12 Futures players new to the tour this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The One-Day Open Series @ Sapona CC\u00a0is the first one-day event of the season, bringing together the top players from the Carolinas and Virginia. 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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