{"id":6877,"date":"2015-12-07T03:10:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T03:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2015-12-07T03:26:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T03:26:59","slug":"16event2_recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/16event2_recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Playoff! Walker, Sambach Win PKBGT Tournament of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID3479\">&#8212; Event Scoreboard &#8212;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were promised an exciting finish to the Tournament of Champions today and our players did not disappoint us!\u00a0 At the end of 36 holes of tournament play, the top-three leaders from the Bell Series found themselves in a three-way tie for first place at six-over par (150).\u00a0\u00a0 Those <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 20px; border: 0px none;\" alt=\"Pinehurst No. 8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/pinehurst8.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/>players were Aneka Seumanutafa (Fredrick, MD 2019), Brynn Walker (St. Davids, PA 2016) and Sarina Sonoda (Florence, SC 2016).\u00a0 The playoff began on the monstrous 18th hole of Pinehurst No. 8, an uphill 395 yard par-four that played much longer than the written yardage all weekend.\u00a0 Seumanutafa and Sonoda both hit their approach shots to inside 10 feet of the hole while Walker&#8217;s shot ended up short of the green.\u00a0 Both players made two-putt pars and Walker was able to get up-and-down to force the playoff back to the 18th tee.\u00a0\u00a0 Again, under pressure, all three players parred the difficult 18th hole to extend the playoff to a third hole, which would move on to the par-three 15th.\u00a0 Sonoda even drained a five-footer for par on the second playoff hole to extend the match.\u00a0 There was no shortage of good golf to be had by all three competitors!\u00a0 However on the third playoff hole, Sarina hit her approach shot left of the pin and could not get up-and-down, which resulted in a bogey.\u00a0 She would place third in the Bell Series.\u00a0 That would leave Seumanutafa and Walker still in the game as the playoff approached its fourth and final hole, which was played again on the par-three 15th.\u00a0 Both players hit the green but there would be no denying Walker this time!\u00a0 She stuck her approach shot to two feet and easily made birdie, while Seumanutafa two-putted for her par, missing the tying putt by inches.\u00a0 Congratulations to Aneka Seumanutafa (Fredrick, MD 2019) for finishing second and Brynn Walker (St. Davids, PA 2016) for her stunning victory!<\/p>\n<p>In the Prep Series today, scores were lower overall than they had been after round one.\u00a0 Anna Morgan (Spartanburg, SC 2019) shot the tournament&#8217;s lowest 18 hole round of 75 today, a 13 shot improvement from round one.\u00a0 Morgan shot an even par 36 on the back nine with two birdies.\u00a0 Nicole Adam (Pinehurst, NC 2020) would finish in second place with a 162 total.\u00a0 It was Amanda Sambach (Davidson, NC 2021) who would be crowned the Prep Series champion after two solid rounds of 80-76 (156).\u00a0 Consistency was the key to Sambach&#8217;s round, she made 11 pars on the day.\u00a0 Congratulations to our top-three Prep Series finishers!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 start of December brings together 39 champions from the previous year on the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls&#8217; Golf Tour. \u00a0Each player has earned their position in the PKBGT Tournament of Champions field thanks to their top finishes over the past 12 months. \u00a0This year&#8217;s Tournament of Champions is being contested at one of the top courses in the country, Pinehurst No. 8, in Pinehurst, North Carolina. \u00a0Players from nine different states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas and the District of Columbia will tee it up to claim the PKBGT Tournament of Champions title!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Pinehurst No. 8 for hosting such a great event!\u00a0 The PKBGT returns to action after Christmas with the PKB Junior at Pine Needles Lodge &amp; Golf Club on December 28th and 29th.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a>\u00a0is an initiative of the\u00a0<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. 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