{"id":7510,"date":"2016-11-13T19:22:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T19:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2016-11-23T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:55:44","slug":"17event1_update1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/17event1_update1\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Sambach Leading after Day 1 at the PKBGT Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=4898\">&#8212; Live Scoring &#8212;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Round 1 of the 2016 PKBGT Invitational is in the books with Amanda Sambach (Davidson, NC 2021) in the lead with a score of one over, 73 . Sambach had 3 birdies on the day to take the lead by one over a tightly packed leaderboard. \u00a0Anna McDonald \u00a0(Hickory, NC 2019), Kaitlyn Lees (Bryn Mawr, PA 2018), Rebecca DiNunzio (Norfolk, VA 2019), and \u00a0Caroline Hodge (Larchmont, NY) are close behind all with a score of two over par, 74.<\/p>\n<p>2016 Bell Series Order of Merit Champion Emily Hawkins (2018, Lexington, NC) and \u00a02015 PKBGT Invitational Rachel Kuehn (2019, Asheville, NC) sit 2-shots of the lead at 75 along with 4 others, Phoebe Brinker (Wilmington, DE 2020), Natalie Petersen (Holly Springs, NC 2017), Keri Kenkel (Charlotte, NC 2017) and Tiffany Kang (Suwanee, GA 2017).<\/p>\n<p>Following play on Sunday, the field will be reduced to the low 33 scores and ties. \u00a0Should be an exciting day for MOVING DAY at the PKBGT Invitational!<\/p>\n<p>The culmination of a year&#8217;s worth of tournaments has finally brought us to the PKB&#8217;s most prestigious event of the year&#8211;the 2016 Invitational.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandoverresort.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" alt=\"Grandover Resort (East)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/grandover.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> The field for this year&#8217;s event features players from 13 different states, making it one of the most diverse fields the PKBGT has ever seen for a single tournament.\u00a0 Players have earned their spot into the Invitational by finishing at the top of the PKBGT Orders of Merit, winning their state championship, playing in Invitational qualifiers, or earning an at-large bid.\u00a0 The Grandover Resort West course will be played at 6,200 yards and is expected to be an exciting test for even the best PKBGT\u00a0juniors.<\/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. 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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">pkbgt.org<\/a>\u00a0or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mparker@pkbgt.org\">mparker@pkbgt.org<\/a>\u00a0or 336-347-8537.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=4898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Live Scoring\" alt=\"Live Scoreboard\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/button_blog_scoreboard.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Live Scoring &#8212; Round 1 of the 2016 PKBGT Invitational is in the books with Amanda Sambach (Davidson, NC 2021) in the lead with a score of one over, 73 . 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