{"id":7583,"date":"2016-12-20T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2016-12-20T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:22:34","slug":"17event3_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/17event3_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Peggy Kirk Bell Junior @ Pine Needles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=4900\">&#8212; Live Scoring &#8212;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pineneedles-midpines.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 5px solid black;\" alt=\"Pine Needles Lodge &amp; GC\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/pkbjunior.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The PKBGT returns to action on December 28-29 with the PKB Junior presented by the Peggy Kirk Bell Foundation.\u00a0 The popular event will take place at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club and will feature players from the Bell and Futures Series.\u00a0 We hope that the warm temperatures that we\u2019ve been enjoying this December in North Carolina will stick around for our tournament!<\/p>\n<p>Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, the host of the Peggy Kirk Bell Junior, was also host to the US Women\u2019s Open in 1996, 2001, and 2007.\u00a0 The strong history of women\u2019s golf at Pine Needles combined with a championship-level course make it the ideal location for the further development of the game and the unofficial home of the PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour.\u00a0 48 players of the PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour, the largest \u201cgirls-only\u201d junior golf tour in the country, will tackle the classic Donald Ross course at 5,745 yards in the Bell Series and 5,004 yards in the Futures Series.<\/p>\n<p>The Bell Series features a strong field of 25 players from 6 different states. \u00a0Nicole Adam, (Pinehurst, NC 2020) is ranked 27th on the Bell Series Order of Merit for the 2017 season.\u00a0 She is also the reigning 2015 Futures Series Champion of the Peggy Kirk Bell Junior at Pine Needles.\u00a0 Another player featured in the Bell Series is Callista Rice (Mars Hill, NC 2017).\u00a0 At the end of the 2016 she was ranked 21th on the Bell Series Order of Merit.\u00a0 She \u00a0has committed to play college golf at Clemson and is a major Champion on the PKBGT Tour with a win at the PKBGT MASTERS this past April.\u00a0 Also in the Bell Series this week is Keri Kenkel (Charlotte, NC 2017) who has committed to play for UNC Greensboro. \u00a0In her most recent event, The PKBGT INVITATIONAL she placed in tie for fifth place.<\/p>\n<p>The Futures Series features 23 players from 6 different states. Playing in the Futures Series is \u00a0Elizabeth Coffren (Owings, MD 2020), \u00a0Maria Atwood (Holly Springs, NC 2022), and Alexia Siehl (Fort Mill, SC 2022). \u00a0Elizabeth Coffren most recently finished runner-up at the PKBGT Tournament of Champions at Pinehurst No. 8 in December and looks to improve on her fifth place finish from this event last year.\u00a0 Maria Atwood also found success on the links this year.\u00a0 She ended the 2016 season ranked in the 8 spot on the Futures Series Order of Merit and finished inside the top-five in two tournaments, one being her runner up finish at the Tar-Heel Classic at UNC Finley.\u00a0 Alexia Siehl was ranked 7th on the Futures Series Order of Merit for 2016 and she also finished in second place in the Wolfpack Classic\u00a0event in June at NC State\u2019s home course.<\/p>\n<p>The PKB Junior will take place on Wednesday-Thursday the 28-29 of December with 10:00 am shotgun starts on both days.\u00a0 As always, we look forward to a great event!<\/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. 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