{"id":7798,"date":"2017-04-20T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2017-04-21T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:25:56","slug":"17event17_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/17event17_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: PKBGT MASTERS @ Greenville CC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/greenville_nc.gif\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/> On Saturday-Sunday, April 22-23, the 2017\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> plays the <a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/Tour\/TournamentDetail.aspx?TID=5097\">PKBGT MASTERS<\/a> at Greenville Country Club. Greenville Country Club, home of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecupirates.com\/sports\/w-golf\/ecu-w-golf-body.html\">East Carolina University<\/a> Pirates women&#8217;s golf team, is a classic course for this two-day tournament. The event features a field of 71 players from the PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour, the nation\u2019s largest \u201cgirls\u2019 only\u201d junior tour. In 2016, \u00a0Callista Rice (Mars Hill, NC 2017) claimed the title by 5 strokes with \u00a0steady play both days finishing with a \u00a04-over par 2-day total of 150.\u00a0\u00a0The event is the third championship tournament of the 2017 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bell Series field features a full field of 30 golfers, highlighted by 5 of the top-30 players on the PKBGT Performance Index, including: Lauren Freyvogel (Gibsonia, PA 2019)\u00a0ranked 3rd, Amanda Sambach (Davidson, NC 2021) ranked 4th<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, Kathryn Carson (Mooresville, NC 2017) ranked 8th, Riley Smyth (Cary, NC 2018) ranked 21th, and Kendall Turner (Chesapeake, VA 2019) ranked 25th. Other standout players in the field include: Anna McDonald (Hickory, NC 2019), Woo Wade (Dunwoody, GA 2019), and Hailey Freedman (Chapel Hill, NC 2017).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Prep Series features a field of 22 girls, highlighted by some of the top-15 \u00a0players on the Storie Apparel Order of Merit, including: Charleigh Hodges (Mooresville, NC 2018) ranked 4th, Caroline Duggan (Holly Springs, NC 2019) ranked 9th, Alexia Siehl (Fort Mill, SC 2022) ranked T-11th, Jinny Park (Fairfax, VA 2019) ranked 14th, and Nicole Kramer (Charlotte, NC 2018) ranked 15th. Additional players to watch include Jessica Rathbone (Montpelier, VA 2020) and \u00a0Jayla Rogers (Wilmington, NC 2019).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Futures Series field features 23 golfers, highlighted by 6 of the top-10 players on the 2017 Futures PKBGT Order of Merit list, including: Maria Atwood (Holly Springs, NC 2022) ranked 3rd, Trinity Muthomi (Kernersville, NC 2022) ranked 4th,\u00a0Tatum Walsh (Midlothian, VA 2021) ranked 5th,\u00a0Hannah Nall (Cleveland, TN 2022) ranked 6th, \u00a0Katie Park (Fairfax, VA 2022) ranked 8th, Carson Jenkins (Raleigh, NC 2019) ranked 9th. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Additional players to watch are Erin Singleton (Apex, NC 2020), Grace Holcomb (Wilmington, NC 2021),\u00a0Harper Shepherd (Greensboro, NC 2021), Katelyn Kenthack (Pinehurst, NC 2020), and Megan Morris (Cary, NC 2021).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The PKBGT MASTERS at Greenville Country Club brings together players from Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It should be a great tournament! Who will be golden?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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 affordable, high-quality nationally ranked girls\u2019 golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls\u2019 golfers for high school and collegiate golf. The PKBGT is the nation\u2019s largest \u201cgirls\u2019 only\u201d junior tour with over 500 members in 2016 and \u00a0over 450 girls playing in or committed to 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=5097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"View Event Photos\" alt=\"View Event Photos\" 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>On Saturday-Sunday, April 22-23, the 2017\u00a0Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour plays the PKBGT MASTERS at Greenville Country Club. Greenville Country Club, home of the East Carolina University Pirates women&#8217;s golf team, is a classic course for this two-day tournament. 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