{"id":8733,"date":"2018-03-16T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=8733"},"modified":"2018-03-16T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:23:01","slug":"18event13_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/18event13_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: North Carolina Classic at Sapona Ridge Country Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PKBGT season is in full swing with our next tour stop at Sapona Ridge Country Club in Lexington, NC with the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=8441\">North Carolina Classic<\/a>. \u00a0On March 24-25, the PKBGT will have a full field of 69 girls on the Sapona Ridge Country Club course.\u00a0They will tackle the course at 5,750 yards in the Prep division and in the Futures National division at 5,200 yards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sapona.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8735 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sapona.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Prep Series features a strong field of 36 players from five different states. Featured in the Prep Series are Sasha Hayes (Winston-Salem, NC 2020), Sophie Holland (Cornelius, NC 2020), and Olivia John (Summerfield, NC 2018). Sasha is currently 21st on the Performance Index rankings and placed T8 at the PKBGT Tournament of Champions at Pinehurst #8 with a two day score of 155. Sophie is currently 30th on the Performance Index rankings and T5 in her last PKB event with a two day score of 147. Olivia is currently 35th on the Performance Index rankings and in her last PKB event, the 2018 Tar Heel Classic, she shot a two day score of 161.<\/p>\n<p>The Futures National Series features a field of 33 players from seven states. Featured in the Futures National Series is Macy Pate (Boone, NC 2023), Elizabeth Lohbauer (Huntersville, NC 2021), and Kalina Siehl (Fort Mill, SC 2021). Macy is currently 1st on the Order of Merit standings for the Futures National Division. In her last PKB event, the 2018 Tar Heel Classic, she finished in 9th place with a two day score of 164. Elizabeth is currently 6th on the Order of Merit standings for the Futures National Division. In her last PKB event, the 2018 Tar Heel Classic, she finished 14th with a two day score of 170. Kalina is currently 4th on the Order of Merit standings for the Futures National Division. In her last PKB event, the 2018 Tar Heel Classic, she finished T16 with a two day score of 174.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looks to continue their success at the North Carolina Classic at Sapona Ridge Country Club in Lexington, NC. We look forward to a great event!<\/p>\n<p>Play will begin on Saturday morning with an 11 AM single tee start. \u00a0Follow the action at the North Carolina Classic at the link below!<\/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 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 over 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=8441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"View Event Photos\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/button_blog_scoreboard.jpg\" alt=\"View Event Photos\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PKBGT season is in full swing with our next tour stop at Sapona Ridge Country Club in Lexington, NC with the North Carolina Classic. \u00a0On March 24-25, the PKBGT will have a full field of 69 girls on the Sapona Ridge Country Club course.\u00a0They will tackle the course at 5,750 yards in the Prep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event_news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Preview: North Carolina Classic at Sapona Ridge Country Club - PKB Girls&#039; 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