{"id":8895,"date":"2018-04-24T18:34:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=8895"},"modified":"2018-04-24T18:34:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:34:40","slug":"18event39_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/18event39_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Central Florida One-Day Series at Redtail Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, April 28, the 2018\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> plays the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=8812\">Central Florida One-Day Series at Redtail Golf Club<\/a>. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour<\/a> (PKBGT) is excited to be working in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ioausa.com\/\">Insurance Office of America <\/a>as the presenting sponsor of the new developmental series for junior girl golfers in Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo_series_cf1_ioa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8639 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo_series_cf1_ioa-300x105.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo_series_cf1_ioa-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo_series_cf1_ioa-200x70.png 200w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo_series_cf1_ioa-400x140.png 400w, https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo_series_cf1_ioa.png 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new series is an addition to the 35 developmental tournaments PKBGT runs across the east coast. These events offer innovative yardage-based divisions to girls aged 9-17. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/about_series.php\">The PKBGT Series Progression<\/a> allows players to progress towards playing collegiate golf by playing yardage\/skill appropriate tournaments as they develop their game.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/redtail.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One-day tournaments are designed for golfers of all skill levels, but are a great place for development golfers to &#8220;get in to the swing of things&#8221; playing tournament golf. The goal of One-Day Open Series events is to provide a fun and friendly tournament on a premium golf course. The Central Florida One-Day Series at Redtail GC features a field of 18 players from the PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour, the nation\u2019s largest \u201cgirls\u2019 only\u201d junior tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Florida One-Day Series at Redtail GC brings together players from around Central Florida. The field features 2 Prep Series players, 9 Futures Series players, and 7 Discovery Series players.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in the Prep Series are Gabrielle Perlstein (Lake Mary, FL 2020) and Nicole Wilkes (Lake Mary, FL 2021). Gabrielle finished in 1st place at the inaugural Central Florida One-Day event at Alaqua CC last month.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in the Futures Series are Kelly Yan (Beijing, China 2023), Miya Okuda (Winter Park, FL) and Lauren Perry (New Smyrna Beach, FL 2020). Kelly finished in 1st place at the CF One-Day event at Alaqua CC. Miya finished in 2nd place at the Alaqua tournament, and Lauren finished in 3rd place.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in the Discovery Series are McKenna Murphy (Sanford, FL 2025), Adriana Pag\u00e5n (Oviedo, FL 2026) and Madison Dusenbury (Deland, FL 2028). McKenna finished in 1st place at the CF One-Day event at Alaqua CC. Adriana finished in 4th place, and Madison finished in 6th place at the Alaqua CC event.<\/p>\n<p>Awards will be presented to the top-4 finishers in the Prep and Futures Series, and the top-3 finishers in the Discovery Series.\u00a0We look forward to a great event!<\/p>\n<p>The PKBGT Central Florida One-Day Series debuted Saturday, March 31<sup>st<\/sup> at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, FL and ends Saturday, June 9th at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, FL. The point leaders of the five-day series will be awarded and ranked through the PKBGT <a href=\"https:\/\/storieapparel.com\/\">Storie Apparel<\/a> Order of Merit.\u00a0In addition, IOA will grant a sponsor\u2019s exemption into the Symetra Tour\u2019s 2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ioagolfclassic.com\/\">IOA Golf Classic<\/a> to one PKBGT member. That event will be contested September 28-30, 2018 at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, FL. More details on how members will be able to qualify will be released this spring.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Insurance Office of America<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With the vision \u201cto be a family of companies that grows and leads the marketplace by serving our clients, our community, and one another,\u201d\u009d Insurance Office of America is one of the largest, privately held agencies in the country. The company began in 1988 with $166,000 in revenue. Over the years, through client retention, growth, and the addition of first-class agents, it has grown to $181 million\u00a0in revenue in 2016. In addition, IOA is the title sponsor for 3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symetratour.com\/\">LPGA Symetra Tour<\/a> Events, the IOA Championship presented by Morongo Casino Resort and Spa, the IOA Invitational at Atlanta National Golf Club and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ioagolfclassic.com\/\">IOA Golf Classic<\/a> at Alaqua CC. IOA also covers over 50 sports teams including the multiple teams in the NBA, NHL, NFL, WNBA and more.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Insurance Office of America, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ioausa.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ioausa.com\/<\/a><\/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 450 members in 2015 and 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=\"http:\/\/pkb.shotstat.com\/TournamentScoring\/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=8812\"><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>On Saturday, April 28, the 2018\u00a0Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour plays the\u00a0Central Florida One-Day Series at Redtail Golf Club. \u00a0The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour (PKBGT) is excited to be working in partnership with Insurance Office of America as the presenting sponsor of the new developmental series for junior girl golfers in Central [&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-8895","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: Central Florida One-Day Series at Redtail Golf Club - PKB Girls&#039; 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