{"id":9004,"date":"2018-05-21T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=9004"},"modified":"2018-05-24T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:51:47","slug":"18event24_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/18event24_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: PKBGT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at Country Club of Salisbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Saturday-Monday, May 26-28, the 2018\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\">Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour<\/a> plays the <a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Tournament\/TournamentDetails?TID=8449\">PKBGT \u00a0OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP<\/a> at Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, North Carolina. Salisbury, home of the <a href=\"http:\/\/gocatawbaindians.com\/sport.asp?sportID=9\">Catawba College<\/a> women&#8217;s golf team, has been a host course for the PKBGT since 2007. The PKBGT Open Championship is one of the longest running Championship events in PKB history, going on its 10th year at the Country Club of Salisbury. The event features a strong field of 90 players from Bell National and Futures National Series of the PKB Girls\u2019 Golf Tour, the nation\u2019s largest \u201cgirls\u2019 only\u201d junior tour. The event, ranked by the GolfWeek\/Titliest national rankings, is the fifth championship tournament of the 2018 season.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pkbgt.org\/images\/courses\/salisbury.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bell National field features 61 golfers, highlighted by 11 of the top-25 players on the PKBGT Performance Index and 7 of the top-200 players on Golfweek National rankings, including: the top ranked player on the Performance Index, Amanda Sambach (Davidson, NC 2021) ranked 51 by Golfweek, who also participated in the LPGA Symetra Tour&#8217;s Symetra Classic on a sponsor&#8217;s exemption this past weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Sambach is joined by Katherine Schuster (Kill Devil Hills, NC 2021) ranked 5th on the Performance Index and 197th by Golfweek and Emily Hawkins (Lexington, NC 2018) ranked 6th on the Performance Index and 192nd by Golfweek. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition, other players to watch include Nicole Adam (Pinehurst, NC 2020) ranked 8th on the Performance Index and 131st by Golfweek, Rebecca DiNunzio (Norfolk, VA 2019) ranked 12th on the Performance Index and 176th by Golfweek, Kendall Turner (Chesapeake, VA 2019) ranked 13th on the Performance Index,\u00a0 Sasha Hayes (Winston-Salem, NC 2020) ranked 18th on the Performance Index, Anna McDonald (Hickory, NC 2019) ranked 20th on the Performance Index\u00a0and Holly McCann (Raleigh, NC 2019) ranked 23rd on the Performance Index and 155th by Golfweek.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Futures National field features 29 golfers, highlighted by 10 of the top 15 players on the PKBGT Futures National Order of Merit, including: the top ranked player on the Futures National Order of Merit, Amber Mackiewicz (Virginia Beach, VA 2023), Abby Hunter (Blacksburg, VA 2021) ranked 2nd, Macy Pate (Boone, NC 2023) ranked 5th, Amber Capote (Waxhaw, NC 2020) ranked 8th, Megan Morris (Cary, NC 2021) ranked 9th, Kalina Siehl (Fort Mill, SC 2021) ranked 10th, Annabelle Millard (Indian Trail, NC 2022) ranked 11th, McKenzie Daffin (Fort Bragg, NC 2021) ranked 12th, Averi Cline (Suwanee, GA 2022) ranked 13th and Amelia Cho (Ashburn, VA 2024) ranked 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In all, the field includes 17 players who have signed or committed to play college golf in the coming years. \u00a0They include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Adam, Nicole (Pinehurst, NC 2020) &#8211; UNC Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<p>Battle, Mackenzie (Aberdeen, NC 2018) &#8211; Citadel<\/p>\n<p>Cherry, Jacqueline (Ellicott City, MD 2018) &#8211; U.S. Naval Academy<\/p>\n<p>DiNunzio, Rebecca (Norfolk, VA\u00a02019) &#8211; Virginia Tech<\/p>\n<p>Dunlap, Emily (Greenville, SC\u00a02019) &#8211; College of Charleston<\/p>\n<p>Garnett, Channing (Wake Forest, NC 2018) UNC Wilmington<\/p>\n<p>Harn, Michelle (Charlotte, NC 2019) &#8211; High Point<\/p>\n<p>Havmoeller, Emma (Charlotte, NC 2018) &#8211; Appalachian State<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins, Emily (Lexington, NC 2018) &#8211; Campbell<\/p>\n<p>Hodges, Charleigh (Mooresville, NC 2018) &#8211; Queens<\/p>\n<p>John, Olivia (Summerfield, NC\u00a02018) &#8211; Western Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Kuehn, Rachel (Asheville, NC 2019) &#8211; Wake Forest<\/p>\n<p>Raines, Leila (Galena, OH 2020) &#8211; Michigan State<\/p>\n<p>Sambach, Amanda (Davidson, NC 2021) &#8211; Virginia<\/p>\n<p>Sload, Skylar (Ashburn, VA 2018) &#8211; Virginia<\/p>\n<p>Turner, Kendall (Chesapeake, VA 2019) &#8211; James Madison<\/p>\n<p>Uppal, Muskan (Cornelius, NC 2019) &#8211; Richmond<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The PKBGT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at Country Club of Salisbury brings together players from Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,\u00a0Tennessee and Virginia. We look forward to 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 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=8449\"><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-Monday, May 26-28, the 2018\u00a0Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour plays the PKBGT \u00a0OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at Country Club of Salisbury in Salisbury, North Carolina. Salisbury, home of the Catawba College women&#8217;s golf team, has been a host course for the PKBGT since 2007. 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