{"id":9145,"date":"2018-06-06T13:27:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T13:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/?p=9145"},"modified":"2018-06-06T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T13:27:53","slug":"18event44_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pkbgt.org\/news\/18event44_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Central Florida Series Finale at LPGA International GC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>On Saturday, June 9th, 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\/2018\/CentralFloridaOneDaySeriesFinaleLPGAInternational\/8815\">Central Florida Series Finale at LPGA International Golf Course.\u00a0<\/a>The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour (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 a 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 an 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\/lpgainternational.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Featured in the Prep Division is Gabrielle Perlstein (Lake Mary, FL 2020) \u00a0Gabrielle is ranked 1st on the Prep Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida and she has finished in 1st place at CFL One-Day events at Alaqua CC, Redtail GC and Eagle Creek GC.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in the Futures Division are Taylor Ellis (Belle Isle, FL 2020), Lauren Perry (Longwood, FL 2021) and Sarah Fox (Lakeland, FL 2021). Taylor is currently ranked 4th on the Futures Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida. She has finished runner-up in both CFL One-Day events at Alaqua CC and Redtail GC. Lauren is currently ranked 2nd on the Futures Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida and finished in 1st place at the CFL One-Day at Interlachen CC. Sarah is currently ranked 3rd on the Futures Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida and she finished in 1st place at the CFL One-Day event at Eagle Creek GC.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in the Discovery Division are Darby Hancock (Sorrento, FL 2025), McKenzie Coody (Orange City, FL 2024) and Adriana Pag\u00e1n (Oviedo, FL 2026). Darby is currently ranked 1st on the Discovery Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida and finished in 1st place at the CFL One-Day events at Redtail GC and Eagle Creek GC. McKenzie is currently ranked T5 on the Discovery Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida and finished runner-up at the CFL One-Day event at Interlachen CC. Adriana is currently ranked 7th on the Discovery Order of Merit \u2013 Central Florida and she finished T3 at the CFL One-Day event at Eagle Creek GC.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone looks to continue their success this weekend at the Central Florida Series Finale at LPGA International GC. We look forward to a great event!<\/p>\n<p>One-day tournaments are designed for golfers of all skill levels, but are a great place for development golfers to \u201cget in to the swing of things\u201d 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 inaugural Central Florida One-Day Series event 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 PKBGT Central Florida One-Day Series started on Saturday, March 31<sup>st<\/sup> at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, FL and will end this 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=\"https:\/\/tournaments.pkbgt.org\/Scoreboard?TournamentID=8815\"><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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, June 9th, the 2018\u00a0Peggy Kirk Bell Girls\u2019 Golf Tour plays the Central Florida Series Finale at LPGA International Golf Course.\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 a new developmental series for junior girl golfers in [&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-9145","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 Series Finale at LPGA International GC - PKB Girls&#039; 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