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Players to Watch at Anderson Girls'
The 2016 Carolinas Golf Association’s girls’ championship season wraps up with the 8th Jimmy Anderson Junior Girls’ Invitational at Jacksonville Country Club in Jacksonville, N.C. on October 1-2, 2016. A record 57 girls are scheduled to play in the 36-hole stroke play tournament for junior girls between the ages of 12-18 who have not completed high school. Eight players from outside the Carolinas are in this year's field. The Carolinas Golf Association and the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour will conduct the event in conjunction with Jacksonville Country Club.
Jacksonville Country Club Board of Directors and several of the club’s junior golf program alumni of the club started the tournament in 2009 to honor Mr. Jimmy Anderson for his service as golf professional at Jacksonville Country Club and his dedication and support of junior golf. Jimmy Anderson was the head golf professional at Jacksonville Country Club for over 25 years. Each Saturday morning, he conducted a junior golf clinic to help spread the game of golf to the next generation. During his tenure at Jacksonville CC, he taught many juniors including Mallory Miller, the 1987 N.C. Junior Champion and numerous future collegiate and golf professionals. Not only did he teach the game of golf, but was always there with a helpful word of encouragement to any young golfer.
All but one past champion has played Division I collegiate golf including Tatum Briele of New Bern, N.C. (NC State), Sarah Bae of Pinehurst, N.C. (NC State), Evelyn Dole of Raleigh, N.C. (Southern Methodist), Emily Brooks of Chapel Hill, N.C. (Elon). Jennifer Chang of Cary, N.C. has won the last three Anderson Girls’ Invitational and has committed to play college golf at Southern California.
Here are 5 players to watch at this year’s Jimmy Anderson Girls’ Invitational:
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Emily Hawkins of Lexington, N.C. A high school junior, Hawkins won two Carolinas Golf Association major junior tournaments this past summer, the N.C. Junior Girls' and the Carolinas Junior Girls'. She also finished tied for second in the Twin State Girls’ and Dogwood State Junior. On the national level, Hawkins won the AJGA Girls’ Championship and competed in the U.S. Junior Girls’ and U.S. Women’s Amateur championships this summer. Hawkins finished tied for third place in the 2015 Anderson Girls’. She is ranked #5 in N.C. among junior girls’.
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Caroline Curtis of Richmond, VA. A high school sophomore, Curtis finished in second place in the Mid-Atlantic PGA Junior and advanced to the PGA Junior Championship were she finished in twelfth. Curtis is the ranked #1 in Virginia by the Junior Golf Scoreboard.
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Anna McDonald of Hickory, N.C. A high school sophomore, McDonald tied for first in last year’s Anderson Girls’. In the past 12 months, McDonald has six top-10 finishes in junior girls’ tournaments which include fourth place finished in the Carolinas-Georgia Junior and the Vicki DiSantis Girls’ championships. In the most recent N.C. Girls’ ranking, McDonald jumped 19 places and is currently ranked #12.
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Alyssa Campbell of Lake Wylie, S.C. A high school junior, Campbell has won the S.C. Junior Match Play Championship along with eight other junior tournaments in the past 12 months. Campbell is ranked #13 on the S.C. Junior Golf Association rankings.
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Natalie Petersen of Holly Springs, N.C. Petersen, a high school senior, won the Dogwood State Junior and the High Point Junior this summer. Over the past 12 months, Petersen has 21 top-10 finishes and is ranked 9th in N.C.
Full Field of Players:
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Adam, Nicole, Pinehurst, NC
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Jacoby, Elena, Huntersville, NC
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Adamchik, Mogie, Raleigh, NC
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Jarrell, Alexis, Davidson, NC
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Ahing, Trinity, New Bern, NC
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Joy, Hailey, Reidsville , NC
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Battle, Mackenzie, Aberdeen, NC
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Kenthack, Katelyn, Pinehurst, NC
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Bruxvoort, Hannah Rose, Chapel Hill, NC
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Kramer, Nicole, Charlotte, NC
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Bryant, Caroline, New Bern, NC
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Mast, Rachael, Lexington, NC
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Campbell, Alyssa, Lake Wylie, SC
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McDonald, Anna, Hickory, NC
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Cox, Michaela, Greensboro, NC
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Melting, Parker, Mint Hill, NC
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Crumrine, Caroline, Wilmington, NC
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Mitchell, Naomi, Norfolk, VA
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Curtis, Caroline, Richmond, VA
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Newman, Madilyn, Knoxville, TN
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Davis, Bailey, White Plains, MD
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Pack, Emelia, Browns Summit, NC
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Denhard, Lauren, Salisbury , NC
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Pendleton, Hailey, Waxhaw, NC
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Dowell, Kayla, Mebane, NC
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Petersen, Natalie, Holly Springs, NC
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Fiedler, Julie, New Bern, NC
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Rogers, Jayla, Wilmington, NC
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Fieldings, Paris, Suffolk, VA
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Siehl, Alexia, Fort Mill, SC
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Fletcher, Camryn, Raleigh, NC
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Sinclair, Ryann, Mooresville, NC
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Flinchum, Evin, Summerfield, NC
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Smith, Kayla, Burlington, NC
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Fobes, Mallory, East Bend, NC
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Strickland, Kelly, Alpharetta, GA
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Fox, Lotte, Raleigh, NC
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Topiwala, Kelley, Matthews, NC
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Freedman, Hailey, Chapel Hill, NC
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Tu, Cynthia, Vienna, VA
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Funderburg, Sarah, Wilmington, NC
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Turner, Kendall, Chesapeake, VA
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Hardin, Sarah, West Jefferson, NC
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Uppal, Muskan, Cornelius, NC
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Harn, Michelle, Charlotte, NC
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Wenmoth, Emilee, Clemmons, NC
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Hawkins, Emily, Lexington, NC
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Wessels, Laney, Sophia, NC
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Hawkins, Kate, Littleton, NC
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Williams, Shalie, Shawboro, NC
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Hirtle, Mara, Pinehurst, NC
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Wong, Siana, Summerfield, NC
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Hodges, Charleigh, Mooresville, NC
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Wooten, Amy, Clinton, NC
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Holcomb, Grace M, Wilmington, NC
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About the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Tour (PKBGT)
The PKBGT is an initiative of the non-profit Triad Youth Golf Foundation. The Foundation will provide financial and logistical support to the Tour and work with community and regional leaders to promote girls golf in the Carolina’s. The mission of T.Y.G.F. is to provide cost-conscious access to golf with a specific focus on girl’s golf development through the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf programs of Greensboro & Winston-Salem.
2016 will be the 10th season of the Tour which has experienced unprecedented growth in its first eight seasons. Participation on the tour has grown to over 450 members with our multi-day events regularly featuring between 60 to 90 girls.
The 2016 Tour will again feature 18, 36 & a 54-hole tournaments and is open to girls 12-18 with multiple series based on yardages, the elite Bell Division (divided into the elite Bell Series and the collegiate-prep Prep Series) and the high school developmental Futures Division. In addition, 2016 will feature the return of the Collegiate Series for 19 - 25 year olds looking for some competition during the summer months.
About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)
The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.
The CGA annually conducts 43 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 140 One-Day (net and gross) events and qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed more than $1,500,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.
For more information about the CGA, visit www.carolinasgolf.org.