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The Kentucky PGA Junior Tour has announced a new partnership with the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour (PKBGT) to bring a new regional series for junior girl golfers in Kentucky.

The PKBGT Kentucky regional series, which features three yardage-based divisions, is aimed at providing developmental junior girl golfers with a comfortable and competitive environment to compete and be recognized on the junior golf circuit. The series will take place at area courses in Louisville, Northern Kentucky and Lexington beginning in June. The schedule consists of six, one-day events with a two-day series finale in October.

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“Golf House Kentucky and its family of golf organizations is dedicated to growing the game of golf for players of all levels and abilities,” said Brent Paladino, Executive Director of Golf House Kentucky. “We are excited to partner with the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour to create a junior girls series in Kentucky and to provide additional opportunities for girls to play and compete.”

The introduction of the Kentucky Regional Series marks the sixth regional series offered by the PKBGT, an LPGA Foundation approved tour dedicated to creating on course opportunities for junior girls through girls-only golf tournaments.

“We are extremely excited to join forces with Golf House Kentucky and the Kentucky PGA Junior Tour to grow opportunities for junior girls to play in the state,” said PKBGT Tour Director Mike Parker.

The first event will be held Sunday, June 9th, 2019 at World of Golf in Florence, KY. Registration is now open for girls ages 9-18.  The point leaders of the six-event series will be awarded and ranked through the PKBGT Storie Apparel Order of Merit.

2019 Series Schedule

About the Peggy Kirk Bell Golf Tour

About the PKBGT Founded in 2007 by the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, as a local girls' golf tour in the Triad region of North Carolina, the tour began as a simple concept: create more effective competitive playing opportunities for girls. By utilizing innovative yardage-based divisions instead of the traditional age-based format, the tour focused on developing tournament experience at the players pace. The 2019 season will feature over 90 tournaments in 9 states on the East Coast and with over 900 members, the PKBGT is the largest girl’s only tour in the country. Learn more about the PKBGT at http://www.pkbgt.org.