Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Tournament information
Location	Rogers, Arkansas,  United States
Established	2007
Course(s)	Pinnacle Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,284 yards (5,746 m)
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play – 54 holes
Prize fund	$2,000,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	200 Yani Tseng (2010)
To par	-15 Seon Hwa Lee (2008)
Current champion
Yani Tseng

The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, in full the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G is a golf tournament for professional female golfers that is part of the LPGA Tour. It was first played in 2007 at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas.

Procter & Gamble (P&G), a manufacturer of a wide range of consumer goods, became the title sponsor in 2008. The 2008 and 2009 editions were prefaced with "P&G Beauty", with the word "Beauty" dropped starting in 2010. Walmart, the world's largest public corporation, became the presenting sponsor in 2010.^[1] Walmart became the title sponsor in 2011, with P&G as the presenting sponsor.

Due to inclement weather in 2007, only the first round on Friday was completed which classified it as an "unofficial tournament." An LPGA event must be at least 36 holes to qualify as official.^[2] Stacy Lewis, then a senior at the University of Arkansas, led after 18 holes and was declared the unofficial winner. The tournament purse was cut in half and all professionals received winnings based on 50% of what they would have earned had the tournament been completed. Because Lewis was an amateur she received no earnings,^[2] and all earnings by LPGA members were considered unofficial.

Tournament names through the years:

• 2007: LPGA NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons
• 2008–2009: P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons
• 2010: P&G NW Arkansas Championship Presented by Walmart
• 2011: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G

Winners

Year	Dates	Champion	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Tournament Location	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
2011	Sep 9–11	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	201 (−12)	Playoff	Pinnacle Country Club	2,000,000	300,000
2010	Sep 10–12	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	200 (−13)	1 stroke	Pinnacle Country Club	2,000,000	300,000
2009	Sep 11–13	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	204 (−9)	Playoff	Pinnacle Country Club	1,800,000	230,000
2008	Jul 4–6	Seon Hwa Lee	South Korea	201 (−15)	1 stroke	Pinnacle Country Club	1,700,000	225,000
2007	Sep 7	Stacy Lewis	United States	65 (−7)	1 stroke	Pinnacle Country Club	625,000	90,000*

*The 2007 tournament was reduced to 18 holes and declared unofficial because of multiple rain delays. Lewis was an amateur and did not receive the winner's share. The original tournament dates in 2007 were September 7–9.

Tournament records

Year	Player	Score	Round	Course
2008	Jane Park	62 (−10)	3rd round	Pinnacle Country Club
2008	Angela Park	62 (−10)	2nd round	Pinnacle Country Club

References

1. ^ P&G NW Arkansas Championship, September Date, Purse Increase Announced for 2010 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
2. ^ ^{a b} LPGA (September 9, 2007). "LPGA NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons: Post Round Story and Interviews". LPGA.com. http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=12461. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 

External links

• Official website
• LPGA.com – tournament microsite