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Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Tournament information
Location	Rogers, Arkansas
Established	2007, 18 years ago
Course(s)	Pinnacle Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,438 yards (5,887 m)
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play – 54 holes
Prize fund	$2.3 million
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	192 Nasa Hataoka (2018)
To par	−21 as above
Current champion
Ryu Hae-ran

Pinnacle CC

Location in the United States

The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship is an annual women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Rogers, Arkansas, north of Fayetteville. First played 18 years ago in 2007, all editions of the tournament have been played at Pinnacle Country Club.

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, based in nearby Bentonville and the world's largest public corporation, became the presenting sponsor in 2010. Walmart became the title sponsor in 2011, with P&G as the presenting sponsor.

History

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. 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, 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

Pinnacle CC

Location in Arkansas

Winners

Year	Dates	Champion	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
2023	Sep 29–Oct 1	Ryu Hae-ran	194	−19	3 strokes	2,300,000	345,000
2022	Sep 23–25	Atthaya Thitikul	196	−17	Playoff	2,300,000	345,000
2021	Sep 24–26	Nasa Hataoka (2)	197	−16	1 stroke	2,300,000	345,000
2020	Aug 28–30	Austin Ernst	193	−20	2 strokes	2,300,000	345,000
2019	Jun 28–30	Park Sung-hyun	195	−18	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2018	Jun 22–24	Nasa Hataoka	192	−21	6 strokes	2,000,000	300,000
2017	Jun 23–25	Ryu So-yeon	195	−18	2 strokes	2,000,000	300,000
2016	Jun 24–26	Lydia Ko	196	−17	3 strokes	2,000,000	300,000
2015	Jun 26–28	Na Yeon Choi	198	−15	2 strokes	2,000,000	300,000
2014	Jun 27–29	Stacy Lewis (2)	201	−12	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2013	Jun 21–23	Inbee Park	201	−12	Playoff	2,000,000	300,000
2012	Jun 29 – Jul 1	Ai Miyazato	201	−12	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2011	Sep 9–11	Yani Tseng (2)	201	−12	Playoff	2,000,000	300,000
2010	Sep 10–12	Yani Tseng	200	−13	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2009	Sep 11–13	Jiyai Shin	204	−9	Playoff	1,800,000	270,000
2008	Jul 4–6	Seon Hwa Lee	201	−15	1 stroke	1,700,000	255,000
2007	Sep 7	Stacy Lewis (a)	65	−7	1 stroke	625,000	0*

* The 2007 tournament was reduced to 18 holes and declared unofficial because of multiple rain delays; the $1.25 million purse was halved.
Lewis was an amateur (and reigning NCAA champion); three professionals at 66 tied for the top money spot.
The original tournament dates in 2007 were September 7–9.

Tournament records

18th Hole viewing box in 2015

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