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 in

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, 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

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. The 2008 and

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editions were prefaced with "P&G Beauty", with the word "Beauty" dropped starting in

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Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

, based in nearby Bentonville and the world's largest public corporation, became the presenting sponsor in 2010. Walmart became the title sponsor in

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, with P&G as the presenting sponsor.

History

Due to inclement weather in

, 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 Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one in ...

, then a senior at the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as 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 An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...

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

Winners

* 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

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); three professionals at 66 tied for the top money spot.
The original tournament dates in 2007 were September 7–9.

Tournament records

Source:

References

External links

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LPGA.com
– tournament microsite
Pinnacle Country Club
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