[tonyj5]

After a one week break, the LPGA resumes its schedule this week with the playing of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G.

Another strong field will be teeing it up, this time in the state of Arkansas. My strength of field rating is a solid 81%. Nineteen of the top 20 players on the LPGA Priority List, and 17 of the top 20 players on the Rolex Rankings will be in attendance.

This tournament will mark the completion of the first half of the season. This will be tournament #14 of 28 to be played this year, and is a 54 hole event.

Here are the key details:

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Preview & Pairings

[tonyj5]

The pairings for the first 2 rounds have now been posted:

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Preview & Pairings

[tonyj5]

Here are the first round leaders:
1 Mika Miyazato -6 F
2 So Yeon Ryu -5 F
2 Angela Stanford -5 F
4 Chie Arimura -4 F
4 Lisa McCloskey -4 F
4 Danielle Kang -4 F
4 Stacy Lewis -4 F
4 Sarah Kemp -4 F
4 Suzann Pettersen -4 F
4 Mina Harigae -4 F
4 Azahara Munoz -4 F
4 Christel Boeljon -4 F
4 Beatriz Recari -4 F

For full results of all players:

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Preview & Pairings

[zcaveman]

Last night I attempted to watch the LPGA tournament on the Golf Channel. If I had a stop watch I would have seen about 10 minutes of golf in the 1.5 hours I watched the golf channel. All I got was interviews and commentaries and commercials.

I really hope they get better over the weekend.

[tonyj5]

Yea, they messed up the broadcast times and the leaders finished early. Will be better today.

[zcaveman]

I don't really care about the leaders. I just want to watch golf and not the BS stuff. The Golf channel is terrible about that.

They do the same with all golf and think we actually watch it.

Z

[tonyj5]

Here are the leaders after Saturday's Round:
1 Chie Arimura -10 F
1 Beatriz Recari -10 F
1 Stacy Lewis -10 F
1 So Yeon Ryu -10 F
5 In-Kyung Kim -8 F
5 Pornanong Phatlum -8 F
5 Inbee Park -8 F
5 Ji Young Oh -8 F
9 a-Lydia Ko -7 F
9 Mika Miyazato -7 F
11 Juli Inkster -6 F
11 Moriya Jutanugarn -6 F
11 Brooke Pancake -6 F
11 Paula Creamer -6 F
11 Christel Boeljon -6 F
11 Mina Harigae -6 F
11 Sarah Kemp -6 F

For complete results:
TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Preview & Pairings

[tonyj5]

Here are the final results:

1 x-Inbee Park -12 F
1 So Yeon Ryu -12 F
3 Mika Miyazato -11 F
4 a-Lydia Ko -10 F
4 In-Kyung Kim -10 F
4 Stacy Lewis -10 F
7 Suzann Pettersen -9 F
7 Paula Creamer -9 F
7 Chie Arimura -9 F
7 Beatriz Recari -9 F
11 Haeji Kang -8 F
11 Ai Miyazato -8 F
13 Shanshan Feng -7 F
13 Brittany Lang -7 F
13 Brooke Pancake -7 F
13 Juli Inkster -7 F

For full results :

TONY'S LPGA REPORT: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Preview & Pairings

[jebartle]

Once again top five are Asian!