Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Preview & Pairings

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:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2013/06/walmart-nw-arkansas-championship.html

Has Walmart always been a title sponsor on the LPGA circuit (say the last 10 years?).  I'm curious... It just seems funny to me.

This is the 6th year of the event.

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:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2013/06/walmart-nw-arkansas-championship.html

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:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2013/06/walmart-nw-arkansas-championship.html

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 :

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2013/06/walmart-nw-arkansas-championship.html