Walmart NW Arkansas Championship R3

NW Arkansas 2021 R3
September 24-26
Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas
$2,300,000
Round 1, Round 2

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Japan’s Nasa Hataoka signed for a final round 67 to finish at 16-under 197 and earn her second title of the year at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G.

NW Arkansas 2021 R3

Her second win in this event ,after becoming a Rolex First-Time Winner in 2018, is also her fifth title on the LPGA Tour.

“My first win being here and of course the two holes-in-one [in the second round], it kind of feels like it’s my power spot,” said Hataoka.

NW Arkansas 2021 R3

Hataoka fired five birdies and a single bogey at the par-4 13th, narrowly avoiding a double-bogey.

“It was pretty tight, very stressful because the other players were so close to me. It was pretty stressful for me, yeah. The grass type, it matches what I was doing when I was young, and so I’m able to kind of know how it reacts, so that kind of helps me. And so I like this course.”

NW Arkansas 2021 R3

She now has the third-most victories by a Japanese player behind Ayako Okamoto (17) and Ai Miyazato (9).

South Korean Eun-Hee Ji and Australian Minjee Lee tied for second at 15-under. Ji signed for a bogey-free 67 having made two birdies and an eagle at the par-5 14th.

Lee struggled on the front nine making the turn in 36 after two birdies and two bogeys but produced three more birdies to close with a 68.

NW Arkansas 2021 R3

Yuka Saso of the Philippines and American Danielle Kang tied for fourth at 14-under after both recording 65s.

Saso, making her first appearance in Arkansas after a month-long break, produced two eagles at the par-5s 7th and 18th, four birdies and two bogeys in her final round.

“I had probably like 230 [yards] to the flag [on No. 7], help wind. Had 5-wood probably like 50 or 60 feet putt, left to right. Pretty long putt. It was pretty good, and went in. Maybe lucky,” said Saso. “On 18 I got to like 210-215 to the flag, into. I had a 5-wood again, and actually after I hit I said, ‘Good.’ So I hit pretty good shot and had two eagles today.”

American Stacy Lewis (66) and South Korean Jin Young Ko (67) tied for sixth at 12-under.

NW Arkansas 2021 R3

Eight players tied for eighth at 11-under, including past champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea, who signed for a final-round 62 for the round of the week. Ryu originally set the tournament 18-hole scoring record when she won in 2017.

“I had 10 birdies today. You know, was really kind of feeling bad to make that the second hole, because that was three-putt. But it was really, really great to have a super low round. Haven’t done it for a while. And then it’s definitely help me out to gain some confidence,” said Ryu. “Today, definitely my second shot was much better, which means I feel like I’m in the right progress. I really want to take this opportunity as gaining my confidence level and then just keep going to enjoy the golf.”

NW Arkansas 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Nasa Hataoka	-16	65-65-67	197
T2	Eun-Hee Ji	-15	63-68-67	198
T2	Minjee Lee	-15	67-63-68	198
T4	Yuka Saso	-14	69-65-65	199
T4	Danielle Kang	-14	68-66-65	199
T6	Stacy Lewis	-12	67-68-66	201
T6	Jin Young Ko	-12	68-66-67	201
T8	So Yeon Ryu	-11	69-71-62	202
T8	Lexi Thompson	-11	67-70-65	202
T8	Chella Choi	-11	66-70-66	202
T8	Lindsey Weaver	-11	65-71-66	202
T8	Aditi Ashok	-11	65-70-67	202
T8	Moriya Jutanugarn	-11	68-66-68	202
T8	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-11	65-68-69	202
T8	Jeongeun Lee6	-11	69-63-70	202
T16	Haeji Kang	-10	66-72-65	203
T16	In Gee Chun	-10	66-70-67	203
T16	Jennifer Kupcho	-10	67-66-70	203
T19	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-9	70-70-64	204
T19	Mina Harigae	-9	70-69-65	204
T19	Jennifer Song	-9	68-70-66	204
T19	Lauren Kim	-9	67-69-68	204
T19	Dana Finkelstein	-9	67-67-70	204
T19	Klara Spilkova	-9	65-69-70	204
T25	Azahara Munoz	-8	70-71-64	205
T25	Su Oh	-8	72-66-67	205
T25	Megan Khang	-8	69-69-67	205
T25	Lydia Ko	-8	68-70-67	205
T25	Brooke M. Henderson	-8	67-71-67	205
T25	Esther Henseleit	-8	67-71-67	205
T25	Jenny Shin	-8	67-68-70	205
T25	A Lim Kim	-8	63-71-71	205
T25	Ariya Jutanugarn	-8	66-66-73	205
T34	Ally Ewing	-7	69-72-65	206
T34	Sarah Jane Smith	-7	70-69-67	206
T34	Brittany Lincicome	-7	69-70-67	206
T34	Jeongeun Lee	-7	69-70-67	206
T34	Min Lee	-7	68-71-67	206
T34	Celine Boutier	-7	69-69-68	206
T34	Austin Ernst	-7	68-66-72	206
T34	Sarah Burnham	-7	64-69-73	206
T42	Brittany Altomare	-6	72-69-66	207
T42	Mi Jung Hur	-6	71-70-66	207
T42	Lauren Coughlin	-6	71-69-67	207
T42	Mo Martin	-6	69-70-68	207
T42	Carlota Ciganda	-6	69-70-68	207
T42	Lindy Duncan	-6	67-70-70	207
T42	Ashleigh Buhai	-6	66-71-70	207
T42	Matilda Castren	-6	71-64-72	207
T42	Katherine Kirk	-6	63-71-73	207
T51	Na Yeon Choi	-5	70-71-67	208
T51	Lee Lopez	-5	69-69-70	208
T51	Madelene Sagstrom	-5	70-66-72	208
T51	Dani Holmqvist	-5	69-67-72	208
T51	Maria Fassi	-5	68-67-73	208
T56	Dottie Ardina	-4	72-69-68	209
T56	Sei Young Kim	-4	71-70-68	209
T56	Jasmine Suwannapura	-4	70-70-69	209
T56	Cydney Clanton	-4	69-70-70	209
T56	Maria Fernanda Torres	-4	68-71-70	209
T56	Elizabeth Szokol	-4	67-71-71	209
T56	Jackie Stoelting	-4	68-66-75	209
T63	Yealimi Noh	-3	74-67-69	210
T63	Pernilla Lindberg	-3	73-68-69	210
T63	Perrine Delacour	-3	70-71-69	210
T63	Sophia Popov	-3	69-72-69	210
T63	Kelly Tan	-3	71-69-70	210
T63	Paula Reto	-3	69-69-72	210
T63	Patty Tavatanakit	-3	68-70-72	210
T63	Jing Yan	-3	66-70-74	210
T71	Daniela Darquea	-2	68-73-70	211
T71	Nuria Iturrioz	-2	69-71-71	211
T71	Brooke Matthews (a)	-2	67-70-74	211
T74	Bianca Pagdanganan	-1	76-65-71	212
T74	Janie Jackson	-1	72-69-71	212
T74	Jaye Marie Green	-1	70-71-71	212
T74	Andrea Lee	-1	70-71-71	212
T74	Ana Belac	-1	69-72-71	212
T74	Sung Hyun Park	-1	69-71-72	212
T74	Jennifer Chang	-1	68-72-72	212
81	Haley Moore	E	70-71-72	213
T82	Mi Hyang Lee	+1	71-70-73	214
T82	Gaby Lopez	+1	70-71-73	214
T82	Stephanie Meadow	+1	69-72-73	214
85	Brianna Do	+2	71-70-74	215
86	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	+5	67-72-79	218
	Alana Uriell	WD	71-69
	Ssu-Chia Cheng	CUT	72-70	142
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	72-70	142
	Ryann O’Toole	CUT	72-70	142
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	71-71	142
	Gerina Piller	CUT	71-71	142
	Pornanong Phatlum	CUT	70-72	142
	Haru Nomura	CUT	69-73	142
	Wichanee Meechai	CUT	68-74	142
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	CUT	74-69	143
	Wei-Ling Hsu	CUT	74-69	143
	Kristen Gillman	CUT	73-70	143
	Christina Kim	CUT	73-70	143
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-70	143
	Sarah Schmelzel	CUT	73-70	143
	Celine Herbin	CUT	71-72	143
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	70-73	143
	Bronte Law	CUT	70-73	143
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	69-74	143
	Alison Lee	CUT	69-74	143
	Mind Muangkhumsakul	CUT	68-75	143
	Babe Liu	CUT	76-68	144
	Anne van Dam	CUT	75-69	144
	Kendall Dye	CUT	74-70	144
	Tiffany Chan	CUT	73-71	144
	Kristy McPherson	CUT	73-71	144
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	73-71	144
	Marissa Steen	CUT	73-71	144
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	73-71	144
	Nicole Broch Estrup	CUT	72-72	144
	Alexa Pano (a)	CUT	72-72	144
	Amy Yang	CUT	71-73	144
	Emma Talley	CUT	74-71	145
	Annie Park	CUT	73-72	145
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	72-73	145
	Angela Stanford	CUT	72-73	145
	Anna Nordqvist	CUT	71-74	145
	Gemma Dryburgh	CUT	70-75	145
	Luna Sobron Galmes	CUT	79-67	146
	Brittany Lang	CUT	75-71	146
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	75-71	146
	Min Seo Kwak	CUT	74-72	146
	Liz Nagel	CUT	73-73	146
	Sandra Gal	CUT	76-71	147
	Mel Reid	CUT	76-71	147
	Linnea Strom	CUT	76-72	148
	Alena Sharp	CUT	71-77	148
	Caroline Masson	CUT	69-79	148
	Cory Lopez (a)	CUT	73-76	149
	Muni He	CUT	77-73	150
	Kajal Mistry (a)	CUT	77-73	150
	Sydnee Michaels	CUT	73-77	150
	Angel Yin	CUT	76-75	151
	Pavarisa Yoktuan	CUT	76-75	151
	Esther Lee	CUT	73-78	151
	Marina Alex	CUT	71-81	152
	Mirim Lee	CUT	74-83	157
	Jillian Hollis	WD	74