Walmart NW Arkansas Championship R2

NW Arkansas 2021 R2
September 24-26
Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas
$2,300,000
Round 1, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Minjee Lee of Australia and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka are tied at the top the leaderboard at 12-under at Pinnacle Country Club. Lee, the only player to remain bogey-free through the first 36 holes, carded her career-low score with a second-round 63, firing seven birdies in her first 10 holes.

NW Arkansas 2021 R2

“I was seeing really good lines, like the breaks on those putts, so I could really trust that I had the right line to have the right speed,” said Lee. “I was just stroking it nice and it was really nice to see it go in. Just trying to ride momentum.

“It’s pretty soft so you can be pretty aggressive at the pins. As long as your putter is hot, I think you’re going to have a chance.”

With a win on Sunday Lee would be the first Australian since Hannah Green in 2019 to have a multiple-win season.

NW Arkansas 2021 R2

Hataoka became the fifth player in Tour history to make two holes-in-one in a single event on Saturday with aces at the par-3s 6th and 11th.

NW Arkansas 2021 R2

South Korea’s Eun-Hee Ji sits in solo third place at 11-under after a second-round 68.

“I been hitting really well with my irons and driver, so that’s why I think I hit it pretty well; easy to make some birdie out there,” said Ji. “Putted pretty well on first round, but today it was pretty well on first half, but I didn’t make a lot of birdie on back nine. Little bit of struggle with the putting on the back nine, but sometimes doing that.”

NW Arkansas 2021 R2

Fellow South Korean Jeongeun Lee6 and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn are tied in fourth place at 10-under. Lee6’s 8-under was her lowest 18 holes scores since a second-round 61 at the Amun di Evian Championship in July.

Jutanugarn produced two eagles at the par-5s 7th and 18th, two birdies and a single bogey for a 66.

“When I got to this week, I have no expectation at all because how I play last week,” said Jutanugarn, who missed the cut at the Cambia Portland Classic. “I feel I just want to make sure I have feeling like better with my 3-wood, with my irons, and everything. So when you have no expectation, it’s kind of you go out and have so much fun, play with your partner and with your caddie. Just go out and have fun.”

Jennifer Kupcho, Sarah Burnham and Pajaree Anannarukarn are tied for sixth at 9-under. Ten players, including Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jin Young Ko and defending champion Austin Ernst sit in a tie for ninth at 8-under.

NW Arkansas 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
T1	Minjee Lee	-12	67-63	130
T1	Nasa Hataoka	-12	65-65	130
3	Eun-Hee Ji	-11	63-68	131
T4	Jeongeun Lee6	-10	69-63	132
T4	Ariya Jutanugarn	-10	66-66	132
T6	Jennifer Kupcho	-9	67-66	133
T6	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-9	65-68	133
T6	Sarah Burnham	-9	64-69	133
T9	Yuka Saso	-8	69-65	134
T9	Jackie Stoelting	-8	68-66	134
T9	Austin Ernst	-8	68-66	134
T9	Danielle Kang	-8	68-66	134
T9	Jin Young Ko	-8	68-66	134
T9	Moriya Jutanugarn	-8	68-66	134
T9	Dana Finkelstein	-8	67-67	134
T9	Klara Spilkova	-8	65-69	134
T9	Katherine Kirk	-8	63-71	134
T9	A Lim Kim	-8	63-71	134
T19	Matilda Castren	-7	71-64	135
T19	Maria Fassi	-7	68-67	135
T19	Stacy Lewis	-7	67-68	135
T19	Jenny Shin	-7	67-68	135
T19	Aditi Ashok	-7	65-70	135
T24	Madelene Sagstrom	-6	70-66	136
T24	Dani Holmqvist	-6	69-67	136
T24	Lauren Kim	-6	67-69	136
T24	Chella Choi	-6	66-70	136
T24	In Gee Chun	-6	66-70	136
T24	Jing Yan	-6	66-70	136
T24	Lindsey Weaver	-6	65-71	136
T31	Brooke Matthews (a)	-5	67-70	137
T31	Lexi Thompson	-5	67-70	137
T31	Lindy Duncan	-5	67-70	137
T31	Ashleigh Buhai	-5	66-71	137
T35	Su Oh	-4	72-66	138
T35	Lee Lopez	-4	69-69	138
T35	Paula Reto	-4	69-69	138
T35	Megan Khang	-4	69-69	138
T35	Celine Boutier	-4	69-69	138
T35	Lydia Ko	-4	68-70	138
T35	Patty Tavatanakit	-4	68-70	138
T35	Jennifer Song	-4	68-70	138
T35	Esther Henseleit	-4	67-71	138
T35	Elizabeth Szokol	-4	67-71	138
T35	Brooke M. Henderson	-4	67-71	138
T35	Haeji Kang	-4	66-72	138
T47	Sarah Jane Smith	-3	70-69	139
T47	Mina Harigae	-3	70-69	139
T47	Mo Martin	-3	69-70	139
T47	Cydney Clanton	-3	69-70	139
T47	Brittany Lincicome	-3	69-70	139
T47	Jeongeun Lee	-3	69-70	139
T47	Carlota Ciganda	-3	69-70	139
T47	Maria Fernanda Torres	-3	68-71	139
T47	Min Lee	-3	68-71	139
T47	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	-3	67-72	139
T57	Kelly Tan	-2	71-69	140
T57	Lauren Coughlin	-2	71-69	140
T57	Alana Uriell	-2	71-69	140
T57	Jasmine Suwannapura	-2	70-70	140
T57	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-2	70-70	140
T57	Sung Hyun Park	-2	69-71	140
T57	So Yeon Ryu	-2	69-71	140
T57	Nuria Iturrioz	-2	69-71	140
T57	Jennifer Chang	-2	68-72	140
T66	Bianca Pagdanganan	-1	76-65	141
T66	Yealimi Noh	-1	74-67	141
T66	Pernilla Lindberg	-1	73-68	141
T66	Dottie Ardina	-1	72-69	141
T66	Brittany Altomare	-1	72-69	141
T66	Janie Jackson	-1	72-69	141
T66	Mi Hyang Lee	-1	71-70	141
T66	Brianna Do	-1	71-70	141
T66	Mi Jung Hur	-1	71-70	141
T66	Sei Young Kim	-1	71-70	141
T66	Perrine Delacour	-1	70-71	141
T66	Na Yeon Choi	-1	70-71	141
T66	Andrea Lee	-1	70-71	141
T66	Haley Moore	-1	70-71	141
T66	Gaby Lopez	-1	70-71	141
T66	Jaye Marie Green	-1	70-71	141
T66	Azahara Munoz	-1	70-71	141
T66	Ana Belac	-1	69-72	141
T66	Stephanie Meadow	-1	69-72	141
T66	Sophia Popov	-1	69-72	141
T66	Ally Ewing	-1	69-72	141
T66	Daniela Darquea	-1	68-73	141
	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
	Wei-Ling Hsu	CUT	74-69	143
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	CUT	74-69	143
	Christina Kim	CUT	73-70	143
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-70	143
	Sarah Schmelzel	CUT	73-70	143
	Kristen Gillman	CUT	73-70	143
	Celine Herbin	CUT	71-72	143
	Bronte Law	CUT	70-73	143
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	70-73	143
	Alison Lee	CUT	69-74	143
	Sarah Kemp	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
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	73-71	144
	Kristy McPherson	CUT	73-71	144
	Marissa Steen	CUT	73-71	144
	Tiffany Chan	CUT	73-71	144
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	73-71	144
	Alexa Pano (a)	CUT	72-72	144
	Nicole Broch Estrup	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
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	75-71	146
	Brittany Lang	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
	Kajal Mistry (a)	CUT	77-73	150
	Muni He	CUT	77-73	150
	Sydnee Michaels	CUT	73-77	150
	Pavarisa Yoktuan	CUT	76-75	151
	Angel Yin	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