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LPGA's Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Canceled After Rain Makes Course Unplayable

With scores reverting to 18 holes, the tournament will be unofficial and will not award any CME points.

Max Schreiber

The LPGA's Walmart Arkansas Championship was canceled to 18 holes due to heavy rain.
The LPGA's Walmart Arkansas Championship was canceled to 18 holes due to heavy rain. / Gunnar Rathbun-Imagn Images

The LPGA has canceled the remainder of this week’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. 

Overnight, 3.25 inches of rain made the Pinnacle Country Club unplayable and tournament officials decided to call the 54-hole event off. No player completed more than three holes in the second round.  

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With scores reverting to 18 holes, the tournament will be unofficial and will not award any CME points. A decision on how the purse will be distributed will be announced later today. 

“Based on the weather forecast for the remainder of today and all-day Monday and Tuesday, it is highly unlikely that 36 holes could be completed to make it an official event,” the LPGA said in a statement.

The statement also said: “Our partners at Walmart and P&G have generously committed to paying out more than what’s required in the event of a tournament cancellation. In addition, they’ve also committed to ensuring every player receives compensation regardless of where they stand on the leaderboard after 18 holes of play.”

Though this decision was a blow to every player in the field, it’s particularly disheartening for Alison Lee. The 30-year-old American was making her second LPGA start since giving birth roughly four months ago and was tied for the lead in hopes of notching her long-awaited maiden LPGA victory. 

With the event reverting to 18 holes, she’ll slide back to second place with Sarah Schmelzel and Minami Katsu co-leading.

The next tournament on the LPGA schedule is the Lotte Championship in Hawaii in two weeks, before the tour plays five consecutive events in Asia.

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Max Schreiber
MAX SCHREIBER

Max Schreiber is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, covering golf. Before joining SI in October 2024, the Mahwah, N.J., native, worked as an associate editor for the Golf Channel and wrote for RyderCup.com and FanSided. He is a multiplatform producer for Newsday and has a bachelor's in communications and journalism from Quinnipiac University. In his free time, you can find him doing anything regarding the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Islanders.

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