The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G at Pinnacle Country Club is what’s on tap for the LPGA Tour this week in Rogers, Ark. The field is comprised of several notable names, some of whom are 15-time LPGA Tour winner Nelly Korda, 2023 champion Haeran Ryu and two-time major champion Stacy Lewis, who shared earlier in tournament week that she would be stepping away from competitive golf at the conclusion of the 2025 season. There are also 19 rookies teeing it up, a slate that includes Rolex First-Time Winners Akie and Chisato Iwai, Ingrid Lindblad, Rio Takeda, Miranda Wang, Lottie Woad and Miyu Yamashita.

Take a deeper look at just a couple of the featured groups in the field this week at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship using data provided by KPMG Performance Insights.

Thursday, 12:43 p.m./Friday, 7:43 a.m.* – Stacy Lewis/Nelly Korda/Lauren Coughlin

Former University of Arkansas Razorback Stacy Lewis announced her retirement from professional golf on Wednesday ahead of the start of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, and will be playing alongside two athletes she captained in the last two editions of the Solheim Cup over the first two rounds in Rogers. This is Lewis’ 16th start of the 2025 LPGA Tour season, a year that has seen her make seven of 15 cuts and record a season-best finish of T46 at The Standard Portland Classic. The 40-year-old has competed in every iteration of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship since its inception, winning twice in 2007 and 2014 and racking up six additional top-10 results at Pinnacle Country Club, the most recent of which was a tie for sixth that came in 2021. Lewis’ win as an amateur in 2007 is considered unofficial because the tournament was shortened to 18 holes due to inclement weather that year. Statistically, the two-time major champion and 13-time LPGA Tour winner is ranked 10th in driving accuracy this season, finding the fairway 78.25 percent of the time with her tee shots.

Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings No. 2 Nelly Korda will be working to continue her made cut streak at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, as she has played the weekend in every start she has made on the LPGA Tour this season. This is her 17th tournament of the year, and Korda has notched seven top 10s in her 16 previous events, including a tie for fifth last week at the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G. This is her fifth time teeing it up in Rogers, Ark., at Pinnacle Country Club, and in her four prior appearances at this venue, Korda has made two cuts and earned one top-10 result, a tie for third that came in 2020. Looking at KPMG Performance Insights data, the 15-time LPGA Tour winner ranks first in strokes gained off the tee (+0.96), third in strokes gained total (+2.27) and fourth in strokes gained tee to green (+1.61) so far in 2025. She is additionally first in birdie percentage (25.89 percent), tied for first in par-5 scoring average (4.56), second in birdie or better average per round (4.73), second in birdie or better percentage (26.27 percent) and second in scoring average (69.78). Korda remains in search of a victory after winning seven times in 2024 and despite doggedly pursuing a spot in the LPGA Tour winner’s circle in 2025, a chase that has her tied for first in most top 10s without a victory alongside Hye-Jin Choi and Sei Young Kim, according to data provided by KPMG Performance Insights.

Like Korda, Lauren Coughlin, who won both the CPKC Women’s Open and ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open last year, is another multiple 2024 winner who has yet to break through on the LPGA Tour this season. The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship marks her 20th start of 2025, and in her 19 previous events, the 32-year-old has tallied five top-10 finishes, the best of which is a solo second that she recorded at the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards in April and the most recent of which is a tie for seventh that came at last month’s The Standard Portland Classic. This is her seventh start in this event, and Coughlin’s results at Pinnacle Country Club haven’t been much to write home about, as she has missed four cuts and earned a tournament-best result of T21 back in 2022. Statistically, the Rolex Rankings No. 15 is ranked inside the top 20 of several ball-striking metrics this season, including greens in regulation (6, 74.71 percent), strokes gained approach (11) and strokes gained tee to green (18), according to KPMG Performance Insights. Coughlin is also tied for third in bogey-free rounds (8), fifth in driving accuracy (80.47 percent) and eighth in bogey avoidance (12.64 percent).

Thursday, 1:16 p.m./Friday, 8:16 a.m.* – Megan Khang/Haeran Ryu/Miranda Wang

The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G is Megan Khang’s 18th tournament of the 2025 LPGA Tour season. The Massachusetts native has had a steady campaign so far this year, making 14 cuts and collecting five top-10 finishes, the best of which is a solo second that came at the Dow Championship alongside her playing partner Lexi Thompson and the most notable of which is the tie for sixth she recorded at the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales. In terms of her past performances at Pinnacle Country Club, Khang has fared pretty well, making five cuts and earning four top-25 results, the best of which is a tie for fifth that she posted in 2022. According to KPMG Performance Insights data, the 2023 CPKC Women’s Open winner is ranked third in both strokes gained tee to green (+1.71) and strokes gained approach (+1.18) ahead of this week’s event, additionally sitting at T4 in par-5 scoring average (4.58), seventh in driving accuracy (79.02 percent) and eighth in greens in regulation (74.32 percent).

Haeran Ryu became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G in 2023, beating Sweden’s Linnea Strom by three strokes with a 54-hole total of 19-under in Rogers, Ark. Since then, Ryu has earned two other LPGA Tour victories, winning the 2024 FM Championship in a playoff over Jin Young Ko at TPC Boston and picking up her third career title at the inaugural Black Desert Championship presented by Greater Zion that was held in May 2025. This is the 20th event of Ryu’s third season as an LPGA Tour member, and along with her victory in Utah, the 24-year-old has finished in the top 10 two other times in 2025, doing so at The Chevron Championship in April (T6) and The Standard Portland Classic in August (T7). Looking at KPMG Performance Insights data, the Republic of Korea native leads the LPGA Tour in proximity to the hole from 150 to 175 yards this season (25 feet 9 inches) and is third in proximity to the hole from 175 to 200 yards (34 feet 5 inches). She is also leading her counterparts in ball striking (4) and additionally ranks second in strokes gained tee to green (+1.99), strokes gained approach (+1.27) and greens in regulation (75.99 percent). This is her third time teeing it up in Arkansas, and along with her victory here as a rookie two years ago, Ryu missed the cut in her title defense in 2024.

Miranda Wang became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the FM Championship in Norton, Mass., a few weeks ago, a victory that saw the People’s Republic of China native join Shanshan Feng and Ruoning Yin as the third Chinese champion in the history of the LPGA Tour. The 2025 rookie is making her debut in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G this week, what is her 18th tournament of the year, and has earned two other top-10 finishes in addition to her first career win at the Blue Bay LPGA (T8) and the Dow Championship (T3). Looking at her statistical data, the 26-year-old Epson Tour graduate most notably ranks seventh in strokes gained putting (+0.93) this year, according to KPMG Performance Insights. She is also 19th in putts per round (29.19) and tied for 20th in putts per green in regulation (1.77).

*Off No. 10

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Featured Groups: 2025 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G

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