It’s unclear how much golf the LPGA Tour will get in Sunday (Monday AEST) at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship due to an inordinate amount of rain and soggy golf course conditions. And that means the usual 54-hole event could become just 36 holes.
Australians Karis Davidson and Robyn Choi sat six-under-par and just two shots off the lead.
The second round at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, was suspended due to dangerous weather conditions. Only eight groups completed at least one hole of the second round.
According to a release from the LPGA on Saturday evening, “rules officials have assessed the golf course and are hopeful with drying periods tonight into tomorrow morning that we are able to resume round 2 at 7:10 a.m. CT (10.10 p.m. AEST). In conjunction with the superintendent and director of agronomy, the rules officials will check the golf course for playability first thing tomorrow morning.”
The LPGA said that it will determine before the resumption of the second round if there will be an attempt to play 54 holes, or it they event will be cut to 36 holes.
Alison Lee was able to play three holes of the second round at one under and had an eight-under total after shooting 64 in the first round. First-round co-leaders Sarah Schmelzel and Minami Katsu, who opened with 63s, had yet to tee off.
The forecast for Rogers on Sunday is for partly cloudy conditions for most of the day, with a building chance of scattered thunderstorms at 6 p.m. Sunset is 7:14 p.m.
According to an LPGA media official, the last tournament shortened to 36 holes because of weather was the 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic. Sung Hyun Park won after chipping in three times over the two rounds.
