ROGERS — Nerves gripped Kelli Shean from the moment she arrived Tuesday morning at Pinnacle Country Club. The junior on Arkansas’ golf team felt nervous when the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship qualifier began and a bogey on the par-3 third only intensified her anxiety.
That’s when her best friend and first-time caddy, Chandler Rackley, flashed [...]
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Posted on 08 September 2009
Tags: Paul Boehmer
ROGERS — Back in 1999, Paul Boehmer wasn’t too involved in gripping and repairing golf clubs. He was a part-time owner of a golf shop in San Antonio, but he didn’t necessarily see himself making a full-time living in that fashion.
A random phone call that year changed everything.
“I came on 10 years ago as a [...]
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Posted on 07 September 2009
ROGERS — Maria Verchenova couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity in front of her this week.
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Posted on 07 September 2009
SPRINGDALE — Stacy Lewis knows what you’re thinking: How exactly could this be considered fun?
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Posted on 06 September 2009
Seung Yeol Lee knew early on that he wanted his daughter to be a professional athlete, so he got her involved in swimming at a young age.
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Posted on 01 September 2009
The final field for next week’s P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship presented by John Q. Hammons at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers was announced Tuesday by tournament officials.
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Posted on 31 August 2009
The LPGA’s most recent champion, 19-year-old South Korean M.J. Hur, is scheduled to compete in the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. Tournament officials confirmed Monday that Hur’s name was on the most recent field list for the event Sept. 11-13 at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers.
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Posted on 24 August 2009
Eleven of the United States’ 12 Solheim Cup members are signed up to play the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship.
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ROGERS — A top class of LPGA Tour rookies, including Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis, are expected to compete at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship presented by John Q. Hammons, September 7-13. Jiyai Shin, the 2008 RICOH Women’s British Open champion and the current leader in the Rolex Rookie of the Year race, [...]
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LITTLE FLOCK — Right before David Miller hit his approach shot to No. 18 on Sunday afternoon, he told playing partner Mike McCaffrey it’d been too long since he’s made a shot from the fairway.
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