Then, minutes later, Nishimura answered. On the 11th hole, she holed out from a greenside bunker to take a one-shot lead and she never lost it. Nishimura went for the green on the 14th and made her eagle putt to build a three-shot lead.<\/p>\n\u201cI was debating the distance [on 14], but I told myself to go aggressive until the very end, and I went for it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Iwai, Chanettee Wannasaen and In Gee Chun all tied for second, five shots back.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second half was going to be when I had to be aggressive. I went for it and it all worked out,\u201d Nishimura said.<\/p>\n
Nishimura is the third first-time winner this season, joining Yana Wilson and Gina Kim. World No. 7 Lottie Woad, who captured the winning point for Europe two weeks ago at the Solheim Cup, withdrew during Sunday\u2019s final round. She started the day six shots off the lead and in fifth place.<\/p>\n
WIN: Yuna Nishimura, -21\/192, $450,000<\/p>\n
T-2: Aki Iwai, -16\/197, $212,764<\/p>\n
T-2: Chanettee Wannasaen, -16\/197, $212,764<\/p>\n
T-2: In Gee Chun, -16\/197, $212,764<\/p>\n
T-5: Jenny Bae, -15\/198, $105,198<\/p>\n
T-5: Jodi Ewart Shadoff, -15\/198, $105,198<\/p>\n
T-5: Auston Kim, -15\/198, $105,198<\/p>\n
T-8: Miyu Yamashita, -14\/199, $65,717<\/p>\n
T-8: Julia Lopez Ramirez, -14\/199, $65,717<\/p>\n
T-8: Jin Hee Im, -14\/199, $65,717<\/p>\n
T-8: Mary Liu, -14\/199, $65,717<\/p>\n
T-12: Lauren Coughlin, -13\/200, $50,229<\/p>\n
T-12: Sophia Schubert, -13\/200, $50,229<\/p>\n
T-12: Michelle Zhang, -13\/200, $50,229<\/p>\n
T-15: Yealimi Noh, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-15: Mirabel Ting, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-15: Pajaree Anannarukarn, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-15: Amy Yang, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-15: Lizette Salas, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-15: Yuri Yoshida, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-15: A Lim Kim, -12\/201, $38,469<\/p>\n
T-22: Youmin Hwang, -11\/202, $31,483<\/p>\n
T-22: Frida Kinhult, -11\/202, $31,483<\/p>\n
T-22: Charley Hull, -11\/202, $31,483<\/p>\n
T-25: Erika Hara, -10\/203, $26,541<\/p>\n
T-25: Laney Frye, -10\/203, $26,541<\/p>\n
T-25: Chiara Tamburlini, -10\/203, $26,541<\/p>\n
T-25: Gaby Lopez, -10\/203, $26,541<\/p>\n
T-25: Gurleen Kaur, -10\/203, $26,541<\/p>\n
T-25: Yu Liu, -10\/203, $26,541<\/p>\n
T-31: Nasa Hataoka, -9\/204, $22,160<\/p>\n
T-31: Ashleigh Buhai, -9\/204, $22,160<\/p>\n
T-31: Celine Boutier, -9\/204, $22,160<\/p>\n
T-34: Somi Lee, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Gina Kim, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Carlota Ciganda, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Yuka Saso, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Mao Saigo, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Chizzy Iwai, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Ana Belac, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Gemma Dryburgh, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Dewi Weber, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Andrea Lee, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-34: Manon De Roey, -8\/205, $16,714<\/p>\n
T-45: Caley McGinty, -7\/206, $11,844<\/p>\n
T-45: Nataliya Guseva, -7\/206, $11,844<\/p>\n
T-45: Jiwon Jeon, -7\/206, $11,844<\/p>\n
T-45: Morgane Metraux, -7\/206, $11,844<\/p>\n
T-45: Rio Takeda, -7\/206, $11,844<\/p>\n
T-45: Juniper Jang, -7\/206, $11,844<\/p>\n
T-51: Daniela Darquea, -6\/207, $9,781<\/p>\n
T-51: Linn Grant, -6\/207, $9,781<\/p>\n
T-51: Paula Reto, -6\/207, $9,781<\/p>\n
T-51: Robyn Choi, -6\/207, $9,781<\/p>\n
T-51: Briana Chacon, -6\/207, $9,781<\/p>\n
T-56: Lauren Walsh, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Brianna Do, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Jennifer Chang, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Lauren Tenuta, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Mi Hyang Lee, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Reagan Zibilski, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Brooke Matthews, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-56: Maude-Aimee Leblanc, -5\/208, $7,909<\/p>\n
T-64: Cassie Porter, -4\/209, $6,877<\/p>\n
T-64: Polly Mack, -4\/209, $6,877<\/p>\n
T-64: Soo Bin Joo, -4\/209, $6,877<\/p>\n
67: Hinako Shibuno, -3\/210, $6,573<\/p>\n
68: Linnea Strom, -2\/211, $6,418<\/p>\n
69: Celine Borge, E\/213, $6,266<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yuna Nishimura is the latest player from Japan to win an LPGA event, but her victory might be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,8551,755,476393,58251,187,65309,44,360669,21396,85,155,101249,12632],"class_list":["post-908355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-earnings","tag-golf","tag-heres-the-prize-money-payout-for-each-golfer-at-the-lpgas-2026-walmart-nw-arkansas-championship","tag-lpga","tag-money","tag-money-list","tag-news","tag-payday","tag-prize-money","tag-sports","tag-story","tag-walmart-nw-arkansas-championship","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}