A brief look at the players ranked in the top 20 scheduled to play in the LPGA Tour’s Wal-Mart Northwest Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers:
NO. 1 INBEE PARK HOMETOWN Seoul, South Korea AGE 24 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 7 (4) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $6,489,551 ($1,221,827)
NO. 2 STACY LEWIS HOMETOWN The Woodlands, Texas AGE 28 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 7 (2) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $4,838,572 ($745,129)
NO. 3 SUZANN PETTERSEN HOMETOWN Oslo, Norway AGE 32 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 11(1) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $10,142,126 ($773,785)
NO. 4 NA YEON CHOI HOMETOWN Seoul, South Korea AGE 25 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 7 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $8,046,622 ($399,403)
NO. 5 SO YEON RYU HOMETOWN Seoul, South Korea AGE 22 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 2 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $1,690,894 ($408,221)
NO. 6 YANI TSENG HOMETOWN Taoyuan, Taiwan AGE 24 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 15 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $9,239,322 ($268,080)
NO. 7 SHANSHAN FENG HOMETOWN Guangzhou, China AGE 23 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 1 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $2,670,746 ($329,746)
NO. 9 JIYAI SHIN HOME COUNTRY South Korea AGE 25 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 11 (1) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $5,993,680 ($447,887)
NO. 10 AI MIYAZATO HOMETOWN Okinawa, Japan AGE 28 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 9 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $7,342,395 ($293,889)
NO. 11 CRISTIE KERR HOMETOWN Miami AGE 35 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 16 (1) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $14,829,422 ($460,965)
NO. 12 CATRIONA MATTHEW HOMETOWN North Berwick, Scotland AGE 43 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 4 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $7,995,121 ($348,565)
NO. 13 PAULA CREAMER HOMETOWN Pleasanton, Calif. AGE 26 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 9 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $9,913,482 ($313,103)
NO. 14 I.K. KIM HOME COUNTRY South Korea AGE 25 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 3 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $5,558,325 ($434,425) 2013 VICTORIES 0 2013 EARNINGS $434,425
NO. 15 MIKA MIYAZATO HOMETOWN Okinawa, Japan AGE 23 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 1(0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $2,702,808 ($118,694)
NO. 17 AMY YANG HOMETOWN Ilsan, South Korea AGE 23 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 0 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $3,061,289 ($175,244)
NO. 18 LIZETTE SALAS HOMETOWN Azusa, Calif. AGE 23 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 0 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $635,271 ($393,236)
NO. 19 LYDIA KO (A) HOME COUNTRY New Zealand AGE 16 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 1 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $0 (0)
NO. 20 ANGELA STANFORD HOMETOWN Saginaw, Texas AGE 35 CAREER (2013) VICTORIES 5 (0) CAREER (2013) EARNINGS $7,560,152 ($245,982)
NOTE No. 8 Karrie Webb and No. 16 Ariya Jutanugarn are not playing this weekend.
Sports, Pages 23 on 06/21/2013