Lucy Li had three eagles and shot a final-round 60 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. And she needed all of it to earn a spot in a playoff. A short while after Li eagled the par-5 18th hole, Jasmine Suwannapura eagled it herself to shoot a 61 and get to 17 under to tie…
Jasmine Suwannapura won the 2024 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship for her third LPGA title and first this season. Suwannapura shot a final-round 61 to tie Lucy Li – who shot a final-round 60 – to force a playoff at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas. Two playoff holes later, Suwannapura was celebrating victory after making…
Last October, LPGA rookie Hae Ran Ryu began the final round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship with a two-stroke advantage and hit the gas on the back nine with a closing 29 to win by three. She went on to take the circuit’s Rookie of the Year honors. Meanwhile, Lexi Thompson had her best…
Former Kentucky Wildcat Adou Thiero announced his transfer to Arkansas on Monday. Thiero is a projected first-round pick in 2025. “He’s known for putting guys in the NBA that also stay in the NBA and coach Kenny Payne, who is now with him again, was also there for some of those years,” said Thiero of…
USATSI Former Louisville head coach and longtime Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne is joining the Arkansas basketball staff as associate head coach, John Calipari announced Thursday. Payne, 57, spent the past two seasons as a rival to Calipari in the Bluegrass State, but the two won a national championship together at UK in 2012. Payne is…
Kentucky added to its 2024-25 roster on Tuesday with the commitment of four-star guard Collin Chandler, a former BYU signee. Chandler, who stands at 6-foot-4, took two years off to go on a Mormon mission after being ranked as a top-40 prospect in the Class of 2022. He is set to start his freshman year…
Getty Images Former Kentucky center Zvonimir Ivišić announced Monday that he is transferring to Arkansas to reunite with coach John Calipari. Ivišić is Arkansas’ first commitment since Calipari was introduced as the coach of the Razorbacks last week following 15 seasons at UK. Landing the Croatian big man makes for a splashy beginning to what…
Sources have confirmed to CBS Sports that Kentucky coach John Calipari is expected to sign a contract with Arkansas to become their next coach. Calipari, who has led the Wildcats for 15 seasons, posted a video on social media confirming his departure from Kentucky. Talks between Calipari and Arkansas officials have been progressing, with a…
Arkansas has hired Hall of Fame coach John Calipari, who announced Tuesday in a video posted to social media that he was stepping away from Kentucky after 15 seasons with the program. Calipari replaces Eric Musselman, who made a surprising move of his own from the Razorbacks to USC. Calipari’s contract is for five years…
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