This week's Ladies PGA tournament, The Northwest Arkansas Proctor & Gamble Beauty Championship, ended yesterday with a victory for Seon Hwa Lee, who birdied the par 5 18th hole for a one-stroke victory at the Pinnacle Country Club. I watched a few holes of play before TV coverage cut away for the men's event and noted that the course played through a housing development. I tried to do some modest research this morning and was frustrated at every turn. The Pinnacle Country Club community has wasted a great opportunity to take advantage of all the publicity surrounding the tournament.
Pinnacle is located in Rogers, AR, in the northwest corner of the state, within an hour of both the Missouri and Oklahoma borders and just 15 minutes from Bentonville, whose name you may recognize. Bentonville was the birthplace of the late Sam Walton who founded Wal-Mart and sited his company's headquarters in his hometown. That may explain the 25% population increase in the area since the official 2000 census.
The 18-hole Donald Sechrest course features zoysia fairways and bent grass greens and runs to 6745 yards from the back tees (the lady pros played it from under 6,300 yards and Lee's winning score was 15 under par). It is a par 71 with a rating of 73.3 and slope of 139.
The PinnacleCC web site offers links to available real estate listings but, alas, the link led nowhere (an error message). After searching many of the local real estate agency sites, all I could find was a listing for an impressive 5,500 square foot home with wraparound views of two of Pinnacle's fairways. At another site, it appeared one large house was on the market for $900,000. I can't follow up with a phone call as I am off to a round of golf today (and anyway, it being Monday, and the Monday after a big tournament, the club is probably closed). If any of you out there has more luck than I, please post what you learn here in the comments section.
Many thanks.
