2019 ANA Inspiration

2019 ANA Inspiration

Tournament information
Dates	April 4–7, 2019
Location	Rancho Mirage, California 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Field	112 players, 77 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$3.0 million
Winner's share	450,000
Champion
Ko Jin-young
278 (−10)
Location map
Rancho Mirage Location in the United States Rancho Mirage Location in California

The 2019 ANA Inspiration was the 48th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held April 4–7 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 37th year as a major championship, and Golf Channel televised the event for the ninth consecutive year.

Pernilla Lindberg missed the cut, the first defending champion not to play the weekend in six years.

Ko Jin-young won her first major by three strokes over Lee Mi-hyang.

Field

Players who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)

Juli Inkster (2)

2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations

Lydia Ko (4,5,6,8,9), Stacy Lewis (5), Brittany Lincicome (5,8), Pernilla Lindberg (5,6,8), Inbee Park (3,5,6,8,9), Morgan Pressel, Ryu So-yeon (5,7,8,9), Lexi Thompson (5,6,7,8,9), Yani Tseng, Karrie Webb

Yoo Sun-young (6) did not play

3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Women's British Open in the previous five years

Chun In-gee (4,8,9), Georgia Hall (5,7,8,9,10-LET), Brooke Henderson (5,8,9), Ariya Jutanugarn (5,6,7,8,9), Danielle Kang (5,7,8,9), In-Kyung Kim (5,8,9), Brittany Lang (5), Mo Martin (7,8), Park Sung-hyun (5,6,8,9), Michelle Wie (5,8)

4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous five years

Kim Hyo-joo (7,8), Anna Nordqvist (5,8), Angela Stanford (5,6,7,8)

5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2016 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2019 ANA Inspiration

Marina Alex (8,9), Céline Boutier (8), Carlota Ciganda (7,8,9), Shanshan Feng (8,9), Nasa Hataoka (7,8,9), Charley Hull (6,8,9), Ji Eun-hee (8,9), Moriya Jutanugarn (6,8,9), Cristie Kerr (8), Kim Sei-young (7,8,9), Katherine Kirk (8), Ko Jin-young (8,9,12), Nelly Korda (6,8,9), Jessica Korda (6,7,8,9), Lee Mi-hyang (8), Minjee Lee (8,9), Mirim Lee (8), Gaby López (8), Caroline Masson (6,8), Haru Nomura, Annie Park (8), Jenny Shin (8), Thidapa Suwannapura (8), Amy Yang (8,9)

Jang Ha-na did not play.

6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration

Brittany Altomare (8), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (8), Hannah Green (8), Lee Jeong-eun (9,10-KLPGA), Azahara Muñoz (8), Amy Olson (7,8), Ryann O'Toole (8), Pornanong Phatlum (7,8), Beatriz Recari, Jennifer Song (8), Ayako Uehara (8)

7. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open and The Evian Championship

Austin Ernst (8,9), Mamiko Higa, Wei-Ling Hsu (8), Sarah Jane Smith (8), Patty Tavatanakit (a,15), Angel Yin (8)

8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list

Aditi Ashok, Ashleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Haeji Kang, Megan Khang, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Yu Liu, Ally McDonald, Su-Hyun Oh, Jane Park, Park Hee-young, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas (9), Mariah Stackhouse, Emma Talley, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine

Caroline Inglis did not play.

9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 11, 2019

Jiyai Shin (10-JLPGA)

Ahn Sun-ju (10-JLPGA) and Choi Hye-jin did not play.

10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money list

Anne Van Dam

Bae Seon-woo did not play.

11. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition

Kristen Gillman, M. J. Hur, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, Alison Lee, Lin Xiyu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Marissa Steen, Lauren Stephenson, Linnea Strom, Charlotte Thomas, Jing Yan

12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year

Already qualified

13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition

Kristen Gillman turned professional, forfeiting this exemption, but she qualified under category 11.

14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration

Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Gerina Piller

15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players

Rachel Heck (a), Frida Kinhult (a), Xin Kou (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

Nationalities in the field

North America (42)	South America (1)	Europe (20)	Oceania (8)	Asia (40)	Africa (1)
Canada (2)	Colombia (1)	England (5)	Australia (7)	China (5)	South Africa (1)
Mexico (1)		Belgium (1)	New Zealand (1)	India (1)
Puerto Rico (1)		Denmark (1)		Japan (5)
United States (38)		France (1)		South Korea (20)
		Germany (2)		Taiwan (3)
		Netherlands (1)		Thailand (6)
		Spain (3)
		Sweden (5)
		Switzerland (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Lexi Thompson	United States	2014	69	72	74	67	282	−6	3
Stacy Lewis	United States	2011	71	73	70	74	288	E	T26
Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	2017	75	74	73	68	290	+2	T39
Lydia Ko	New Zealand	2016	70	75	74	72	291	+3	T44
Morgan Pressel	United States	2007	76	70	73	72	291	+3	T44
Brittany Lincicome	United States	2009, 2015	75	69	71	77	292	+4	T52
Inbee Park	South Korea	2013	73	72	76	74	295	+7	T68

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Pernilla Lindberg	Sweden	2018	73	78	151	+7
Juli Inkster	United States	1984, 1989	77	75	152	+8
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2006	78	79	157	+13
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2010	78	80	158	+14

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Ally McDonald shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke lead over four players, including 2014 champion Lexi Thompson. Defending champion Pernilla Lindberg was tied for 42nd at +1.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ally McDonald	United States	68	−4
T2	Kim Hyo-joo	South Korea	69	−3
	Ko Jin-young	South Korea
	Linnea Ström	Sweden
	Lexi Thompson	United States
T6	Cristie Kerr	United States	70	−2
	Lydia Ko	New Zealand
	Jessica Korda	United States
	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea
	Lin Xiyu	China
	Jane Park	United States
	Lizette Salas	United States
	Lauren Stephenson	United States
	Yan Jing	China
	Amy Yang	South Korea

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Second round

Friday, April 5, 2019

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	71-65=136	−8
2	Katherine Kirk	Australia	71-68=139	−5
T3	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	69-71=140	−4
	Ally McDonald	United States	68-72=140
T5	Charley Hull	England	72-69=141	−3
	Danielle Kang	United States	72-69=141
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	71-70=141
	Lexi Thompson	United States	69-72=141
	Jing Yan	China	70-71=141
T10	Lee Jeong-eun	South Korea	71-71=142	−2
	Amy Yang	South Korea	70-72=142

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Third round

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	69-71-68=208	−8
2	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	71-65-73=209	−7
T3	Danielle Kang	United States	72-69-70=211	−5
	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea	70-73-68=211
T5	Katherine Kirk	Australia	71-68-74=213	−3
	Lee Jeong-eun	South Korea	71-71-71=213
	Alena Sharp	Canada	76-70-67=213
T8	Brooke Henderson	Canada	71-72-71=214	−2
	Jessica Korda	United States	70-73-71=214
	Stacy Lewis	United States	71-73-70=214
	Lin Xiyu	China	70-74-70=214
	Ally McDonald	United States	68-72-74=214
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	71-70-73=214
	Angel Yin	United States	71-74-69=214

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Final round

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Prize money (US$)
1	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	69-71-68-70=278	−10	450,000
2	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea	70-73-68-70=281	−7	275,721
3	Lexi Thompson	United States	69-72-74-67=282	−6	200,016
T4	Carlota Ciganda	Spain	72-72-71-68=283	−5	139,634
	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	71-65-73-74=283
T6	Kristen Gillman	United States	74-71-73-66=284	−4	74,472
	Danielle Kang	United States	72-69-70-73=284
	Kim Hyo-joo	South Korea	69-76-70-69=284
	Jessica Korda	United States	70-73-71-70=284
	Lee Jeong-eun	South Korea	71-71-71-71=284
	Ally McDonald	United States	68-72-74-70=284

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5
Ko	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10
M-h Lee	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7
Thompson	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6
Ciganda	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Kim	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site