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2018 ANA Inspiration
Tournament information
DatesMarch 29 – April 2, 2018
LocationRancho Mirage, California
33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Field117 players, 76 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund$2.8 million
Winner's share$420,000
Champion
Sweden Pernilla Lindberg
273 (−15), playoff
Location map
Rancho Mirage is located in the United States
Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
Rancho Mirage is located in California
Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage
Location in California
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The 2018 ANA Inspiration was the 47th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held March 29 – April 2, 2018 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 36th year as a major championship, and Golf Channel televised the event for the eighth consecutive year.

Pernilla Lindberg gained her first professional victory in a three-player sudden-death playoff that extended to eight extra holes.[1]

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.[2]

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)

Karrie Webb (2,8) – did not play

2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations

Donna Andrews, Juli Inkster, Lydia Ko (4,5,6,7,8,9), Stacy Lewis (3,5,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (5,8), Inbee Park (3,5,6,8,9), Morgan Pressel (8), Ryu So-yeon (5,6,7,8,9), Lexi Thompson (5,6,8,9), Yani Tseng, Yoo Sun-young (8)

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

Chun In-gee (4,5,6,8,9), Brooke Henderson (5,6,7,8,9), Ariya Jutanugarn (5,6,8,9), Danielle Kang (5,7,8,9), In-Kyung Kim (5,7,8,9), Brittany Lang (5,8), Mo Martin (8), Park Sung-hyun (5,6,7,8,9,12), Michelle Wie (5,6,7,8,9)

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

Kim Hyo-joo (5,8), Anna Nordqvist (5,6,7,8,9)

Suzann Pettersen (5,6,8) – did not play

5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2015 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2018 ANA Inspiration

Choi Na-yeon, Carlota Ciganda (7,8,9,10-LET), Shanshan Feng (7,8,9), Charley Hull (6,8,9), Jang Ha-na (8,9), Ji Eun-hee (8), Cristie Kerr (6,8,9), Kim Sei-young (7,8,9), Katherine Kirk (7,8), Ko Jin-young (9), Jessica Korda (6,8,9), Mirim Lee (6,8,9), Minjee Lee (6,8,9), Lee Mi-hyang (7,8), Caroline Masson (7,8), Haru Nomura (8), Jenny Shin (8), Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang (6,7,8,9)

Ahn Sun-ju – did not play

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

Austin Ernst (8), M. J. Hur (7,8), Karine Icher (8)

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

Brittany Altomare (8), Choi Hye-jin (9), Chella Choi (8), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (8), Georgia Hall (10-LET), Moriya Jutanugarn (8,9), Lee Jeong-eun (9,10-KLPGA)

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

Marina Alex, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas (9), Alena Sharp, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Ayako Uehara, Jing Yan, Angel Yin

Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Gerina Piller – did not play

9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 11, 2018
Ai Suzuki (10-JLPGA)

Jiyai Shin – 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

Kim Ji-hyun

Lee Min-young – 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

Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Laura Davies, Hannah Green, Nasa Hataoka, Caroline Inglis, Cindy LaCrosse, Bronte Law, Erynee Lee, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Amy Olson, Park Hee-young, Mariah Stackhouse, Emma Talley, Mariajo Uribe, Lindsey Weaver

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

Sophia Schubert (a)

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

Sydnee Michaels

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

María Fassi (a), Lucy Li (a), Atthaya Thitikul (a), Albane Valenzuela (a), Lilia Vu (a), Rose Zhang

Unknown category
Paula Creamer, Catriona Matthew, Florentyna Parker, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Melissa Reid

Nationalities in the field

North America (48) South America (1) Europe (22) Oceana (6) Asia (39) Africa (1)
 Canada (2)  Colombia (1)  England (7)  Australia (5)  China (2)  South Africa (1)
 Mexico (2)  Scotland (1)  New Zealand (1)  India (1)
 United States (44)  Denmark (3)  Israel (1)
 France (1)  Japan (4)
 Germany (2)  South Korea (23)
 Norway (1)  Taiwan (4)
 Spain (3)  Thailand (4)
 Sweden (3)
 Switzerland (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Inbee Park  South Korea 2013 70 69 67 67 273 −15 T2
Yoo Sun-young  South Korea 2012 69 71 71 69 280 −8 T16
Lydia Ko  New Zealand 2016 70 70 73 68 281 −7 T20
Lexi Thompson  United States 2014 68 72 70 71 281 −7 T20
Ryu So-yeon  South Korea 2017 75 70 73 68 286 −2 T48
Stacy Lewis  United States 2011 72 71 72 72 287 −1 T55
Morgan Pressel  United States 2007 76 69 78 71 294 +6 T72

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Brittany Lincicome  United States 2009, 2015 73 73 146 +2
Yani Tseng  Taiwan 2010 73 73 146 +2
Juli Inkster  United States 1984, 1989 74 75 149 +5
Donna Andrews  United States 1994 82 81 163 +19

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 65 −7
T2 Beatriz Recari  Spain 66 −6
Ayako Uehara  Japan
T4 Jang Ha-na  South Korea 67 −5
Jessica Korda  United States
Albane Valenzuela (a)  Switzerland
T7 Brittany Altomare  United States 68 −4
Chella Choi  South Korea
Chun In-gee  South Korea
Park Sung-hyun  South Korea
Lexi Thompson  United States
Yoo Sun-young  South Korea

Second round

Friday, March 30, 2018

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 65-67=132 −12
Park Sung-hyun  South Korea 68-64=132
3 Jessica Korda  United States 67-68=135 −9
T4 Charley Hull  England 69-68=137 −7
Amy Olson  United States 69-68=137
Jodi Ewart Shadoff  England 70-67=137
Ayako Uehara  Japan 66-71=137
T8 Beatriz Recari  Spain 66-72=138 −6
Jennifer Song  United States 69-69=138
Albane Valenzuela (a)  Switzerland 67-71=138

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 65-67-70=202 −14
2 Amy Olson  United States 69-68-68=205 −11
T3 Charley Hull  England 69-68-69=206 −10
Moriya Jutanugarn  Thailand 70-70-66=206
Inbee Park  South Korea 70-69-67=206
Park Sung-hyun  South Korea 68-64-74=206
Jodi Ewart Shadoff  England 70-67-69=206
Jennifer Song  United States 69-69-68=206
9 Ayako Uehara  Japan 66-71-70=207 −9
T10 Shanshan Feng  China 71-70-67=208 −8
Jessica Korda  United States 67-68-73=208

Final round

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 65-67-70-71=273 −15 Playoff
Inbee Park  South Korea 70-69-67-67=273
Jennifer Song  United States 69-69-68-67-273
T4 Jessica Korda  United States 67-68-73-66=274 −14 131,943
Ariya Jutanugarn  Thailand 72-69-68-65-274
T6 Charley Hull  England 69-68-69-69=275 −13 88,437
Moriya Jutanugarn  Thailand 70-70-66-69=275
8 Ayako Uehara  Japan 66-71-70-69=276 −12 70,608
T9 Caroline Masson  Germany 72-68-69-68=277 −11 56,165
Jodi Ewart Shadoff  England 70-67-69-71=277
Amy Olson  United States 69-68-68-72=277
Park Sung-hyun  South Korea 68-64-74-71=277
Amateurs: Thitikul (−5), Vu (−3), Valenzuela (E), Zhang (+1)

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
Sweden Lindberg −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15
South Korea Park −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −15
United States Song −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15
United States Korda −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11 −13 −13 −14 −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −14
Thailand A. Jutanugarn −7 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14
England Hull −10 −11 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13
Thailand M. Jutanugarn −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13
United States Olson −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Playoff

Sunday, April 1, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018

Pernilla Lindberg, Inbee Park, and Jennifer Song were tied after 72 holes at 273 (−15). The sudden-death playoff was on the 18th hole, and all three players made par fives during the first two extra holes. Lindberg and Park birdied on their third attempts, while Song made par and was eliminated. On the fourth extra hole in near dark conditions, both Lindberg and Park made par with temporary lighting on the green.[3]

Play resumed at 8 am PDT Monday on the par-4 10th hole, then proceeded to the par-3 17th and par-5 18th. Still tied after seven extra holes, they returned to the tenth hole, where Lindberg sank a 30-foot (9 m) birdie putt and Park missed from 20 feet (6 m).[1]

Place Player Country Money ($)
1 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 420,000
T2 Inbee Park  South Korea 223,635
Jennifer Song  United States
Hole 18 18 18 18 10 17 18 10
Par 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 4
Sweden Lindberg 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 3
South Korea Park 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 4
United States Song 5 5 5

Source:[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pernilla Lindberg captures ANA Inspiration title on eighth extra hole". ESPN. Associated Press. April 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Final Player Field". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Park, Lindberg to return Monday for 5th playoff hole in ANA". ESPN. Associated Press. April 1, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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