2019 ANA Inspiration

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.

2019 ANA Inspiration
Tournament information
DatesApril 4–7, 2019
LocationRancho 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
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Field112 players, 77 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$3.0 million
Winner's share450,000
Champion
South Korea Ko Jin-young
278 (−10)
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

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.[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)

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)[3]

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.[4][5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Ally McDonald68−4
T2South Korea Kim Hyo-joo69−3
South Korea Ko Jin-young
Sweden Linnea Ström
United States Lexi Thompson
T6United States Cristie Kerr70−2
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Jessica Korda
South Korea Lee Mi-hyang
China Lin Xiyu
United States Jane Park
United States Lizette Salas
United States Lauren Stephenson
China Yan Jing
South Korea Amy Yang
Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, April 5, 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea In-Kyung Kim71-65=136−8
2Australia Katherine Kirk71-68=139−5
T3South Korea Ko Jin-young69-71=140−4
United States Ally McDonald68-72=140
T5England Charley Hull72-69=141−3
United States Danielle Kang72-69=141
South Korea Park Sung-hyun71-70=141
United States Lexi Thompson69-72=141
China Jing Yan70-71=141
T10South Korea Lee Jeong-eun71-71=142−2
South Korea Amy Yang70-72=142
Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Ko Jin-young69-71-68=208−8
2South Korea In-Kyung Kim71-65-73=209−7
T3United States Danielle Kang72-69-70=211−5
South Korea Lee Mi-hyang70-73-68=211
T5Australia Katherine Kirk71-68-74=213−3
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun71-71-71=213
Canada Alena Sharp76-70-67=213
T8Canada Brooke Henderson71-72-71=214−2
United States Jessica Korda70-73-71=214
United States Stacy Lewis71-73-70=214
China Lin Xiyu70-74-70=214
United States Ally McDonald68-72-74=214
South Korea Park Sung-hyun71-70-73=214
United States Angel Yin71-74-69=214
Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
1South Korea Ko Jin-young69-71-68-70=278−10450,000
2South Korea Lee Mi-hyang70-73-68-70=281−7275,721
3United States Lexi Thompson69-72-74-67=282−6200,016
T4Spain Carlota Ciganda72-72-71-68=283−5139,634
South Korea In-Kyung Kim71-65-73-74=283
T6United States Kristen Gillman74-71-73-66=284−474,472
United States Danielle Kang72-69-70-73=284
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo69-76-70-69=284
United States Jessica Korda70-73-71-70=284
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun71-71-71-71=284
United States Ally McDonald68-72-74-70=284

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
South Korea Ko−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−9−9−8−9−9−10
South Korea M-h Lee−6−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7
United States Thompson−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−4−3−4−4−5−6−6−6
Spain Ciganda−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5
South Korea 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
Source:[4]

References
  1. "Jin Young Ko wins ANA Inspiration for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  2. "Final Player Field". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  3. "2019 ANA Inspiration Coveted Amateur Invitations Spots Announced". LPGA. February 4, 2019.
  4. "ANA Inspiration (Leaderboard)". LPGA. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  5. "Late birdie gives McDonald ANA Inspiration lead". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2019.
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