2016 ANA Inspiration

2016 ANA Inspiration
Tournament information
Dates	March 31 – April 3, 2016
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club; Dinah Shore; Tournament Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,769 yards (6,190 m)
Field	111 players, 73 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$2.6 million
Winner's share	$390,000
Champion
	Lydia Ko
	276 (−12)
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Mission Hills Country Club

Location in the United States

MHCC

Location in California

The 2016 ANA Inspiration was the 45th ANA Inspiration, held March 31 – April 3 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 34th year as a major championship. Golf Channel televised the event for the 6th consecutive year.

Lydia Ko won by one stroke over Chun In-gee and Charley Hull.^[2]

Field[]

Players who 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.^[3]

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 (2,8), Karrie Webb (2,5,8)

2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations

Stacy Lewis (3,5,6,7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (5,6,7,8,9), Inbee Park (3,5,6,7,8,9), Morgan Pressel (6,7,8,9), Lexi Thompson (5,6,7,8,9), Yani Tseng (3,8), 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

Choi Na-yeon (5,8,9), Chun In-gee (5,7,9,10), Shanshan Feng (5,6,7,8,9,10), Mo Martin (5,8), Ryu So-yeon (5,6,7,8,9), Michelle Wie (5,8)

Jiyai Shin (5,9) did not play.

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

Kim Hyo-joo (5,6,8,9), Lydia Ko (5,7,8,9)

5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2016 ANA Inspiration

Brooke Henderson (7,9), M. J. Hur (8), Jang Ha-na (8,9), Jennifer Johnson, Cristie Kerr (8,9), Christina Kim (6,8), Kim Sei-young (6,7,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (8,9), Ilhee Lee (7,8), Lee Mi-hyang (6,7,8), Minjee Lee (8,9), Mirim Lee (6,8,9), Haru Nomura (8), Anna Nordqvist (6,8,9), Lee-Anne Pace (8), Park Hee-young (8), Suzann Pettersen (6,7,8,9), Beatriz Recari (8), Lizette Salas (8), Kris Tamulis (8), Amy Yang (7,8,9)

Teresa Lu (9,10) did not play.

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

Carlota Ciganda (8), Austin Ernst (8), Karine Icher (8), Ariya Jutanugarn (8), Moriya Jutanugarn (8), Pernilla Lindberg (7,8), Catriona Matthew (8), Stephanie Meadow, Gerina Piller (8,9), Jenny Shin (8), Angela Stanford (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

Ko Jin-young (9), Shiho Oyama, Jane Park (8)

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

Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Christel Boeljon, Chella Choi, Paula Creamer, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, , Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Danielle Kang, , In-Kyung Kim, Candie Kung, , Brittany Lang, Alison Lee (9), Min Lee, Xi Yu Lin, Caroline Masson, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum (9), Alena Sharp, , Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine

9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 8, 2016

Lee Bo-mee (10), Park Sung-hyun (10)

Ahn Sun-ju 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

Melissa Reid

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

Cydney Clanton, , Jodi Ewart Shadoff, , Tiffany Joh, Megan Khang, , Gaby López, Annie Park, Paula Reto, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan,

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

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

Hannah O'Sullivan

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

Caroline Hedwall, Gwladys Nocera

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

, , Bronte Law, , Leona Maguire, Albane Valenzuela

Course layout[]

Dinah Shore Tournament Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	377	517	420	380	182	391	395	169	538	3,369	388	536	389	424	148	387	418	179	531	3,400	6,769
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	36	72

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ai Miyazato	Japan	67	−5
T1	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	67	−5
T3	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	68	−4
	Shiho Oyama	Japan
	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa
T6	Chun In-gee	South Korea	69	−3
	Jang Ha-na	South Korea
	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand
	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea
	Ryann O'Toole	United States
	Gerina Piller	United States
	Lexi Thompson	United States
	Amy Yang	South Korea

Second round[]

Friday, April 1, 2016

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ai Miyazato	Japan	67-70=137	−7
T1	Lexi Thompson	United States	69-68=137	−7
T3	Chun In-gee	South Korea	69-69=138	−6
	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	70-68=138
	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa	68-70=138
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	71-67=138
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	71-67=138
	Lizette Salas	United States	71-67=138
T9	Jang Ha-na	South Korea	69-70=139	−5
	Lee Bo-mee	South Korea	73-66=139
	Minjee Lee	Australia	71-68=139
	Michelle Wie	United States	70-69=139

Third round[]

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lexi Thompson	United States	69-68-69=206	−10
T2	Chun In-gee	South Korea	69-69-69=207	−9
	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand	69-71-67=207
	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	70-68-69=207
T5	Charley Hull	England	70-69-69=208	−8
T5	Ai Miyazato	Japan	67-70-71=208	−8
T7	Caroline Masson	Germany	70-71-68=209	−7
	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa	68-70-71=209
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	71-67-71=209
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	71-67-71=209
	Michelle Wie	United States	70-69-70=209

Final round[]

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	70-68-69-69=276	−12	390,000
T2	Chun In-gee	South Korea	69-69-69-70=277	−11	208,182
T2	Charley Hull	England	70-69-69-69=277	−11	208,182
4	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand	69-71-67-71=278	−10	135,417
5	Lexi Thompson	United States	69-68-69-73=279	−9	108,996
T6	Caroline Masson	Germany	70-71-68-71=280	−8	72,004
	Inbee Park	South Korea	70-73-69-68=280
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	71-67-71-71=280
	Gerina Piller	United States	69-71-70-70=280
T10	Brooke Henderson	Canada	73-69-72-67=281	−7	48,155
	Lee Bo-mee	South Korea	73-66-72-70=281
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	71-67-71-72=281
	Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	72-69-71-69=281

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	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12
Chun	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11
Hull	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
Jutanugarn	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−11	−10
Thompson	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9
Park	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8
Henderson	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7
Miyazato	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5

References[]

^ "The Course". ANA Inspiration. 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
^ "Lydia Ko exploits Ariya Jutanugarn's collapse to win ANA Inspiration". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2016.
^ "Player Eligibility". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved March 29, 2016.

External links[]

Preceded by 2015 Evian Championship	Major championships	Succeeded by 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship

Coordinates: 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433

[thecrs16-1] "The Course". ANA Inspiration. 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[2] "Lydia Ko exploits Ariya Jutanugarn's collapse to win ANA Inspiration". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2016.

[3] "Player Eligibility". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved March 29, 2016.

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