2016 ANA Inspiration


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.

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.
1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members
Juli Inkster, Karrie Webb
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations
Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Inbee Park, Morgan Pressel, Lexi Thompson, Yani Tseng, Yoo Sun-young
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, Chun In-gee, Shanshan Feng, Mo Martin, Ryu So-yeon, Michelle Wie
Jiyai Shin did not play.
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous two years
Kim Hyo-joo, Lydia Ko
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2016 ANA Inspiration
Brooke Henderson, M. J. Hur, Jang Ha-na, Jennifer Johnson, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, Kim Sei-young, Jessica Korda, Ilhee Lee, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Suzann Pettersen, Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas, Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang
Teresa Lu did not play.
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Karine Icher, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Pernilla Lindberg, Catriona Matthew, Stephanie Meadow, Gerina Piller, Jenny Shin, Angela Stanford
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, Shiho Oyama, Jane Park
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, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, In-Kyung Kim, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Brittany Lang, Alison Lee, Min Lee, Xi Yu Lin, Caroline Masson, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, 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, Park Sung-hyun
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, Jacqui Concolino, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Tiffany Joh, Megan Khang, P.K. Kongkraphan, Gaby López, Annie Park, Paula Reto, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Julie Yang
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'''
Sierra Brooks, Karen Chung, Bronte Law, Andrea Lee, Leona Maguire, Albane Valenzuela

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course layout

Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3775174203801823913951695383,3693885363894241483874181795313,4006,769
Par454434435364544344353672

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 31, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ai Miyazato67−5
T1Azahara Muñoz67−5
T3Catriona Matthew68−4
T3Shiho Oyama68−4
T3Lee-Anne Pace68−4
T6Chun In-gee69−3
T6Jang Ha-na69−3
T6Ariya Jutanugarn69−3
T6Lee Mi-hyang69−3
T6Ryann O'Toole69−3
T6Gerina Piller69−3
T6Lexi Thompson69−3
T6Amy Yang69−3

Second round

Friday, April 1, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ai Miyazato67-70=137−7
T1Lexi Thompson69-68=137−7
T3Chun In-gee69-69=138−6
T3Lydia Ko70-68=138−6
T3Lee-Anne Pace68-70=138−6
T3Park Sung-hyun71-67=138−6
T3Suzann Pettersen71-67=138−6
T3Lizette Salas71-67=138−6
T9Jang Ha-na69-70=139−5
T9Lee Bo-mee73-66=139−5
T9Minjee Lee71-68=139−5
T9Michelle Wie70-69=139−5

Third round

Saturday, April 2, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lexi Thompson69-68-69=206−10
T2Chun In-gee69-69-69=207−9
T2Ariya Jutanugarn69-71-67=207−9
T2Lydia Ko70-68-69=207−9
T5Charley Hull70-69-69=208−8
T5Ai Miyazato67-70-71=208−8
T7Caroline Masson70-71-68=209−7
T7Lee-Anne Pace68-70-71=209−7
T7Park Sung-hyun71-67-71=209−7
T7Suzann Pettersen71-67-71=209−7
T7Michelle Wie70-69-70=209−7

Final round

Sunday, April 3, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Lydia Ko70-68-69-69=276−12390,000
T2Chun In-gee69-69-69-70=277−11208,182
T2Charley Hull70-69-69-69=277−11208,182
4Ariya Jutanugarn69-71-67-71=278−10135,417
5Lexi Thompson69-68-69-73=279−9108,996
T6Caroline Masson70-71-68-71=280−872,004
T6Inbee Park70-73-69-68=280−872,004
T6Park Sung-hyun71-67-71-71=280−872,004
T6Gerina Piller69-71-70-70=280−872,004
T10Brooke Henderson73-69-72-67=281−748,155
T10Lee Bo-mee73-66-72-70=281−748,155
T10Suzann Pettersen71-67-71-72=281−748,155
T10Ryu So-yeon72-69-71-69=281−748,155

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par 4 5 4 4 3 443545443 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