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.
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
Juli Inkster
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations
Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Pernilla Lindberg, Inbee Park, Morgan Pressel, Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Yani Tseng, Karrie Webb
Yoo Sun-young did not play
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, Georgia Hall, Brooke Henderson, Ariya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, In-Kyung Kim, Brittany Lang, Mo Martin, Park Sung-hyun, Michelle Wie
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous five years
Kim Hyo-joo, Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2016 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2019 ANA Inspiration
Marina Alex, Céline Boutier, Carlota Ciganda, Shanshan Feng, Nasa Hataoka, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Moriya Jutanugarn, Cristie Kerr, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Ko Jin-young, Nelly Korda, Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Gaby López, Caroline Masson, Haru Nomura, Annie Park, Jenny Shin, Thidapa Suwannapura, Amy Yang
Jang Ha-na did not play.
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
Brittany Altomare, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Hannah Green, Lee Jeong-eun, Azahara Muñoz, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara
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
Austin Ernst, Mamiko Higa, Wei-Ling Hsu, Sarah Jane Smith, Patty Tavatanakit, Angel Yin
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, 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
Ahn Sun-ju 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, Frida Kinhult, Xin Kou, Albane Valenzuela

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ally McDonald68−4
T2Kim Hyo-joo69−3
T2Ko Jin-young69−3
T2Linnea Ström69−3
T2Lexi Thompson69−3
T6Cristie Kerr70−2
T6Lydia Ko70−2
T6Jessica Korda70−2
T6Lee Mi-hyang70−2
T6Lin Xiyu70−2
T6Jane Park70−2
T6Lizette Salas70−2
T6Lauren Stephenson70−2
T6Yan Jing70−2
T6Amy Yang70−2

Second round

Friday, April 5, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1In-Kyung Kim71-65=136−8
2Katherine Kirk71-68=139−5
T3Ko Jin-young69-71=140−4
T3Ally McDonald68-72=140−4
T5Charley Hull72-69=141−3
T5Danielle Kang72-69=141−3
T5Park Sung-hyun71-70=141−3
T5Lexi Thompson69-72=141−3
T5Jing Yan70-71=141−3
T10Lee Jeong-eun71-71=142−2
T10Amy Yang70-72=142−2

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ko Jin-young69-71-68=208−8
2In-Kyung Kim71-65-73=209−7
T3Danielle Kang72-69-70=211−5
T3Lee Mi-hyang70-73-68=211−5
T5Katherine Kirk71-68-74=213−3
T5Lee Jeong-eun71-71-71=213−3
T5Alena Sharp76-70-67=213−3
T8Brooke Henderson71-72-71=214−2
T8Jessica Korda70-73-71=214−2
T8Stacy Lewis71-73-70=214−2
T8Lin Xiyu70-74-70=214−2
T8Ally McDonald68-72-74=214−2
T8Park Sung-hyun71-70-73=214−2
T8Angel Yin71-74-69=214−2

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
1Ko Jin-young69-71-68-70=278−10450,000
2Lee Mi-hyang70-73-68-70=281−7275,721
3Lexi Thompson69-72-74-67=282−6200,016
T4Carlota Ciganda72-72-71-68=283−5139,634
T4In-Kyung Kim71-65-73-74=283−5139,634
T6Kristen Gillman74-71-73-66=284−474,472
T6Danielle Kang72-69-70-73=284−474,472
T6Kim Hyo-joo69-76-70-69=284−474,472
T6Jessica Korda70-73-71-70=284−474,472
T6Lee Jeong-eun71-71-71-71=284−474,472
T6Ally McDonald68-72-74-70=284−474,472

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
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