2015 ANA Inspiration

2015 ANA Inspiration

Tournament information
Dates	April 2–5, LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,769 yards (6,190 m)
Field	115 players, 73 after cut
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$2.5 million
Winner's share	$375,000
Champion
Brittany Lincicome
279 (−9), playoff
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Mission Hills Country Club

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Location in the United States

Mission  
Hills CC

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Location in California

The 2015 ANA Inspiration was the 44th

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.[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)

Jiyai Shin (5,6) did not play

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

Kim Hyo-joo (5,7,9,10), Suzann Pettersen (5,7,8,9)

5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2015 ANA Inspiration

Azahara Muñoz (6,7,8,9) did not play

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

Chella Choi (8,9), Charley Hull (10), Tiffany Joh (8), Lee Jee-young, Caroline Masson (8), Catriona Matthew (8), Gerina Piller (8), Angela Stanford (7,8,9)

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

Julieta Granada (8), Jang Ha-na (9), Ji Eun-hee (8), Meena Lee (8), Stephanie Meadow

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

9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 10, 2015

Chun In-gee

Ahn Sun-ju (10) 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

Heo Yoon-kyung, Gwladys Nocera

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 did not play

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

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

Céline Boutier (a), Nelly Korda (a), Andrea Lee (a), Mika Liu (a), Haley Moore (a), Bethany Wu (a)

Course layout

Dinah Shore Tournament Course

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Morgan Pressel, the event's 2007 champion, shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Ai Miyazato. Lydia Ko shot a one-under par 71 to tie Annika Sörenstam with 29 consecutive rounds under par in LPGA Tour events. Defending champion Lexi Thompson shot an ever par 72.^[3]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Morgan Pressel	67	−5
2	Ai Miyazato	68	−4
T3	Juli Inkster	69	−3
	Gwladys Nocera
	So Yeon Ryu
	Alison Walshe
T7	Na Yeon Choi	70	−2
	Austin Ernst
	Charley Hull
T10	Chun In-gee	71	−1
	Shanshan Feng
	Pat Hurst
	Ariya Jutanugarn
	Moriya Jutanugarn
	Haeji Kang
	Kim Hyo-joo
	Lydia Ko
	Alison Lee
	Meena Lee
	Mirim Lee
	Pernilla Lindberg
	Catriona Matthew
	Anna Nordqvist
	Jenny Shin
	Amy Yang

Second round

Friday, April 3, 2015

LPGA Tour rookie Kim Sei-young took the lead, shooting the day's low score of 65. Lydia Ko shot a round of one-over-par 73 to end her record-tying streak of 29 consecutive rounds.^[4] 73 players made the cut, which fell at three-over-par.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Kim Sei-young	72-65=137	−7
2	Morgan Pressel	67-72=139	−5
T3	Brittany Lincicome	72-68=140	−4
	Catriona Matthew	71-69=140
	Jenny Shin	71-69=140
T6	Shanshan Feng	71-70=141	−3
	Moriya Jutanugarn	71-70=141
	Mirim Lee	71-70=141
	Stacy Lewis	72-69=141
	So Yeon Ryu	69-72=141
	Angela Stanford	72-69=141
	Lexi Thompson	72-69=141

Third round

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Kim Sei-young	72-65-69=206	−10
2	Stacy Lewis	72-69-68=209	−7
T3	Ariya Jutanugarn	71-73-66=210	−6
	Brittany Lincicome	72-68-70=210
	Morgan Pressel	67-72-71=210
T6	Shanshan Feng	71-70-70=211	−5
	Moriya Jutanugarn	71-70-70=211
	Jenny Shin	71-69-71=211
T9	Pat Hurst	71-71-70=212	−4
	Mi Hyang Lee	74-68-70=212
	Anna Nordqvist	71-72-69=212
	So Yeon Ryu	69-72-71=212
	Lexi Thompson	72-69-71=212

Final round

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Stacy Lewis	72-69-68-70=279	−9	Playoff
	Brittany Lincicome	72-68-70-69=279
3	Morgan Pressel	67-72-71-70=280	−8	167,900
T4	Carlota Ciganda	74-71-68-68=281	−7	106,653
	Sei Young Kim	72-65-69-75=281
	Anna Nordqvist	71-72-69-69=281
7	Lexi Thompson	72-69-71-70=282	−6	71,595
T8	Shanshan Feng	71-70-70-72=283	−5	56,812
	Mi Hyang Lee	74-68-70-71=283
	Suzann Pettersen	76-68-72-67=283

Source:^[5]
Amateurs: Haley Moore (+6)

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
Lewis	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9
Lincicome	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9
Pressel	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8
Kim	−10	−11	−11	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−10	−8	−7	−8	−7	−7

Playoff

The playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole only and Lincicome won on the third extra hole with a par.^[1]

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Brittany Lincicome	5-5-5=15	E	375,000
2	Stacy Lewis	5-5-6=16	+1	231,449

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site

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