2019 ANA Inspiration
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 4–7, LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,763 yards (6,184 m) |
Field | 112 players, 77 after cut |
Cut | 149 (+5) |
Prize fund | $3.0 million |
Winner's share | 450,000 |
Champion | |
Ko Jin-young | |
278 (−10) | |
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The 2019 ANA Inspiration was the 48th
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
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
(8)8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list
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
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
12. Previous year's
Already qualified
13. Previous year's
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
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Ally McDonald |
68 | −4 |
T2 | Kim Hyo-joo | 69 | −3 |
Ko Jin-young | |||
Linnea Ström | |||
Lexi Thompson | |||
T6 | Cristie Kerr | 70 | −2 |
Lydia Ko | |||
Jessica Korda | |||
Lee Mi-hyang | |||
Lin Xiyu | |||
Jane Park | |||
Lizette Salas | |||
Lauren Stephenson | |||
Yan Jing | |||
Amy Yang |
- Source:[4]
Second round
Friday, April 5, 2019
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | In-Kyung Kim |
71-65=136 | −8 |
2 | Katherine Kirk | 71-68=139 | −5 |
T3 | Ko Jin-young | 69-71=140 | −4 |
Ally McDonald |
68-72=140 | ||
T5 | Charley Hull | 72-69=141 | −3 |
Danielle Kang | 72-69=141 | ||
Park Sung-hyun | 71-70=141 | ||
Lexi Thompson | 69-72=141 | ||
Jing Yan | 70-71=141 | ||
T10 | Lee Jeong-eun | 71-71=142 | −2 |
Amy Yang | 70-72=142 |
- Source:[4]
Third round
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Ko Jin-young | 69-71-68=208 | −8 |
2 | In-Kyung Kim |
71-65-73=209 | −7 |
T3 | Danielle Kang | 72-69-70=211 | −5 |
Lee Mi-hyang | 70-73-68=211 | ||
T5 | Katherine Kirk | 71-68-74=213 | −3 |
Lee Jeong-eun | 71-71-71=213 | ||
Alena Sharp | 76-70-67=213 | ||
T8 | Brooke Henderson | 71-72-71=214 | −2 |
Jessica Korda | 70-73-71=214 | ||
Stacy Lewis | 71-73-70=214 | ||
Lin Xiyu | 70-74-70=214 | ||
Ally McDonald |
68-72-74=214 | ||
Park Sung-hyun | 71-70-73=214 | ||
Angel Yin | 71-74-69=214 |
- Source:[4]
Final round
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Place | Player | Score | To par | Prize money (US$) |
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1 | Ko Jin-young | 69-71-68-70=278 | −10 | 450,000 |
2 | Lee Mi-hyang | 70-73-68-70=281 | −7 | 275,721 |
3 | Lexi Thompson | 69-72-74-67=282 | −6 | 200,016 |
T4 | Carlota Ciganda | 72-72-71-68=283 | −5 | 139,634 |
In-Kyung Kim |
71-65-73-74=283 | |||
T6 | Kristen Gillman | 74-71-73-66=284 | −4 | 74,472 |
Danielle Kang | 72-69-70-73=284 | |||
Kim Hyo-joo | 69-76-70-69=284 | |||
Jessica Korda | 70-73-71-70=284 | |||
Lee Jeong-eun | 71-71-71-71=284 | |||
Ally McDonald | 68-72-74-70=284 |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie Bogey Double bogey
- Source:[4]
References
- ^ "Jin Young Ko wins ANA Inspiration for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Final Player Field". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ "2019 ANA Inspiration Coveted Amateur Invitations Spots Announced". LPGA. February 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "ANA Inspiration (Leaderboard)". LPGA. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ "Late birdie gives McDonald ANA Inspiration lead". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2019.