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The 2021 ANA Inspiration was the 50th ANA Inspiration golf tournament, held April 1–4, 2021 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 39th year as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and Golf Channel televised the event for the 11th consecutive year. The tournament was originally known as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 1–4, 2021 |
Location | Rancho Mirage, California 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W |
Course(s) | Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,763 yards (6,184 m) |
Field | 119 players, 71 after cut |
Cut | 145 (+1) |
Prize fund | $3.1 million |
Winner's share | 465,000 |
Champion | |
Patty Tavatanakit | |
270 (−18) | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in California | |
Patty Tavatanakit won her first LPGA Tour event by two strokes over Lydia Ko. Tavatanakit won the event wire-to-wire and became the first rookie to win the ANA Inspiration since Juli Inkster in 1984 and the fourth straight first-time major winner.[1]
Field
editPlayers 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 (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five years
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous five years
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2016 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2021 ANA Inspiration
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
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
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 8, 2021
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
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 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
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
Round summaries
editFirst round
editThursday, April 1, 2021
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Patty Tavatanakit | 66 | −6 |
T2 | Shanshan Feng | 67 | −5 |
Leona Maguire | |||
T4 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 68 | −4 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | |||
Megan Khang | |||
Anna Nordqvist | |||
T8 | Georgia Hall | 69 | −3 |
Charley Hull | |||
Ko Jin-young | |||
Jessica Korda | |||
Jennifer Kupcho | |||
Bronte Law | |||
Mirim Lee | |||
Yuka Saso |
Second round
editFriday, April 2, 2021
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Patty Tavatanakit | 66-69=135 | −9 |
2 | Shanshan Feng | 67-69=136 | −8 |
3 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 68-69=137 | −7 |
T4 | Charley Hull | 69-69=138 | −6 |
Anna Nordqvist | 68-70=138 | ||
T6 | Georgia Hall | 69-70=139 | −5 |
Ko Jin-young | 69-70=139 | ||
Lydia Ko | 70-69=139 | ||
Mirim Lee | 69-70=139 | ||
Inbee Park | 70-69=139 | ||
Sophia Popov | 70-69=139 |
Third round
editSaturday, April 3, 2021
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Patty Tavatanakit | 66-69-67=202 | −14 |
T2 | Ally Ewing | 71-70-66=207 | −9 |
Mirim Lee | 69-70-68=207 | ||
4 | Shanshan Feng | 67-69-72=208 | −8 |
T5 | Charley Hull | 69-69-71=209 | −7 |
Inbee Park | 70-69-70=209 | ||
T7 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 68-69-73=210 | −6 |
Ko Jin-young | 69-70-71=210 | ||
Lydia Ko | 70-69-71=210 | ||
Gaby López | 73-67-70=210 |
Final round
editSunday, April 4, 2021
Place | Player | Score | To par | Prize money (US$) |
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1 | Patty Tavatanakit | 66-69-67-68=270 | −18 | 465,000 |
2 | Lydia Ko | 70-69-71-62=272 | −16 | 287,716 |
T3 | Shanshan Feng | 67-69-72-69=277 | −11 | 151,615 |
Kim Sei-young | 72-71-68-66=277 | |||
Nelly Korda | 71-70-70-66=277 | |||
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 72-68-71-66=277 | |||
T7 | Ally Ewing | 71-70-66-71=278 | −10 | 79,025 |
Ko Jin-young | 69-70-71-68=278 | |||
Inbee Park | 70-69-70-69=278 | |||
T10 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 68-69-73-69=279 | −9 | 59,333 |
Megan Khang | 68-73-71-67=279 | |||
Mirim Lee | 69-70-68-72=279 |
Scorecard
editFinal round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey
- Source:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Patty Tavatanakit holds off charging Lydia Ko to win ANA Inspiration for first LPGA Tour victory". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2021.
- ^ "ANA Inspiration 2021 Leaderboard". Golf Channel.