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.

2021 ANA Inspiration
Tournament information
DatesApril 1–4, 2021
LocationRancho Mirage, California
33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Field119 players, 71 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund$3.1 million
Winner's share465,000
Champion
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit
270 (−18)
Location map
Rancho Mirage is located in the United States
Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
Rancho Mirage is located in California
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Rancho Mirage
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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

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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 (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

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First round

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Thursday, April 1, 2021

Place Player Score To par
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

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Friday, April 2, 2021

Place Player Score To par
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

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Saturday, April 3, 2021

Place Player Score To par
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

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Sunday, April 4, 2021

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
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

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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
  Tavatanakit −14 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18
  Ko −7 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16
  Feng −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11
  Kim −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11
  Korda −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11
  Madsen −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey
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References

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  1. ^ "Patty Tavatanakit holds off charging Lydia Ko to win ANA Inspiration for first LPGA Tour victory". ESPN. Associated Press. April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "ANA Inspiration 2021 Leaderboard". Golf Channel.
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