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, held April 2–5 on the

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Tournament Course at

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. The tournament was in its first year with All Nippon Airways (ANA) as the title sponsor and its 33rd year as a major championship.

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champion Brittany Lincicome eagled the 72nd hole to force a playoff, then defeated Stacy Lewis on the third extra hole to win her second major title. Golf Channel televised the event.

Field

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. 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), Se Ri Pak (6),

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(2,5,6,7,8,9) 2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations

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, Stacy Lewis (3,5,6,7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (7,8,9), Inbee Park (3,5,7,8,9), Morgan Pressel (6,8), Lexi Thompson (5,6,8,9), Yani Tseng (3,8), Sun-Young Yoo (8) 3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open,

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, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five years Na Yeon Choi (5,6,7,8,9), Paula Creamer (5,8,9), Shanshan Feng (5,6,7,8,9),

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(5,6,8,9), Mo Martin (5,7,8), So Yeon Ryu (5,7,8,9),

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(5,6,7,8,9) '' Jiyai Shin (5,6) did not play'' 4. Winners of

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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 Baek Kyu-jung (9), Austin Ernst (8), M. J. Hur (7,8), Jennifer Johnson (8), Christina Kim (6,8), Kim Sei-young (9),

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(7,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (7,8,9), Brittany Lang (8), Ilhee Lee (8), Mi Hyang Lee (8), Mirim Lee (8,9), Teresa Lu (9,10),

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, Mika Miyazato,

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(6,7,8,9), Lee-Anne Pace (8,9), Park Hee-young (8), Beatriz Recari (8), Lizette Salas (8,9), Amy Yang (6,7,8,9) '' 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),

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(8), Stephanie Meadow 8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Dori Carter, Carlota Ciganda, Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal, Mina Harigae,

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, Karine Icher, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, I.K. Kim, Katherine Kirk, P.K. Kongkraphan, Candie Kung, Amelia Lewis, Pernilla Lindberg, Sydnee Michaels, Belén Mozo, Haru Nomura, Oh Ji-young, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum (9), Paula Reto, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Giulia Sergas, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe '' Line Vedel did not play'' 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,

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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 Katie Burnett, Paz Echeverria, Yueer Cindy Feng, Jaye Marie Green, María Hernández, Wei-Ling Hsu, Ariya Jutanugarn, Alison Lee, Minjee Lee, Xi Yu Lin, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Alison Walshe,

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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 '' 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),

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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

shot a one-under par 71 to tie

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with 29 consecutive rounds under par in LPGA Tour events. Defending champion Lexi Thompson shot an ever par 72.

Second round

''Friday, April 3, 2015'' LPGA Tour rookie Kim Sei-young took the lead, shooting the day's low score of 65.

shot a round of one-over-par 73 to end her record-tying streak of 29 consecutive rounds. 73 players made the cut, which fell at three-over-par.

Third round

''Saturday, April 4, 2015''

Final round

''Sunday, April 5, 2015'' Source:
Amateurs: Haley Moore (+6)

Scorecard

''Final round''

Playoff

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

References

External links

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Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site
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