The 2019 ANA Inspiration was the 48th
ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
LPGA
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golf tournament, held April 4–7 at the
Dinah Shore
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Tournament Course of
Mission Hills Country Club
The Mission Hills Country Club is a country club in the western United States, located in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs.
Overview
Among the facilities at the club are 3 championship golf courses (54 holes), 27 tennis court ...
in
Rancho Mirage, California
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. It was its 37th year as a
major championship, and
Golf Channel
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televised the event for the ninth consecutive year.
Pernilla Lindberg
Pernilla Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Her only professional win to date came at the ANA Inspiration, a major championship,
Early life
Lindberg was born ...
missed the cut, the first defending champion not to play the weekend in
six years.
Ko Jin-young
Ko Jin-young (;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British Op ...
won her first major by three strokes over
Lee Mi-hyang.
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.
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
Juli Inkster (born Juli Simpson; June 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 29 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA ...
(2)
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations
Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ...
(4,5,6,8,9),
Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one ...
(5),
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, sh ...
(5,8),
Pernilla Lindberg
Pernilla Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Her only professional win to date came at the ANA Inspiration, a major championship,
Early life
Lindberg was born ...
(5,6,8),
Inbee Park
Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2 ...
(3,5,6,8,9),
Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She was the 2005 American Ju ...
,
Ryu So-yeon
Ryu So-yeon (Korean 유소연, RR ''Ryu So-yeon'', MR ''Ryu Soyŏn'', ; born 29 June 1990), also known as So Yeon Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the LPGA of Korea Tour.
She is a two-time major win ...
(5,7,8,9),
Lexi Thompson
Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15 ...
(5,6,7,8,9),
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng (; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rank ...
,
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...
''
Yoo Sun-young
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first m ...
(6) did not play''
3. Winners of the
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
,
Women's PGA Championship
The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...
, and
Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour ...
in the previous five years
Chun In-gee
Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the ...
(4,8,9),
Georgia Hall
Georgia Kelly Hall (born 12 April 1996) is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. In 2018 she won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham; it was her first victory in a major championship.
...
(5,7,8,9,10-LET),
Brooke Henderson
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at th ...
(5,8,9),
Ariya Jutanugarn
Ariya Jutanugarn ( th, เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, , ; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Thai ...
(5,6,7,8,9),
Danielle Kang
Danielle Grace Kang (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011. She won the 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, an LPGA ...
(5,7,8,9),
In-Kyung Kim
Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three tou ...
(5,8,9),
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Amateur career
Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang h ...
(5),
Mo Martin (7,8),
Park Sung-hyun (5,6,8,9),
Michelle Wie
Michelle Sung Wie West (; born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie also became the youngest winner of the ...
(5,8)
4. Winners of
The Evian Championship
The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...
in the previous five years
Kim Hyo-joo
Kim Hyo-joo (; ; born 14 July 1995), also known as Hyo Joo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2014 Evian Championship while setting the record for lowest 18-hole score at a major with a 6 ...
(7,8),
Anna Nordqvist
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(5,8),
Angela Stanford
Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), ...
(5,6,7,8)
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the
2016 ANA Inspiration
The 2016 ANA Inspiration was the 45th ANA Inspiration, held March 31 – April 3 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 34th year as a major championship. Golf Channel televis ...
through the week immediately preceding the 2019 ANA Inspiration
Marina Alex (8,9),
Céline Boutier
Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French professional golfer.
Amateur career
Boutier won several international amateur events including the 2012 European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2015 British Ladies Amateur. She played c ...
(8),
Carlota Ciganda
Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of ...
(7,8,9),
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 vi ...
(8,9),
Nasa Hataoka
is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Amateur career
Hataoka was born on 13 January 1999, named after the United States space program, NASA. As an amateur, she won the ...
(7,8,9),
Charley Hull
Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in the ...
(6,8,9),
Ji Eun-hee
Ji Eun-hee (; ; born 13 May 1986 in Gapyeong, South Korea), also known as Eun-Hee Ji, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the South Korean KLPGA.
LPGA career
Ji joined the LPGA T ...
(8,9),
Moriya Jutanugarn (6,8,9),
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked go ...
(8),
Kim Sei-young
Kim Sei-young (born 21 January 1993), also known as Sei Young Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Kim plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has won five times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and twelve times on the LPGA Tour ...
(7,8,9),
Katherine Kirk (8),
Ko Jin-young
Ko Jin-young (;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British Op ...
(8,9,12),
Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual ...
(6,8,9),
Jessica Korda
Jessica Regina Korda ( cs, Jessica Kordová) (born February 27, 1993) is an Czech-American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Korda was a member of the 2009 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup and the 2010 U.S. Curtis Cup teams. ...
(6,7,8,9),
Lee Mi-hyang (8),
Minjee Lee (8,9),
Mirim Lee
Mirim Lee (born 25 October 1990), also known as Lee Mi-rim, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Lee turned professional in 2009. She has played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and has won three events on that tour. She began playing on th ...
(8),
Gaby López (8),
Caroline Masson
Caroline Masson (born 14 May 1989) is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Amateur and college career
Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf car ...
(6,8),
Haru Nomura,
Annie Park
Annie Park (born April 9, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Park has one win on that tour, at the 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic, and competed in the 2019 Solheim Cup. Previously, she was the 2013 NCAA individual ...
(8),
Jenny Shin (8),
Thidapa Suwannapura
Thidapa "Jasmine" Suwannapura (; born 20 November 1992) is a Thai professional golfer.
A Ramkhamhaeng University graduate, she qualified for the Honda LPGA Thailand as an amateur in 2006, 2008 and 2010. She is the winner of the 2008 Hong Kong Lad ...
(8),
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young ( ko, 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Amateur career
Yang began playing gol ...
(8,9)
''
Jang Ha-na
Jang Ha-na (born 2 May 1992), also known as Ha Na Jang, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Jang plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour where she has 15 wins and led the money list in 2013. From 2015 through 2017, she played on the LPGA Tour where s ...
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
Jodi Ewart Shadoff (born 7 January 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.
Early life
Ewart was born at Northallerton in North Yorkshire. Her family now lives in Middleham and is invol ...
(8),
Hannah Green (8),
Lee Jeong-eun (9,10-KLPGA),
Azahara Muñoz
Azahara Muñoz Guijarro (born 19 November 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Muñoz was born in Málaga, Andalusia in southern Spain and had a successful amateur career i ...
(8),
Amy Olson
Amy Olson née Anderson (born July 10, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She turned professional in 2013 after her collegiate career at North Dakota State University where she won an NCAA record 20 collegiate events.
Amat ...
(7,8),
Ryann O'Toole (8),
Pornanong Phatlum
Pornanong Phatlum ( th, พรอนงค์ เพชรล้ำ; born 4 December 1989) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Professional wins (21) Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (9)
^ ''Co-sanctioned by the La ...
(7,8),
Beatriz Recari
Beatriz Recari Eransus (born 21 April 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Pamplona in northern Spain, Recari began playing golf at age 11 and enjoye ...
,
Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win bo ...
(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
Austin Ernst
Austin Ernst (born January 31, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Ernst was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She played two years for the LSU Tigers, where she won three events including the individual ...
(8,9),
Mamiko Higa,
Wei-Ling Hsu
Hsu Wei-ling ( zh, c=徐薇淩, p=Xú Wēilíng; born 20 October 1994) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Hsu was runner-up at the 2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. In May 2021, at the Pure Silk Championship on the River Course at Kingsmil ...
(8),
Sarah Jane Smith
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(8),
Patty Tavatanakit (a,15),
Angel Yin
Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Yin won the 7–8 year old Junior World Golf Championships, won the California State Women's Amateur as a 12 year old and agai ...
(8)
8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list
Aditi Ashok
Aditi Ashok (born 29 March 1998) is an Indian professional golfer from Bangalore. She plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She made her Olympic Games debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics i ...
,
Ashleigh Buhai
Ashleigh Ann Buhai (née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf.
Amateur career
Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the younge ...
,
Pei-Yun Chien
Pei-Yun Chien (born 22 October 1990) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Chien started playing golf at the age of 12.
Professional career
Chien played on the Symetra Tour in 2012 before ...
,
Chella Choi,
Jacqui Concolino
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*Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), female lead singer with the band ''The Beautiful South''
*Jacqui Ainsley (born 1981), English model fro ...
,
Lindy Duncan
Lindy or Lindy's may refer to:
People
*Lindy (name), a unisex given name and nickname
* ''Lindy'' (singer) or ''Lindy Vopnfjörð'', Canadian singer-songwriter
*"Lucky Lindy" or "Lindy", nickname for U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974)
*"L ...
,
Sandra Gal
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Jaye Marie Green
Jaye Marie Green (born February 2, 1994) is an American professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour. She won the 2011 Junior Solheim Cup, was a finalist at the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur, tied for 5th at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open, and was r ...
,
Haeji Kang
Haeji Kang (born 14 November 1990) is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. As a child, she moved from Korea to New Zealand and then to Australia ...
,
Megan Khang,
Bronte Law
Bronte May Law (born 12 March 1995) is an English professional golfer. Her maiden LPGA Tour victory, her first win as a professional, came in May 2019 at the Pure Silk Championship in Virginia. Her second professional victory occurred in Octob ...
,
Lee Jeong-eun,
Yu Liu,
Ally McDonald
Ally Leigh Ewing (née McDonald; born October 25, 1992) is an American professional golfer and plays on the LPGA Tour.
McDonald was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and grew up in Fulton, Mississippi. She played college golf at Mississippi State Univ ...
,
Su-Hyun Oh,
Jane Park
Jane Park (born December 15, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Before turning professional, Park reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2004 U.S. Girls' Junior, and won the 2004 U.S. Women's Ama ...
,
Park Hee-young,
Madelene Sagström
Madelene Maria Sagström (born 13 November 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio and was runner-up at the 2021 Women's British Open.
Early life
At 9, Sagströ ...
,
Lizette Salas
Lizette Salas (born July 17, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Azusa, California, Salas graduated from Azusa High School in 2007 and went on to play college ...
(9),
Mariah Stackhouse
Mariah Stackhouse (born March 4, 1994) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Stackhouse is a graduate of Stanford University, where she was a four-year All-American, and majored in communications. She helped the Cardinal ...
,
Emma Talley
Emma Ruth Talley (born March 23, 1994) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. While playing as an amateur at the University of Alabama, she won the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur by defeating Yueer Cindy Feng in the 36-hole fi ...
,
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras,
Maria Torres
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,
Mariajo Uribe,
Sakura Yokomine
is a Japanese professional golfer. She is one of the leading players on the LPGA of Japan Tour and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings. She finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tourn ...
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Caroline Inglis
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People
* Caroline (given name), a feminine given name
* J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player
* Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player
Places Antarctica
* ...
did not play.''
9. Top-30 on the
Women's World Golf Rankings
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association ( ...
as of a March 11, 2019
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on th ...
(10-JLPGA)
''
Ahn Sun-ju
Ahn Sun-ju, or Sun-ju Ahn ( ko, 안선주, born 31 August 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She led the LPGA of Japan Tour money list in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2018.
Professional wins (35) ...
(10-JLPGA) and
Choi Hye-jin
Choi Hye-jin ( ko, 최혜진; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Amateur career
Choi represented South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games where she helped the team to a silver medal and finished fifth in the individual ev ...
did not play.''
10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal str ...
Order of Merit,
LPGA of Japan Tour
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ...
money list and
LPGA of Korea Tour
The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
Based o ...
money list
Anne Van Dam
Anne van Dam (born 2 October 1995) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, where she has five wins. She played in the 2019 Solheim Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
Van Dam turned professional ...
''
Bae Seon-woo
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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
Kristen Gillman,
M. J. Hur
Mi Jung "M.J." Hur ( ko, 허미정, born 5 December 1989) is a South Korean female professional golfer.
Hur played most of her amateur career in South Korea. In 2006, she received a sponsors exemption to play in the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship ...
,
Kim Kaufman
Kim Kaufman (born August 16, 1991) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2015 Blue Bay LPGA.
Early life, amateur and college career
Kaufman was born in Huron, South Dakota, and grew up in Clark, Sout ...
,
Sarah Kemp,
Alison Lee,
Lin Xiyu
Lin Xiyu zh, 林希妤; born 25 February 1996), also known as Xi Yu Lin and by her English name Janet, is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Professional career
Lin turned professional in 2011 and began playing on the Ch ...
,
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (born 23 October 1994) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the American LPGA Tour and maintains membership of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and made history becoming the first ...
,
Sarah Schmelzel
Sarah Hawley Schmelzel (born May 12, 1994) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour member.
Early life, college and amateur career
Schmelzel grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Although she started playing golf when she was five, Schmelzel fir ...
,
Alena Sharp,
Marissa Steen
Marissa Steen (born 4 December 1989) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour member. She was Symetra Tour Player of the Year in 2014.
Early life, college and amateur career
Steen grew up in West Chester, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio an ...
,
Lauren Stephenson
Lauren Stephenson (born July 13, 1997) is an American professional golfer.
Amateur career
Stephenson played her college golf at Clemson University (one year) and the University of Alabama (two years).
She also competed at the 2018 Curtis Cup an ...
,
Linnea Strom,
Charlotte Thomas,
Jing Yan
12. Previous year's
Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
''Already qualified''
13. Previous year's
U.S. Women's Amateur
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). F ...
champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition
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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
Laura Gonzalez Escallon (born 6 October 1990) is a professional golfer from Belgium who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour.
Amateur career
Gonzalez was a member of the Belgium National Team and won the 2008 Girls Amateur Champi ...
,
Gerina Piller
15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players
Rachel Heck
Rachel Heck (born ) is an American amateur golfer.
Early life and amateur career
Heck, a native of Memphis, Tennessee started playing golf with her two sisters almost as soon as she could walk, competing in friendly competitions for ice cream. ...
(a),
Frida Kinhult (a),
Xin Kou
Xin may refer to:
* Xin Dynasty (), which ruled China from 8–23 AD
* Xincan languages (ISO 639: xin), a small extinct family of Mesoamerican languages
People
* Xin (surname), Chinese surname
* Empress Xin (Zhang Zuo's wife) (; died ), wife o ...
(a),
Albane Valenzuela (a)
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, April 4, 2019''
Ally McDonald
Ally Leigh Ewing (née McDonald; born October 25, 1992) is an American professional golfer and plays on the LPGA Tour.
McDonald was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and grew up in Fulton, Mississippi. She played college golf at Mississippi State Univ ...
shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke lead over four players, including 2014 champion
Lexi Thompson
Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15 ...
. Defending champion
Pernilla Lindberg
Pernilla Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Her only professional win to date came at the ANA Inspiration, a major championship,
Early life
Lindberg was born ...
was tied for 42nd at +1.
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Second round
''Friday, April 5, 2019''
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Third round
''Saturday, April 6, 2019''
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Final round
''Sunday, April 7, 2019''
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
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References
External links
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Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site
{{ANA Inspiration championships
Chevron Championship
Golf in California
ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...