2015 ANA Inspiration

Golf tournament September 2018 September 2026 2015 ANA Inspiration April 2–5, 2015 Rancho Mirage, California Mission Hills Country ClubDinah Shore Tournament Course LPGA Tour Stroke play - 72 holes 72 6769 yd 115 players, 73 after cut 147 (+3) $2.5 million $375,000 USA Brittany Lincicome 279 (−9), playoff 2014 2016 USA 1 Mission Hills Country Club 33.798 -116.433 Location in the United States 5 240 USA California 1 Mission  Hills CC 33.798 -116.433 Location in California 5 top 180 The 2015 ANA Inspiration was the 44th ANA Inspiration, held April 2–5 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The tournament was in its first year with All Nippon Airways (ANA) as the title sponsor and its 33rd year as a major championship. 2009 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.https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lpga-ana-inspiration-20150406-story.html Los Angeles Times Helfand Zach Fourth time's the charm: Brittany Lincicome wins year's first LPGA major April 5, 2015 April 3, 2016 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.http://www.anainspiration.com/players/ Player Eligibility ANA Inspiration March 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402173517/http://www.anainspiration.com/players/ April 2, 2015 dead mdy-all 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), Karrie Webb (2,5,6,7,8,9) 2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations Amy Alcott, Pat Hurst, 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, Women's PGA Championship, 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), Cristie Kerr (5,6,8,9), Mo Martin (5,7,8), So Yeon Ryu (5,7,8,9), Michelle Wie (5,6,7,8,9) Jiyai Shin (5,6) did not play 4. Winners of The Evian Championship 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), Lydia Ko (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), Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Anna Nordqvist (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), Meena Lee (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, Caroline Hedwall, 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, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour 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, Sakura Yokomine 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), Bethany Wu (a) Course layout Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3775174203801823913951695383,3693885363894241483874181795313,4006,769Par454434435364544344353672 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 Ai Miyazato. Lydia Ko shot a one-under par 71 to tie Annika Sörenstam with 29 consecutive rounds under par in LPGA Tour events. Defending champion Lexi Thompson shot an ever par 72.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2015/04/02/ko-ties-sorenstams-record-of-29-straight-rounds-under-par/70845194/ Ko ties Sorenstam's record of 29 straight rounds under par USA Today April 2, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Morgan Pressel 67 −52 JPN Ai Miyazato 68 −4T3 USA Juli Inkster 69 −3 FRA Gwladys Nocera KOR So Yeon Ryu USA Alison WalsheT7 KOR Na Yeon Choi 70 −2 USA Austin Ernst ENG Charley HullT10 KOR Chun In-gee 71 −1 CHN Shanshan Feng USA Pat Hurst THA Ariya Jutanugarn THA Moriya Jutanugarn KOR Haeji Kang KOR Kim Hyo-joo NZL Lydia Ko USA Alison Lee KOR Meena Lee KOR Mirim Lee SWE Pernilla Lindberg SCO Catriona Matthew SWE Anna Nordqvist KOR Jenny Shin KOR Amy Yang Second round Friday, April 3, 2015 LPGA Tour rookie Kim Sei-young took the lead, shooting the day's low score of 65. Lydia Ko shot a round of one-over-par 73 to end her record-tying streak of 29 consecutive rounds.Nicholson John Lydia Ko's under-par streak ends at 29 with 1-over 73. https://news.yahoo.com/lydia-kos-under-par-streak-ends-29-1-004348020--spt.html Associated Press April 3, 2015 73 players made the cut, which fell at three-over-par. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 KOR Kim Sei-young 72-65=137 −72 USA Morgan Pressel 67-72=139 −5T3 USA Brittany Lincicome 72-68=140 −4 SCO Catriona Matthew 71-69=140 KOR Jenny Shin 71-69=140T6 CHN Shanshan Feng 71-70=141 −3 THA Moriya Jutanugarn 71-70=141 KOR Mirim Lee 71-70=141 USA Stacy Lewis 72-69=141 KOR So Yeon Ryu 69-72=141 USA Angela Stanford 72-69=141 USA Lexi Thompson 72-69=141 Third round Saturday, April 4, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 KOR Kim Sei-young 72-65-69=206 −102 USA Stacy Lewis 72-69-68=209 −7T3 THA Ariya Jutanugarn 71-73-66=210 −6 USA Brittany Lincicome 72-68-70=210 USA Morgan Pressel 67-72-71=210T6 CHN Shanshan Feng 71-70-70=211 −5 THA Moriya Jutanugarn 71-70-70=211 KOR Jenny Shin 71-69-71=211T9 USA Pat Hurst 71-71-70=212 −4 KOR Mi Hyang Lee 74-68-70=212 SWE Anna Nordqvist 71-72-69=212 KOR So Yeon Ryu 69-72-71=212 USA Lexi Thompson 72-69-71=212 Final round Sunday, April 5, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Stacy Lewis 72-69-68-70=279 −9 Playoff USA Brittany Lincicome 72-68-70-69=2793 USA Morgan Pressel 67-72-71-70=280 −8 167,900T4 ESP Carlota Ciganda 74-71-68-68=281 −7 106,653 KOR Sei Young Kim 72-65-69-75=281 SWE Anna Nordqvist 71-72-69-69=2817 USA Lexi Thompson 72-69-71-70=282 −6 71,595T8 CHN Shanshan Feng 71-70-70-72=283 −5 56,812 KOR Mi Hyang Lee 74-68-70-71=283 NOR Suzann Pettersen 76-68-72-67=283 Source:LPGA http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/ana-inspiration/leaderboard 2015 ANA Inspiration leaderboard April 5, 2015 April 5, 2015 Amateurs: Haley Moore (+6) Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454  4    3  4435 45443  4    4    3    5  USA Lewis −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9USA Lincicome −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −9USA Pressel −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8KOR Kim −10 −11 −11 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −9−10 −8 −7 −8 −7 −7 Playoff The playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole only and Lincicome won on the third extra hole with a par. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Brittany Lincicome 5-5-5=15 E 375,0002 USA Stacy Lewis 5-5-6=16 +1 231,449 References External links http://www.anainspiration.com/ Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site 2015 33.798 -116.433 type:event title Category:Chevron Championship Category:Golf tournaments in California Category:Women's sports in California Category:Sports competitions in Riverside County, California Category:Rancho Mirage, California ANA Inspiration ANA Inspiration ANA Inspiration ANA Inspiration