2018 ANA Inspiration

The 2018 ANA Inspiration was the 47th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held March 29 – April 2, 2018 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 36th year as a major championship, and Golf Channel televised the event for the eighth consecutive year.

2018 ANA Inspiration

Tournament information
Dates	March 29 – April 2, 2018
Location	Rancho Mirage, California 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
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	117 players, 76 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	$2.8 million
Winner's share	$420,000
Champion
Pernilla Lindberg
273 (−15), playoff
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Pernilla Lindberg gained her first professional victory in a three-player sudden-death playoff that extended to eight extra holes.^[1]

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.^[2]

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)

Karrie Webb (2,8) – did not play

2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations

Donna Andrews, Juli Inkster, Lydia Ko (4,5,6,7,8,9), Stacy Lewis (3,5,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (5,8), Inbee Park (3,5,6,8,9), Morgan Pressel (8), Ryu So-yeon (5,6,7,8,9), Lexi Thompson (5,6,8,9), Yani Tseng, Yoo Sun-young (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

Chun In-gee (4,5,6,8,9), Brooke Henderson (5,6,7,8,9), Ariya Jutanugarn (5,6,8,9), Danielle Kang (5,7,8,9), In-Kyung Kim (5,7,8,9), Brittany Lang (5,8), Mo Martin (8), Park Sung-hyun (5,6,7,8,9,12), Michelle Wie (5,6,7,8,9)

4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous five years

Kim Hyo-joo (5,8), Anna Nordqvist (5,6,7,8,9)

Suzann Pettersen (5,6,8) – did not play

5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2015 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2018 ANA Inspiration

Choi Na-yeon, Carlota Ciganda (7,8,9,10-LET), Shanshan Feng (7,8,9), Charley Hull (6,8,9), Jang Ha-na (8,9), Ji Eun-hee (8), Cristie Kerr (6,8,9), Kim Sei-young (7,8,9), Katherine Kirk (7,8), Ko Jin-young (9), Jessica Korda (6,8,9), Mirim Lee (6,8,9), Minjee Lee (6,8,9), Lee Mi-hyang (7,8), Caroline Masson (7,8), Haru Nomura (8), Jenny Shin (8), Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang (6,7,8,9)

Ahn Sun-ju – did not play

6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration

Austin Ernst (8), M. J. Hur (7,8), Karine Icher (8)

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

Brittany Altomare (8), Choi Hye-jin (9), Chella Choi (8), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (8), Georgia Hall (10-LET), Moriya Jutanugarn (8,9), Lee Jeong-eun (9,10-KLPGA)

8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list

Marina Alex, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas (9), Alena Sharp, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Ayako Uehara, Jing Yan, Angel Yin

Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Gerina Piller – did not play

9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 11, 2018
Ai Suzuki (10-JLPGA)

Jiyai Shin – 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

Kim Ji-hyun

Lee Min-young – 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

Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Laura Davies, Hannah Green, Nasa Hataoka, Caroline Inglis, Cindy LaCrosse, Bronte Law, Erynee Lee, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Amy Olson, Park Hee-young, Mariah Stackhouse, Emma Talley, Mariajo Uribe, Lindsey Weaver

12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year

Already qualified

13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition

Sophia Schubert (a)

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

Sydnee Michaels

15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players

María Fassi (a), Lucy Li (a), Atthaya Thitikul (a), Albane Valenzuela (a), Lilia Vu (a), Rose Zhang

Unknown category
Paula Creamer, Catriona Matthew, Florentyna Parker, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Melissa Reid

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Pernilla Lindberg	65	−7
T2	Beatriz Recari	66	−6
	Ayako Uehara
T4	Jang Ha-na	67	−5
	Jessica Korda
	Albane Valenzuela (a)
T7	Brittany Altomare	68	−4
	Chella Choi
	Chun In-gee
	Park Sung-hyun
	Lexi Thompson
	Yoo Sun-young

Second round

Friday, March 30, 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Pernilla Lindberg	65-67=132	−12
	Park Sung-hyun	68-64=132
3	Jessica Korda	67-68=135	−9
T4	Charley Hull	69-68=137	−7
	Amy Olson	69-68=137
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67=137
	Ayako Uehara	66-71=137
T8	Beatriz Recari	66-72=138	−6
	Jennifer Song	69-69=138
	Albane Valenzuela (a)	67-71=138

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Pernilla Lindberg	65-67-70=202	−14
2	Amy Olson	69-68-68=205	−11
T3	Charley Hull	69-68-69=206	−10
	Moriya Jutanugarn	70-70-66=206
	Inbee Park	70-69-67=206
	Park Sung-hyun	68-64-74=206
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67-69=206
	Jennifer Song	69-69-68=206
9	Ayako Uehara	66-71-70=207	−9
T10	Shanshan Feng	71-70-67=208	−8
	Jessica Korda	67-68-73=208

Final round

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Pernilla Lindberg	65-67-70-71=273	−15	Playoff
	Inbee Park	70-69-67-67=273
	Jennifer Song	69-69-68-67-273
T4	Jessica Korda	67-68-73-66=274	−14	131,943
	Ariya Jutanugarn	72-69-68-65-274
T6	Charley Hull	69-68-69-69=275	−13	88,437
	Moriya Jutanugarn	70-70-66-69=275
8	Ayako Uehara	66-71-70-69=276	−12	70,608
T9	Caroline Masson	72-68-69-68=277	−11	56,165
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67-69-71=277
	Amy Olson	69-68-68-72=277
	Park Sung-hyun	68-64-74-71=277

Amateurs: Thitikul (−5), Vu (−3), Valenzuela (E), Zhang (+1)

Scorecard

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
Lindberg	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15
Park	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−13	−14	−15
Song	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15
Korda	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11	−13	−13	−14	−12	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−14
A. Jutanugarn	−7	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14
Hull	−10	−11	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13
M. Jutanugarn	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−13	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13
Olson	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Playoff

Sunday, April 1, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018

Pernilla Lindberg, Inbee Park, and Jennifer Song were tied after 72 holes at 273 (−15). The sudden-death playoff was on the 18th hole, and all three players made par fives during the first two extra holes. Lindberg and Park birdied on their third attempts, while Song made par and was eliminated. On the fourth extra hole in near dark conditions, both Lindberg and Park made par with temporary lighting on the green.^[3]

Play resumed at 8 am PDT Monday on the par-4 10th hole, then proceeded to the par-3 17th and par-5 18th. Still tied after seven extra holes, they returned to the tenth hole, where Lindberg sank a 30-foot (9 m) birdie putt and Park missed from 20 feet (6 m).^[1]

Place	Player	To par	Money ($)
1	Pernilla Lindberg	–2	420,000
T2	Inbee Park	–1	223,635
	Jennifer Song	E

Hole	18	18	18	18		10	17	18	10
Par	5	5	5	5		4	3	5	4
Lindberg	5	5	4	5		4	3	5	3
Park	5	5	4	5		4	3	5	4
Song	5	5	5

Source:^[1][3]

References

1. "Pernilla Lindberg captures ANA Inspiration title on eighth extra hole". ESPN. Associated Press. April 2, 2018.
2. "Final Player Field". ANA Inspiration. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
3. "Park, Lindberg to return Monday for 5th playoff hole in ANA". ESPN. Associated Press. April 1, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site