2021 ANA Inspiration

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
Dates	April 1–4, 2021
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	119 players, 71 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	$3.1 million
Winner's share	465,000
Champion
Patty Tavatanakit
270 (−18)
Location map
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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

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

First round

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

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

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

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

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

Source:^[2]

References

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.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site