2015 ANA Inspiration


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 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. 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
Juli Inkster, Se Ri Pak, Karrie Webb
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations
Amy Alcott, Pat Hurst, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Inbee Park, Morgan Pressel, Lexi Thompson, Yani Tseng, Sun-Young Yoo
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, Paula Creamer, Shanshan Feng, Cristie Kerr, Mo Martin, So Yeon Ryu, Michelle Wie
Jiyai Shin did not play
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous two years
Kim Hyo-joo, Suzann Pettersen
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, Austin Ernst, M. J. Hur, Jennifer Johnson, Christina Kim, Kim Sei-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang, Ilhee Lee, Mi Hyang Lee, Mirim Lee, Teresa Lu, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Anna Nordqvist, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas, Amy Yang
Azahara Muñoz did not play
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
Chella Choi, Charley Hull, Tiffany Joh, Lee Jee-young, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Gerina Piller, Angela Stanford
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, Jang Ha-na, Ji Eun-hee, Meena Lee, 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, 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 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, Nelly Korda, Andrea Lee, Mika Liu, Haley Moore, Bethany Wu

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course layout

Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3775174203801823913951695383,3693885363894241483874181795313,4006,769
Par454434435364544344353672

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Morgan Pressel67−5
2Ai Miyazato68−4
T3Juli Inkster69−3
T3Gwladys Nocera69−3
T3So Yeon Ryu69−3
T3Alison Walshe69−3
T7Na Yeon Choi70−2
T7Austin Ernst70−2
T7Charley Hull70−2
T10Chun In-gee71−1
T10Shanshan Feng71−1
T10Pat Hurst71−1
T10Ariya Jutanugarn71−1
T10Moriya Jutanugarn71−1
T10Haeji Kang71−1
T10Kim Hyo-joo71−1
T10Lydia Ko71−1
T10Alison Lee71−1
T10Meena Lee71−1
T10Mirim Lee71−1
T10Pernilla Lindberg71−1
T10Catriona Matthew71−1
T10Anna Nordqvist71−1
T10Jenny Shin71−1
T10Amy Yang71−1

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. 73 players made the cut, which fell at three-over-par.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Sei-young72-65=137−7
2Morgan Pressel67-72=139−5
T3Brittany Lincicome72-68=140−4
T3Catriona Matthew71-69=140−4
T3Jenny Shin71-69=140−4
T6Shanshan Feng71-70=141−3
T6Moriya Jutanugarn71-70=141−3
T6Mirim Lee71-70=141−3
T6Stacy Lewis72-69=141−3
T6So Yeon Ryu69-72=141−3
T6Angela Stanford72-69=141−3
T6Lexi Thompson72-69=141−3

Third round

Saturday, April 4, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Sei-young72-65-69=206−10
2Stacy Lewis72-69-68=209−7
T3Ariya Jutanugarn71-73-66=210−6
T3Brittany Lincicome72-68-70=210−6
T3Morgan Pressel67-72-71=210−6
T6Shanshan Feng71-70-70=211−5
T6Moriya Jutanugarn71-70-70=211−5
T6Jenny Shin71-69-71=211−5
T9Pat Hurst71-71-70=212−4
T9Mi Hyang Lee74-68-70=212−4
T9Anna Nordqvist71-72-69=212−4
T9So Yeon Ryu69-72-71=212−4
T9Lexi Thompson72-69-71=212−4

Final round

Sunday, April 5, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Stacy Lewis72-69-68-70=279−9Playoff
T1Brittany Lincicome72-68-70-69=279−9Playoff
3Morgan Pressel67-72-71-70=280−8167,900
T4Carlota Ciganda74-71-68-68=281−7106,653
T4Sei Young Kim72-65-69-75=281−7106,653
T4Anna Nordqvist71-72-69-69=281−7106,653
7Lexi Thompson72-69-71-70=282−671,595
T8Shanshan Feng71-70-70-72=283−556,812
T8Mi Hyang Lee74-68-70-71=283−556,812
T8Suzann Pettersen76-68-72-67=283−556,812

Source:
Amateurs: Haley Moore

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454 4 3 443545443 4 4 3 5
Lewis−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−9−10−11−10−10−9−9−9−9
Lincicome−6−6−6−7−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−9
Pressel−6−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−7−8
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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Brittany Lincicome5-5-5=15E375,000
2Stacy Lewis5-5-6=16+1231,449