2018 ANA Inspiration

{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2018 ANA Inspiration

| image =

| dates = March 29 – April 2, 2018

| location = Rancho Mirage, California

| course = Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tournament Course

| tour = LPGA Tour

| format = Stroke play - 72 holes

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6763|yd}}

| field = 117 players, 76 after cut

| cut = 145 (+1)

| purse = $2.8 million

| winners_share = $420,000

| champion = {{flagicon|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg

| score = 273 (−15), playoff

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

| map = USA#USA California

| map_relief = yes

| map_label = Rancho Mirage

| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in California

| coordinates = {{coord|33.798|-116.433|type:event|display=inline,title}}

}}

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.

Pernilla Lindberg gained her first professional victory in a three-player sudden-death playoff that extended to eight {{nowrap|extra holes.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/23002684/pernilla-lindberg-wins-ana-inspiration-8th-extra-hole |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Pernilla Lindberg captures ANA Inspiration title on eighth extra hole |date=April 2, 2018}}}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.anainspiration.com/player-field/ |title=Final Player Field |publisher=ANA Inspiration |accessdate=February 22, 2018}}

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

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	align=center\|65	align=center\|−7
rowspan=2 align=center\|T2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Beatriz Recari	rowspan=2 align=center\|66	rowspan=2 align=center\|−6
{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara
rowspan=3 align=center\|T4	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Jang Ha-na	rowspan=3 align=center\|67	rowspan=3 align=center\|−5
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda
{{flagicon\|SWI}} Albane Valenzuela (a)
rowspan=6 align=center\|T7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brittany Altomare	rowspan=6 align=center\|68	rowspan=6 align=center\|−4
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Chella Choi
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Chun In-gee
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lexi Thompson
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Yoo Sun-young

=Second round=

Friday, March 30, 2018

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
rowspan=2 align=center\|T1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	65-67=132	rowspan=2 align=center\|−12
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun	68-64=132
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda	67-68=135	align=center\|−9
rowspan=4 align=center\|T4	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Charley Hull	69-68=137	rowspan=4 align=center\|−7
{{flagicon\|USA}} Amy Olson	69-68=137
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67=137
{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara	66-71=137
rowspan=3 align=center\|T8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Beatriz Recari	66-72=138	rowspan=3 align=center\|−6
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	69-69=138
{{flagicon\|SWI}} Albane Valenzuela (a)	67-71=138

=Third round=

Saturday, March 31, 2018

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	65-67-70=202	align=center\|−14
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Amy Olson	69-68-68=205	align=center\|−11
align=center rowspan=6\|T3	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Charley Hull	69-68-69=206	align=center rowspan=6\|−10
{{flagicon\|THA}} Moriya Jutanugarn	70-70-66=206
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Inbee Park	70-69-67=206
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun	68-64-74=206
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67-69=206
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	69-69-68=206
align=center\|9	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara	66-71-70=207	align=center\|−9
align=center rowspan=2\|T10	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Shanshan Feng	71-70-67=208	align=center rowspan=2\|−8
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda	67-68-73=208

=Final round=

Sunday, April 1, 2018

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)
align=center rowspan=3\|T1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	65-67-70-71=273	align=center rowspan=3\|−15	align=center rowspan=3\|Playoff
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Inbee Park	70-69-67-67=273
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	69-69-68-67-273
align=center rowspan=2\|T4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda	67-68-73-66=274	align=center rowspan=2\|−14	align=center rowspan=2\|131,943
{{flagicon\|THA}} Ariya Jutanugarn	72-69-68-65-274
align=center rowspan=2\|T6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Charley Hull	69-68-69-69=275	align=center rowspan=2\|−13	align=center rowspan=2\|88,437
{{flagicon\|THA}} Moriya Jutanugarn	70-70-66-69=275
align=center\|8	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara	66-71-70-69=276	align=center\|−12	align=center\|70,608
align=center rowspan=4\|T9	{{flagicon\|DEU}} Caroline Masson	72-68-69-68=277	align=center rowspan=4\|−11	align=center rowspan=4\|56,165
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67-69-71=277
{{flagicon\|USA}} Amy Olson	69-68-68-72=277
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun	68-64-74-71=277

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

==Scorecard==

Final round

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!Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18

Par

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Lindberg

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13

−13

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−12

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−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

−14

style="background: Pink;"|−15

align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Park

−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

−11

style="background: Pink;"|−12

−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12

−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

−14

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

style="background: Pink;"|−15

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Song

−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

−11

style="background: Pink;"|−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

−14

style="background: Pink;"|−15

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Korda

−8

style="background: Pink;"|−9

−9

style="background: Pink;"|−10

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9

style="background: Pink;"|−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

−11

style="background: Red;"|−13

−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

style="background: Green;"|−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

−14

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13

−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} A. Jutanugarn

−7

style="background: Red;"|−9

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8

style="background: Pink;"|−9

−9

style="background: Pink;"|−10

−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

−11

style="background: Pink;"|−12

−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: Pink;"|−14

−14

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Hull

−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

style="background: Green;"|−9

−9

style="background: Pink;"|−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

−11

style="background: Pink;"|−12

−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} M. Jutanugarn

−10

style="background: Pink;"|−11

−11

style="background: Pink;"|−12

−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12

−12

style="background: Pink;"|−13

−13

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Olson

−11

style="background: Pink;"|−12

−12

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11

−11

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10

−10

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9

−9

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−10

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9

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style="background: Pink;"|−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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|Eagle

|style="background: Pink;" width=10|

|Birdie

|style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10|

|Bogey

|style="background: Green;" width=10|

|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 {{nowrap|the green.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=golfonline&id=22993906 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Park, Lindberg to return Monday for 5th playoff hole in ANA |date=April 1, 2018 |accessdate=April 2, 2018}}}}

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 {{convert|30|ft|0|adj=on}} birdie putt and Park missed from {{nowrap|{{convert|20|ft|0}}.}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !Place!!Player!!To par!!Money ($)
1	align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	–2	420,000
rowspan=2\|T2	align=left\|{{flagicon\|KOR}} Inbee Park	–1	rowspan=2\|223,635
align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	E

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!!18!!18!!18!!18!! !!10!!17!!18!!10
Par	5	5	5	5	rowspan=3 style="background:#E6E8FA;"\|	4	3	5	4
align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Lindberg	5	5	style="background: Pink;"\|4	5	4	3	5	style="background: Pink;"\|3
align=left\|{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park	5	5	style="background: Pink;"\|4	5	4	3	5	4
align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} Song	5	5	5	colspan=6 style="background:#E6E8FA;"\|

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.anainspiration.com/}}
[http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/ana-inspiration/overview Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site]

Category:Chevron Championship

Category:Golf tournaments in California

Category:Women's sports in California

ANA Inspiration

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	align=center\|65	align=center\|−7
rowspan=2 align=center\|T2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Beatriz Recari	rowspan=2 align=center\|66	rowspan=2 align=center\|−6
{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara
rowspan=3 align=center\|T4	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Jang Ha-na	rowspan=3 align=center\|67	rowspan=3 align=center\|−5
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda
{{flagicon\|SWI}} Albane Valenzuela (a)
rowspan=6 align=center\|T7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brittany Altomare	rowspan=6 align=center\|68	rowspan=6 align=center\|−4
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Chella Choi
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Chun In-gee
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lexi Thompson
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Yoo Sun-young

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
rowspan=2 align=center\|T1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	65-67=132	rowspan=2 align=center\|−12
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun	68-64=132
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda	67-68=135	align=center\|−9
rowspan=4 align=center\|T4	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Charley Hull	69-68=137	rowspan=4 align=center\|−7
{{flagicon\|USA}} Amy Olson	69-68=137
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67=137
{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara	66-71=137
rowspan=3 align=center\|T8	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Beatriz Recari	66-72=138	rowspan=3 align=center\|−6
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	69-69=138
{{flagicon\|SWI}} Albane Valenzuela (a)	67-71=138

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	65-67-70=202	align=center\|−14
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Amy Olson	69-68-68=205	align=center\|−11
align=center rowspan=6\|T3	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Charley Hull	69-68-69=206	align=center rowspan=6\|−10
{{flagicon\|THA}} Moriya Jutanugarn	70-70-66=206
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Inbee Park	70-69-67=206
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun	68-64-74=206
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67-69=206
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	69-69-68=206
align=center\|9	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara	66-71-70=207	align=center\|−9
align=center rowspan=2\|T10	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Shanshan Feng	71-70-67=208	align=center rowspan=2\|−8
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda	67-68-73=208

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)
align=center rowspan=3\|T1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	65-67-70-71=273	align=center rowspan=3\|−15	align=center rowspan=3\|Playoff
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Inbee Park	70-69-67-67=273
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	69-69-68-67-273
align=center rowspan=2\|T4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jessica Korda	67-68-73-66=274	align=center rowspan=2\|−14	align=center rowspan=2\|131,943
{{flagicon\|THA}} Ariya Jutanugarn	72-69-68-65-274
align=center rowspan=2\|T6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Charley Hull	69-68-69-69=275	align=center rowspan=2\|−13	align=center rowspan=2\|88,437
{{flagicon\|THA}} Moriya Jutanugarn	70-70-66-69=275
align=center\|8	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ayako Uehara	66-71-70-69=276	align=center\|−12	align=center\|70,608
align=center rowspan=4\|T9	{{flagicon\|DEU}} Caroline Masson	72-68-69-68=277	align=center rowspan=4\|−11	align=center rowspan=4\|56,165
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-67-69-71=277
{{flagicon\|USA}} Amy Olson	69-68-68-72=277
{{flagicon\|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun	68-64-74-71=277

class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !Place!!Player!!To par!!Money ($)
1	align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Pernilla Lindberg	–2	420,000
rowspan=2\|T2	align=left\|{{flagicon\|KOR}} Inbee Park	–1	rowspan=2\|223,635
align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} Jennifer Song	E