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
DatesApril 1–4, 2021
LocationRancho 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
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Field119 players, 71 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund$3.1 million
Winner's share465,000
Champion
Patty Tavatanakit
270 (−18)
Location Map
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
Rancho Mirage
Location in California

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Patty Tavatanakit Thailand66−6
T2Shanshan Feng China67−5
Leona Maguire Ireland
T4Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand68−4
Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand
Megan Khang United States
Anna Nordqvist Sweden
T8Georgia Hall England69−3
Charley Hull England
Ko Jin-young South Korea
Jessica Korda United States
Jennifer Kupcho United States
Bronte Law England
Mirim Lee South Korea
Yuka Saso Philippines

Second round

Friday, April 2, 2021

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Patty Tavatanakit Thailand66-69=135−9
2Shanshan Feng China67-69=136−8
3Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand68-69=137−7
T4Charley Hull England69-69=138−6
Anna Nordqvist Sweden68-70=138
T6Georgia Hall England69-70=139−5
Ko Jin-young South Korea69-70=139
Lydia Ko New Zealand70-69=139
Mirim Lee South Korea69-70=139
Inbee Park South Korea70-69=139
Sophia Popov Germany70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, April 3, 2021

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Patty Tavatanakit Thailand66-69-67=202−14
T2Ally Ewing United States71-70-66=207−9
Mirim Lee South Korea69-70-68=207
4Shanshan Feng China67-69-72=208−8
T5Charley Hull England69-69-71=209−7
Inbee Park South Korea70-69-70=209
T7Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand68-69-73=210−6
Ko Jin-young South Korea69-70-71=210
Lydia Ko New Zealand70-69-71=210
Gaby López Mexico73-67-70=210

Final round

Sunday, April 4, 2021

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
1Patty Tavatanakit Thailand66-69-67-68=270−18465,000
2Lydia Ko New Zealand70-69-71-62=272−16287,716
T3Shanshan Feng China67-69-72-69=277−11151,615
Kim Sei-young South Korea72-71-68-66=277
Nelly Korda United States71-70-70-66=277
Nanna Koerstz Madsen Denmark72-68-71-66=277
T7Ally Ewing United States71-70-66-71=278−1079,025
Ko Jin-young South Korea69-70-71-68=278
Inbee Park South Korea70-69-70-69=278
T10Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand68-69-73-69=279−959,333
Megan Khang United States68-73-71-67=279
Mirim Lee South Korea69-70-68-72=279

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
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.
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