The 2020 ANA Inspiration was the 49th
ANA Inspiration
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LPGA
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golf tournament, held on the
Dinah Shore
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Tournament Course at
Mission Hills Country Club
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Overview
Among the facilities at the club are 3 championship golf courses (54 holes), 27 tennis court ...
in
Rancho Mirage, California
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. Originally scheduled for April 2–5, the tournament was postponed to September 10–13, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. This was its 38th year as an
LPGA major championship
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, and it was the second major of 2020 following the
AIG Women's Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tou ...
, held in August.
The championship was held in a bubble and
behind closed doors, although residents of the Mission Hills gated community were able to watch from within the boundaries of their own homes. A large blue colored structure, dubbed the "Big Blue Wall", was erected behind the 18th green, where a grandstand would normally have been, in order to promote the championships main sponsor. This attracted much criticism since it served as a backstop, preventing approach shots from going into the water behind the green.
Due to expected conditions in the California desert in September, with forecast temperatures in excess of , the LPGA allowed
caddie
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Description
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s to ride in
carts
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It is different from the flatbed tr ...
for the duration of the tournament. Players could also ride in carts during practice rounds, but were still required to walk during the tournament.
Mirim Lee
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Lee turned professional in 2009. She has played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and has won three events on that tour. She began playing on th ...
won her first major championship with a birdie at the first extra hole of a playoff with
Brooke Henderson
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Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...
and
Nelly Korda
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. The three had tied at 273 (15-under-par) after 72 holes. The big blue wall played its part, as both Lee and Henderson used the backstop on the final hole of regulation play to make
eagle
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and
birdie
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respectively to tie Korda, who could only make
par.
Field
Players were eligible to compete in the ANA Inspiration by means of various qualification criteria. Those who received exemptions included past champions, recent LPGA major winners, leading players from the
LPGA Tour
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and the
U.S. Women's Amateur
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champion. On September 4, a field of 105 players was confirmed.
[
Seven past champions were in the field; ]Pernilla Lindberg
Pernilla Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Her only professional win to date came at the ANA Inspiration, a major championship,
Early life
Lindberg was born ...
, Lydia Ko
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, Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, she ...
, Lexi Thompson
Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. ...
, Stacy Lewis
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, Morgan Pressel
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and seven-time major winner Inbee Park
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. Other leading contenders included 2017 Women's PGA Champion and world number two Danielle Kang
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, world number three Nelly Korda
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, and two-time major winner and world number four Park Sung-hyun. Among the six amateurs in the field were U.S. Women's Amateur champions Rose Zhang
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(2020) and Gabriela Ruffels
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(2019).[
Several past champions did not compete; they included defending champion and world number one ]Ko Jin-young
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and 2017
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winner Ryu So-yeon
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She is a two-time major w ...
. Also missing were many other leading South Korean players, including Kim Hyo-joo
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and Lee Jeong-eun, numbers 10 and 11 respectively in the world rankings. 2020 Women's British Open
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champion Sophia Popov
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Personal life
Popov holds dual United States-German citizenship having been born in the United States, and moved to Germany with her family when she was four years old. Her pat ...
was also not in the field as her exemption for winning the first major of 2020 was not active until 2021.
Two days prior to the tournament starting, England's world number 28 Charley Hull
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was forced to withdraw from the field after testing positive for COVID-19
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. The LPGA reported that no other players had returned a positive test.
Qualification criteria
1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members
2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspiration tournaments
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open
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, Women's PGA Championship
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, Women's British Open
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and The Evian Championship
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in the previous five years
4. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2016 ANA Inspiration
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through the week immediately preceding the 2020 ANA Inspiration
5. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration
6. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open and The Evian Championship
7. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list
8. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings
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as of 9 March 2019
9. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour
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Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour
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money list and LPGA of Korea Tour
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Based o ...
money list
10. 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
11. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
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12. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur
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champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition
13. 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
14. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players
Final field
Marina Alex
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, Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn
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, Céline Boutier
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Amateur career
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, Ashleigh Buhai
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, Chella Choi
Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer.
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, Chun In-gee
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, Carlota Ciganda
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, Cydney Clanton
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Amateur career
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, Perrine Delacour
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Delacour was a member of the French National Team and reached the semi-finals of the 2012 British Ladies Amateur Championship. She was one of ...
, Austin Ernst
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Amateur career
Ernst was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She played two years for the LSU Tigers, where she won three events including the individua ...
, Jodi Ewart Shadoff
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, María Fassi
María Fassi (born 25 March 1998) is a Mexican professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
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, Dana Finkelstein
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, Kristen Gillman, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green
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, Georgia Hall
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...
, Nasa Hataoka
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, Caroline Hedwall
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, Brooke Henderson
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, Esther Henseleit, Dani Holmqvist, Caroline Inglis
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, Ji Eun-hee
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, Tiffany Joh
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, Ariya Jutanugarn
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, Moriya Jutanugarn
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, Danielle Kang
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, Yui Kawamoto Yui may refer to:
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*Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States
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, Cristie Kerr
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, Megan Khang
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Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the Unite ...
, Christina Kim
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Kim compet ...
, In-Kyung Kim
Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three tou ...
, Kim Sei-young
Kim Sei-young (born 21 January 1993), also known as Sei Young Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer.
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, Katherine Kirk
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, Cheyenne Knight
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, Lydia Ko
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, Jessica Korda
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, Nelly Korda
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, Jennifer Kupcho
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, Brittany Lang
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, Nicole Broch Larsen
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Broch Estrup was the 2015 LET Player of the Year.
She g ...
, Bronte Law
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, Andrea Lee, Lee Mi-hyang
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, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee
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, Stacy Lewis
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, Brittany Lincicome
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, Pernilla Lindberg
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, Lin Xiyu
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, Yu Liu, Gaby López
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, Nanna Koerstz Madsen
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, Leona Maguire
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, Caroline Masson
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, Ally McDonald
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, Stephanie Meadow, Olivia Mehaffey
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(a), Emilia Migliaccio
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(a), Azahara Muñoz
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, Yealimi Noh, Haru Nomura
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, Anna Nordqvist
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, Ryann O'Toole
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, Su-Hyun Oh
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, Amy Olson, Kaitlyn Papp
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(a), Annie Park, Park Hee-young
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, Inbee Park
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, Park Sung-hyun, Pornanong Phatlum
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, Gerina Piller
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, Morgan Pressel
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, Mel Reid
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(a), Madelene Sagström
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, Lizette Salas
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, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp
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, Hinako Shibuno
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, Jenny Shin
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, Jennifer Song
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, Klára Spilková, Angela Stanford
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, Linnea Ström
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, Thidapa Suwannapura
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, Elizabeth Szokol
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, Emma Talley
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, Kelly Tan
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, Patty Tavatanakit
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, Charlotte Thomas
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, Lexi Thompson
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, Maria Torres
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, Ayako Uehara, Anne van Dam
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, Lindsey Weaver
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, Amy Yang
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, Jing Yan __NOTOC__
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, Lei Ye (a), Angel Yin
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, Rose Zhang
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(a)
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, September 10, 2020''
World number three Nelly Korda
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returned a six under par round of 66 to secure a one stroke lead at the conclusion of the first round. One stroke behind were two time major winner and 2016
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runner-up Chun In-gee
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, and Madelene Sagström
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. 2016 Women's PGA Champion Brooke Henderson
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Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...
, and 2017 Women's PGA Champion and world number two Danielle Kang
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were in a group of five players a stroke further back. Ten players were tied at three under par including former ANA Inspiration winners Lydia Ko
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(2016) and Brittany Lincicome
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(2009
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, 2015
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).
Second round
''Friday, September 11, 2020''
Third round
''Saturday, September 12, 2020''
Brooke Henderson
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and Nelly Korda
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were tied for the lead after three rounds. Henderson reached the turn on 30 and had a round of 65, while Korda dropped three strokes at the 5th and 6th holes and finished with a 71. 17-year-old Rose Zhang
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, the winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur
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, scored 67 and was tied for 7th place.
Final round
''Sunday, September 13, 2020''
Overnight leaders Brooke Henderson
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and Nelly Korda
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shared and alternated the lead for much of the final round, with neither able to stretch their lead beyond one stroke until a double-bogey on the 13th hole by Henderson was followed by a birdie
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on the 14th hole by Korda, which moved her to 15 under par. Mirim Lee
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closed to within one stroke of Korda with a chip-in for birdie on the 16th hole, her second hole-out of the day after chipping in on the 6th hole. Henderson also made a birdie on the 16th to move back to 14 under par as Lee dropped back to 13 under par with a bogey on the 17th.
On the par-5 closing hole, Lee hit her second shot over the green and, after taking a free drop from against the blue wall, proceeded to chip-in for an eagle, her third hole-out of the day, to tie Korda at 15 under par. Playing behind Lee, Korda drove into the rough and had to lay-up
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short of the water guarding the front of the final green. Henderson was able to go for the green and, like Lee, went over the back with her ball finishing inside the blue wall. Korda could only make par after missing the green with her approach, and Henderson, having taken a free drop, was able to get up-and-down for birdie to tie Korda and Lee and force a three-way playoff for the title.[
]Rose Zhang
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, the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur
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champion, finish tied for 11th with an 8-under-par 280, taking low-amateur honors. Her 72-hole score of 280 was the lowest amateur score in the tournament's history. Her finish allowed her to reach number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by The R&A, the governing body of the sport of golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 2,600 amateur tournaments per year (and amateurs p ...
.
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
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Playoff
The sudden-death playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole; Mirim Lee
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won with a birdie on the first extra hole.
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Media
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televised the championship for the tenth consecutive year.
Notes
References
External links
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Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site
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ANA Inspiration
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ANA Inspiration
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ANA Inspiration
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ANA Inspiration
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ANA Inspiration
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