2020 ANA Inspiration

The 2020 ANA Inspiration is the 49th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, to be held at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Originally scheduled for 2–5 April, the tournament has been postponed to Labor Day weekend out of respect of the COVID-19 outbreak.[1] This will be its 38th year as a major championship, and Golf Channel will televise the event for the tenth consecutive year.

2020 ANA Inspiration
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 10–-13
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 yd (6,184.1 m)
Prize fund$3.1 million
Winner's share465,000
Location Map
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
Rancho Mirage
Location in California

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 past year before 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 2020 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 9 March 2019

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

Past champions expected in the field

Player Country Year(s) won
Ko Jin-young South Korea2019
Pernilla Lindberg Sweden2018
Ryu So-yeon South Korea2017
Lydia Ko New Zealand2016
Brittany Lincicome United States2009, 2015
Lexi Thompson United States2014
Inbee Park South Korea2013
Stacy Lewis United States2011
Yani Tseng Taiwan2010
Morgan Pressel United States2007
Karrie Webb Australia2000, 2006
Juli Inkster United States1984, 1989

References

Preceded by
2020 Women's British Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
2020 Women's PGA Championship
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