2016 ANA Inspiration: Lydia Ko wins at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course)
Lydia Ko won the 2016 ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States with 276 (−12), by 1 stroke over In Gee Chun and Charley Hull.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- March 31, 2016 to April 3, 2016
- Course
- Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States
- Edition
- 45th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,769 yards
- Field
- 111
- Made the cut
- 73 (cut at 146)
- Purse
- $2,600,000 · winner's share $390,000
- Champion
- Lydia Ko · age 18 · New Zealand · born Seoul, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- World ranking
- No. 1 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 70-68-69-69 = 276 (−12) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- In Gee Chun, Charley Hull (277 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Lexi Thompson · Lydia Ko was 1 stroke back
- Caddie
- Jason Hamilton
- Low amateurs
- Albane Valenzuela, Hannah O'Sullivan (293 each)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 70 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | In Gee Chun | 277 | |||||
| T2 | Charley Hull | 277 |
What happened at the 2016 ANA Inspiration
On caddie Jason Hamilton's advice Ko laid up on the par-5 18th and hit an 88-yard sand wedge to a foot for a tap-in birdie to win by one.
Ariya Jutanugarn, leading with three holes to play, bogeyed the final three holes, three-putting 16, failing to get up and down from a bunker on 17 and driving into the water on 18.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Chevron Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- Wikipedia: 2016 ANA Inspiration
- Wikipedia: Chevron Championship
- Wikipedia: List of Chevron Championship winners
- thegolfnewsnet.com: the chevron championship history results and past…
- Wikipedia: Lydia Ko
- abc7news.com: lydia ko exploits ariya jutanugarns collapse to win ana…
- golfcompendium.com: chevron championship youngest oldest winners
- thechevronchampionship.com: past champions