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Sunday 3 April 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April 2016 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 12 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,600,000 USD · ANA
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/10°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/13°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/14°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/15°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Charley Hull ENG · 277Birdied the 18th for a closing 69, her best finish in a major, one shot short after Ko's tap-in birdie on the last. Lydia Ko exploits Ariya Jutanugarn's collapse to win ANA Inspiration (AP via ESPN)
- In Gee Chun KOR · 277Playing alongside Ko in her first start after a month out with a back injury, closed with a birdie for 70 to finish one back. Lydia Ko exploits Ariya Jutanugarn's collapse to win ANA Inspiration (AP via ESPN)
111 started · cut +2, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: In Gee Chun, Charley Hull
From the papers
AP via ESPN
3 April 2016
I think I'm lucky that Jason kind of talked me out of not going for the green in two
espnW
3 April 2016
I don't know, I don't feel like I am special, that I'm better than anybody else
AP via ESPN
3 April 2016
I know I can play well under pressure now when I have to get it going
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 70 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Charley Hull | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | In Gee Chun | 69 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 69 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | Lexi Thompson | 69 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Inbee Park | 70 · 73 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Gerina Piller | 69 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Caroline Masson | 70 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Sung Hyun Park | 71 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Brooke Henderson | 73 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | So Yeon Ryu | 72 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Bo-Mee Lee | 73 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Suzann Pettersen | 71 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 18 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP via ESPN: 'the top-ranked Ko').
What’s in the bag
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