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Monday 2 April 2018LPGA TourYear in Review
Lindberg wins ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 29 March to Monday 2 April 2018 · Pernilla Lindberg’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,800,000 USD · ANA · Monday finish: playoff halted by darkness Sunday after four extra holes; resumed 8 a.m. Monday and ended on the eighth extra hole
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/14°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/16°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/18°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/15°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 48 · 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
- Inbee Park KOR · 273Closed with 67 and birdied the 72nd to tie; lost on the eighth extra hole Monday when her 20-footer missed after Lindberg's 30-foot birdie. Pernilla Lindberg captures ANA Inspiration title on eighth extra hole (AP via ESPN)
- Jennifer Song USA · 273Closed with 67 and birdied the 18th to reach 15 under first; eliminated with a par on the third extra hole Sunday. Pernilla Lindberg captures ANA Inspiration title on eighth extra hole (AP via ESPN)
117 started · cut +1, 76 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: Inbee Park, Jennifer Song
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2018
The first thing I said when I holed that last putt was I know Inbee's going to hole hers too, so I started thinking about the 17th hole again, but she didn't. It was mine.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2018
I mean, I just know I'm a grinder, and it was just, I said yesterday, I just felt this is mine. I'm going to do this.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2018
I mean, 8-hole playoff, I've never done something like that before either.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pernilla Lindberg | 65 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Inbee Park | 70 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Jennifer Song | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Jessica Korda | 67 · 68 · 73 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 72 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Charley Hull | 69 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 70 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 8 | Ayako Uehara | 66 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Caroline Masson | 72 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 70 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Amy Olson | 69 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Sung Hyun Park | 68 · 64 · 74 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1986-07-13, Bollnäs, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2009; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 95 that week (Women's world ranking as stated by AP via ESPN ('She jumped from 95th to 34th in the world ranking')).
What’s in the bag
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