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Sunday 13 September 2020LPGA TourYear in Review
Lee wins ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 September 2020 · Mirim Lee’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,100,000 USD · ANA · Originally scheduled April 2-5; postponed to September 10-13 because of the COVID-19 pandemic; played without spectators
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/21°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/19°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/20°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/21°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 42 · 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
- Nelly Korda USA · 273Led by two with four to play but missed the 18th fairway in regulation and again in the playoff, making par both times. Mirim Lee wins playoff in wild finish at ANA Inspiration (AP via ESPN)
- Brooke Henderson CAN · 273Double-bogeyed the 13th, birdied 16 and 18 (off the blue wall) to join the playoff, then missed a 7-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole. Mirim Lee wins playoff in wild finish at ANA Inspiration (AP via ESPN)
104 started · cut +4, 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: Brooke Henderson, Nelly Korda
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 September 2020
I definitely thought to utilize the back and the back board. When I had practice rounds, I had practiced that shot, so it was a definite for me to use the space there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 September 2020
It's not over until you make that last putt on 18, and anything can happen, and unfortunately it went the other way, but I'll take all the experience I can get.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirim Lee | 70 · 65 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Brooke Henderson | 68 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Nelly Korda | 66 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Lexi Thompson | 70 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 5 | Stacy Lewis | 70 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 6 | Lydia Ko | 69 · 74 · 69 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Minjee Lee | 71 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Nasa Hataoka | 70 · 73 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Mel Reid | 69 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Katherine Kirk | 72 · 67 · 67 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1990-10-25; KOR; turned pro 2009; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 94 that week (Women's world ranking (Rolex) as stated by AP via ESPN ('ranked No. 94 in the world')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet