September 10-13
Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Rancho Mirage, California
$3,100,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Nelly Korda took the ANA Inspiration lead with a 6-under 66 on Thursday.

"There's still three more days to play. There's so much golf out there," Korda said. "You never know what's going to happen. And if I just string together another couple good rounds, then we'll see where it goes."

Two-time major champion In Gee Chung is in second place alongside Madelene Sagstrom with a 67.

"I really tried not to be hard on myself on the golf course. I wanted to have fun out there and work really well, and I made a great round today," Chun said.

The only player with two 2020 victories, with wins coming in back-to-back events, Danielle Kang has her eyes on a third win of 2020 and a first victory at the ANA Inspiration.

“It's more than a major for me, to win this specific tournament, the ANA Inspiration just because it's in California, in Palm Springs, and it's a tournament I've been playing since I was an amateur and I was invited here,” said Kang, who grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs. “I think it would just be a little bit different than winning different majors.”

Kang, who is projected to become World No.1 with a win at Mission Hills is tied for fourth two strokes behind.

Nine-time LPGA Tour champion Brooke Henderson opened her desert quest for a second major title with a 4-under 68. She recorded five birdies as she celebrated her 23rd birthday. The lone blemish was bogey on No. 1 as she made the turn.

“That was just a tough three-putt, but it kind of fueled me to quickly put it in the past and focus on the next hole,” said Henderson, who hit 16 greens. “I made a lot of pars on my first nine and felt like I was really close to making a lot of birdies, so I was happy they started to fall. It was a nice way to spend my birthday.”

With the scorching temperatures in SoCal, 25 caddies elected to use the modified LPGA Tour policy allowing them to take electric carts this week in the ANA Inspiration. That included Henderson's caddie and sister, Brittany.

“Normally I would never agree to taking carts, but under the circumstances with it being so hot I felt like since the LPGA was allowing us to use them, it is definitely an advantage,” said Henderson, No. 9 in the Rolex Rankings and the 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship winner. “She was able to zoom along, get to my ball fast, calculate some numbers, get a feel for the conditions, and then by the time I arrived she had everything set out and we could discuss more specifics. That was nice and I think we'll continue to do it the next three days.”