ANA Inspiration R2

ANA Inspiration 2021 R2
April 01-04
Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Rancho Mirage, California
$3,100,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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ANA Inspiration 2021 R2

Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit added a second round 69 to her first round 66 to stay atop the leader board, taking a one shot lead into the weekend of the 2021 ANA Inspiration. Despite only turning pro in 2019, this is her fourth time playing in the ANA Inspiration with the tournament’s tradition of inviting leading amateurs to play leaving her well prepared for this special 50^th edition.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R2

“I had an opportunity to play here when I was 17, I think, and then got invited again when I was in college through Golf Week, Golf Stat, you know, UCLA ranking. Those rounds honestly gave me a lot of good experiences. And, you know, like you need those kind of rounds and you need those kind of struggles. I played three majors one year and that was really tough. So you learn from that, you know, like you have to act like a grown up on the golf course and you learn how to manage yourself out here.”

Looking ahead to the weekend, and sitting only one shot clear of a chasing pack which includes eight Major champions at five under or better, Tavatanakit’s plan is simple, “Just keep doing what I’m doing, focusing on what’s important, what I can control out there. There is going to be a lot of challenges on the weekend and I’m ready to face it. It’s not going to be easy. If I am going to win it it’s going to be tough.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R2

Shanshan Feng, playing only her second competitive round, since November 2019, continued her good form with six birdies and is in solo second place. Refreshed from her break from the Tour she explained, “You know what? My plan was to come back and enjoy the whole time that I’m on the course, and now I have two more days that I can enjoy with my team, my boss, and also my playing partners in the group. So I’m very happy about that. Result-wise it doesn’t really matter because I’m very happy about what I’m doing as the first tournament coming back.”

In what  will be an exciting weekend for Thai golf, Moriya Jutanugarn lies in third place at 7 under, as she seeks to join her sister Ariya as a Major winner, she will look to remain in her own world out on the course, explaining, “Most of the time I only focus on like what I’m going to do or just trying to enjoy myself and entertaining myself out there. You know, like trying to have fun.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R2

Charley Hull, who finished with a birdie for the second day running and a second 69, tied fourth at six under alongside Major champion Anna Nordqvist. Hull explains why playing at Rancho Mirage seems to bring out the best in her game, “I just really like it. I have great memories here. I first played in this event I think when I was 15 years old and my dad — as an amateur and my dad was here with me. I just really love it.  I just like it because it’s a quite tight golf course and the rough can be thick and the greens are firm. I feel like that suits my game because I hit the ball quite high and I’m able to stop it where others find it quite hard.”

Hull, who played with a heavily strapped ankle explained, “Beware the injured golfer they say. I literally went for a 5k run, fell over a pot hole and banged my chin. I was more embarrassed at the time. It didn’t really hurt. Carried on with my 5k, played 18 holes at the Kia, and wasn’t until after, until I sat down for an hour and I stood up and couldn’t walk on it. So I rang my friend Jason who used to work for me as a physio. He told me to ice it and I listened to him and it worked a lot, then the guys here have been strapping it up for me. Feels loads better now.”

Just one shot back in tied 6^th lurks a formidable group of major winners on five under – Olympic gold medallist and seven-time Major winner, Inbee Park, two-time Major winners Lydia Ko and JinYoung Ko, 2018 and 2020 AIG Women’s Open winners, Georgia Hall and Sophia Popov and ANA Inspiration’s defending champion, Mirim Lee.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Patty Tavatanakit *	-9	66	69	135
2	Shanshan Feng	-8	67	69	136
3	Moriya Jutanugarn	-7	68	69	137
T4	Charley Hull *	-6	69	69	138
T4	Anna Nordqvist *	-6	68	70	138
T6	Georgia Hall *	-5	69	70	139
T6	Lydia Ko	-5	70	69	139
T6	Jin Young Ko *	-5	69	70	139
T6	Mirim Lee *	-5	69	70	139
T6	Inbee Park *	-5	70	69	139
T6	Sophia Popov *	-5	70	69	139
T12	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-4	71	69	140
T12	Dani Holmqvist	-4	70	70	140
T12	Yui Kawamoto	-4	71	69	140
T12	Christina Kim *	-4	70	70	140
T12	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-4	72	68	140
T12	Gaby Lopez *	-4	73	67	140
T12	Leona Maguire *	-4	67	73	140
T12	Yuka Saso	-4	69	71	140
T20	Austin Ernst *	-3	73	68	141
T20	Ally Ewing	-3	71	70	141
T20	Megan Khang	-3	68	73	141
T20	Nelly Korda	-3	71	70	141
T20	Jennifer Kupcho *	-3	69	72	141
T20	Jeongeun Lee6	-3	71	70	141
T26	Jaye Marie Green *	-2	71	71	142
T26	Hannah Green	-2	71	71	142
T26	Mi Jung Hur *	-2	71	71	142
T26	Danielle Kang *	-2	72	70	142
T26	Minjee Lee	-2	72	70	142
T26	Yu Liu *	-2	71	71	142
T26	Azahara Munoz	-2	70	72	142
T26	Ryann O’Toole	-2	71	71	142
T26	Amy Olson *	-2	73	69	142
T26	Gerina Piller *	-2	70	72	142
T26	Gabriela Ruffels (a)	-2	72	70	142
T26	Lexi Thompson	-2	70	72	142
T38	Ariya Jutanugarn *	-1	68	75	143
T38	Sei Young Kim *	-1	72	71	143
T38	Bronte Law *	-1	69	74	143
T38	Brittany Lincicome	-1	73	70	143
T38	Lauren Stephenson	-1	71	72	143
T38	Amy Yang *	-1	70	73	143
T44	Celine Boutier	E	75	69	144
T44	Cydney Clanton *	E	74	70	144
T44	Nasa Hataoka *	E	75	69	144
T44	Brooke M. Henderson	E	75	69	144
T44	Eun-Hee Ji	E	72	72	144
T44	Mi Hyang Lee	E	73	71	144
T44	Xiyu Lin	E	72	72	144
T44	Pernilla Lindberg *	E	72	72	144
T44	Caroline Masson *	E	73	71	144
T44	Stephanie Meadow *	E	71	73	144
T44	Mel Reid	E	71	73	144
T44	So Yeon Ryu	E	72	72	144
T44	Jennifer Song *	E	72	72	144
T44	Linnea Strom *	E	75	69	144
T44	Kelly Tan	E	71	73	144
T59	Aditi Ashok	1	73	72	145
T59	Nicole Broch Larsen *	1	71	74	145
T59	Kristen Gillman	1	72	73	145
T59	Cristie Kerr	1	72	73	145
T59	Hyo Joo Kim	1	72	73	145
T59	Jessica Korda *	1	69	76	145
T59	Stacy Lewis *	1	76	69	145
T59	Hee Young Park	1	73	72	145
T59	Pornanong Phatlum *	1	70	75	145
T59	Jenny Shin	1	71	74	145
T59	Angela Stanford	1	72	73	145
T59	Maria Torres	1	73	72	145
T59	Angel Yin *	1	72	73	145
CUT	Brittany Altomare	2	75	71	146
CUT	Chella Choi	2	74	72	146
CUT	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	2	72	74	146
CUT	Caroline Inglis	2	72	74	146
CUT	Sarah Kemp	2	70	76	146
CUT	Madelene Sagstrom	2	71	75	146
CUT	Lizette Salas	2	74	72	146
CUT	Hinako Shibuno	2	72	74	146
CUT	Aline Krauter (a)	3	73	74	147
CUT	Emily Kristine Pedersen	3	76	71	147
CUT	Marissa Steen	3	76	71	147
CUT	Jasmine Suwannapura	3	75	72	147
CUT	Albane Valenzuela	3	77	70	147
CUT	Lindsey Weaver	3	75	72	147
CUT	Jing Yan	3	73	74	147
CUT	Jennifer Chang	4	75	73	148
CUT	In Gee Chun	4	73	75	148
CUT	Perrine Delacour	4	72	76	148
CUT	Cheyenne Knight	4	70	78	148
CUT	A Lim Kim	4	76	72	148
CUT	Bianca Pagdanganan	4	75	73	148
CUT	Annie Park	4	77	71	148
CUT	Sarah Schmelzel	4	71	77	148
CUT	Alena Sharp	4	72	76	148
CUT	Carlota Ciganda	5	70	79	149
CUT	Jenny Coleman	5	77	72	149
CUT	Wei-Ling Hsu	5	78	71	149
CUT	Katherine Kirk	5	73	76	149
CUT	Brittany Lang	5	72	77	149
CUT	Yealimi Noh	5	76	73	149
CUT	Sung Hyun Park	5	71	78	149
CUT	Ayako Uehara	5	73	76	149
CUT	Michelle Wie West	5	70	79	149
CUT	Ashleigh Buhai	6	73	77	150
CUT	Mina Harigae	6	78	72	150
CUT	Tiffany Joh	6	75	75	150
CUT	In Kyung Kim	6	76	74	150
CUT	Haru Nomura	6	74	76	150
CUT	Su Oh	6	74	76	150
CUT	Emma Talley	7	76	75	151
CUT	Yani Tseng	8	77	75	152
CUT	Marina Alex	9	74	79	153
CUT	Maria Fassi	9	74	79	153
CUT	Erika Hara	9	78	75	153
CUT	Morgan Pressel	9	77	76	153
CUT	Jane Park	10	78	76	154
CUT	Robynn Ree	10	74	80	154
CUT	Andrea Lee	11	76	79	155
* Player started on the back nine