ANA Inspiration R3

ANA Inspiration 2021 R3
April 01-04
Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Rancho Mirage, California
$3,100,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

As Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit heads into the final day of the 2021 ANA Inspiration, leading a major for the first time in her young career, everyone from her playing partners to the global TV audience has been marvelling at her maturity, both on and off course.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R3

She takes a five shot lead into the final round, having calmly handled the challenges of the Dinah Shore Tournament Course on a windy day with the same calmness and confidence that she has handled the extensive media interest throughout the week. No one has been more impressed than her caddie,  former golf professional Ryan Hogue, who is perhaps best placed to make observations on the young phenom.  In what is only their first week together, the two have worked so well you would never know their partnership was only agreed on the Friday of last week’s Kia Classic.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R3

Coincidentally, when Hogue, an occasional caddie on both the LPGA and PGA TOUR, recently stepped in at the last minute for Martin Laird’s caddie at the 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children, the Scot went on to win the tournament. Hogue could not be more impressed with what he has seen in his short time with Tavatanakit commenting, “She is very professional for a 21 year old and definitely thinks more like a veteran than a rookie.”

Despite having slept on the lead for two consecutive nights, the young Thai star showed no sign of stress as she opened her Saturday round with a birdie, explaining, “It’s always nice to have a good start to feel a little bit more comfortable throughout the day. I was hitting it really good. I’m putting so well right now. I am just really pleased with how everything played out. And obviously it was a little tough today, too, towards the end. It was hot. It was getting windy. Even though I shot good scores, the process was still a little bit challenging.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R3

Ally Ewing, who won her first LPGA title last year at the LPGA Drive On Championship – Reynolds Lake Oconee, playing under her then maiden name of McDonald, shot a blemish-free 66 to propel her up the leaderboard into tied second place with defending Champion Mirim Lee on -9.

The highest placed American felt that recent win would stand her in good stead ahead of the final round stating,  “I think it definitely gives me confidence. To rely on something that you’ve done before I think is a very settling feeling. Certainly it’s a major championship and it’s a little bit different, but I think the biggest part for me when I got that win was the day before and the morning before I tee’d off every day, on Saturday, Sunday I had great conversations with my caddie and just making myself aware of the uncomfortability that I was going to feel and acknowledging that.  If you try to brush it off and put it to the side, then you’re not acknowledging the truth. So I’m going to go ahead and acknowledge that it’s probably going to be tough tomorrow. I’m going to feel uncomfortable at times, but I’ll embrace it and try to do the best I can.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R3

South Korea’s Mirim Lee has mounted an impressive title defence, rising steadily up the leaderboard over the first few days with a third round 68 which included six birdies.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Patty Tavatanakit	-14	66	69	67	202
T2	Ally Ewing	-9	71	70	66	207
T2	Mirim Lee	-9	69	70	68	207
4	Shanshan Feng	-8	67	69	72	208
T5	Charley Hull	-7	69	69	71	209
T5	Inbee Park	-7	70	69	70	209
T7	Moriya Jutanugarn	-6	68	69	73	210
T7	Jin Young Ko	-6	69	70	71	210
T7	Lydia Ko	-6	70	69	71	210
T7	Gaby Lopez	-6	73	67	70	210
T11	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-5	71	69	71	211
T11	Sei Young Kim	-5	72	71	68	211
T11	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-5	72	68	71	211
T11	Nelly Korda	-5	71	70	70	211
T11	Yu Liu	-5	71	71	69	211
T11	Gabriela Ruffels (a)	-5	72	70	69	211
T17	Jaye Marie Green	-4	71	71	70	212
T17	Hannah Green	-4	71	71	70	212
T17	Brooke M. Henderson	-4	75	69	68	212
T17	Megan Khang	-4	68	73	71	212
T17	Mi Hyang Lee	-4	73	71	68	212
T17	Stacy Lewis	-4	76	69	67	212
T17	Anna Nordqvist	-4	68	70	74	212
T17	Sophia Popov	-4	70	69	73	212
T17	So Yeon Ryu	-4	72	72	68	212
T17	Linnea Strom	-4	75	69	68	212
T27	Mi Jung Hur	-3	71	71	71	213
T27	Christina Kim	-3	70	70	73	213
T27	Jessica Korda	-3	69	76	68	213
T27	Jeongeun Lee6	-3	71	70	72	213
T27	Pernilla Lindberg	-3	72	72	69	213
T27	Gerina Piller	-3	70	72	71	213
T33	Austin Ernst	-2	73	68	73	214
T33	Dani Holmqvist	-2	70	70	74	214
T33	Leona Maguire	-2	67	73	74	214
T33	Azahara Munoz	-2	70	72	72	214
T33	Ryann O’Toole	-2	71	71	72	214
T33	Mel Reid	-2	71	73	70	214
T39	Danielle Kang	-1	72	70	73	215
T39	Yui Kawamoto	-1	71	69	75	215
T39	Hyo Joo Kim	-1	72	73	70	215
T39	Stephanie Meadow	-1	71	73	71	215
T39	Amy Olson	-1	73	69	73	215
T39	Angela Stanford	-1	72	73	70	215
T39	Lauren Stephenson	-1	71	72	72	215
T39	Angel Yin	-1	72	73	70	215
T47	Celine Boutier	E	75	69	72	216
T47	Georgia Hall	E	69	70	77	216
T47	Minjee Lee	E	72	70	74	216
T47	Brittany Lincicome	E	73	70	73	216
T47	Pornanong Phatlum	E	70	75	71	216
T47	Amy Yang	E	70	73	73	216
T53	Cydney Clanton	1	74	70	73	217
T53	Xiyu Lin	1	72	72	73	217
T53	Caroline Masson	1	73	71	73	217
T53	Hee Young Park	1	73	72	72	217
T53	Yuka Saso	1	69	71	77	217
T53	Jenny Shin	1	71	74	72	217
T53	Lexi Thompson	1	70	72	75	217
T53	Maria Torres	1	73	72	72	217
T61	Nicole Broch Larsen	2	71	74	73	218
T61	Nasa Hataoka	2	75	69	74	218
T61	Jennifer Kupcho	2	69	72	77	218
T61	Jennifer Song	2	72	72	74	218
T65	Kristen Gillman	3	72	73	74	219
T65	Ariya Jutanugarn	3	68	75	76	219
T65	Cristie Kerr	3	72	73	74	219
T65	Bronte Law	3	69	74	76	219
T69	Aditi Ashok	4	73	72	75	220
T69	Eun-Hee Ji	4	72	72	76	220
T69	Kelly Tan	4	71	73	76	220
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