ANA Inspiration R4

ANA Inspiration 2021 R4
April 01-04
Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Rancho Mirage, California
$3,100,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit claimed her first major victory at the 2021 ANA Inspiration, calmly closing out with a blemish-free final round of 68 having held the lead since Thursday.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R4

The 21 year old rookie started the day five shots clear of a formidable chasing pack which included the world No.1 and four past ANA Inspiration champions. It was the 2016 Champion, Lydia Ko, who came closest to thwarting Tavatanakit’s maiden LPGA victory as she surged up the leaderboard with a stunning final round of 62, finishing just two shots back in second place.

ANA Inspiration 2021 R4

Tavatanakit’s jump into Poppie’s Pond alongside her caddie Ryan Hogue was almost as impressive and stylish as her on-course performance. She said, “It’s amazing I’m still calm, there is some calmness in me. I don’t know why. But like I said, I just wanted it to be done since this morning, I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. But I meditated twice this morning. Just be patient and I knew it was going to be hard out here and I got to be really strong mentally. So it feels great to be a major champion. It still hasn’t really sunk in yet the fact that I just turned 21 six months ago and now I’m a major champion in my rookie year. Just crazy.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R4

Through the week and again on the green during the trophy and robe presentation, she referenced the importance of playing in the ANA Inspiration as an amateur and how she called upon the experience of winning the low-amateur medal in 2019 throughout the week. She explained, “It’s an amazing, amazing feeling. I feel like I’m really grateful for all the opportunities I got from before AJGA for having me play here as an amateur, and also got an invite when I was in college. Really grateful for those opportunities to come and play, experience the course and know how it’s like to play in a major. I feel like that helped me a lot. I was talking to my coach last year at the U.S. Open. I was like, Wait this is my fifth U.S. Open. Then I was just, Oh, man, I’ve played in couple majors, like enough to know how to handle myself out there, and it was probably the best experiences I’ve ever gotten.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R4

Ko was as delightfully philosophical as always when she spoke of her spectacular 62 which tied the lowest tournament round record of Lorena Ochoa in 2006. She said, “I was a little bit of a mess the first couple days. I made a lot of birdies — I made more birdies than bogeys thank goodness, but I was making a lot of like clumsy mistakes, and it kind of fed on from what was happening last week. I was just excited that I could be back in this kind of position and be under this adrenaline. Always no matter if it’s a major or just any other event we play, I think it’s great to finish your tournament on a high. I was like, oh, you know, I wonder if I hadn’t made a few of the clumsy mistakes early in the week what could have happened. There can be times when you go, oh, what could have been, but I feel like I have to focus on what were the things that I did well to just be in this position.   Like I said earlier, Patty played amazing golf, and I tried to chase her, but she was just a bit too far away.”

ANA Inspiration 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Patty Tavatanakit	-18	66	69	67	68	270
2	Lydia Ko	-16	70	69	71	62	272
T3	Shanshan Feng	-11	67	69	72	69	277
T3	Sei Young Kim	-11	72	71	68	66	277
T3	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-11	72	68	71	66	277
T3	Nelly Korda	-11	71	70	70	66	277
T7	Ally Ewing	-10	71	70	66	71	278
T7	Jin Young Ko	-10	69	70	71	68	278
T7	Inbee Park	-10	70	69	70	69	278
T10	Moriya Jutanugarn	-9	68	69	73	69	279
T10	Megan Khang	-9	68	73	71	67	279
T10	Mirim Lee	-9	69	70	68	72	279
13	Danielle Kang	-8	72	70	73	65	280
T14	Hannah Green	-7	71	71	70	69	281
T14	Charley Hull	-7	69	69	71	72	281
T14	Mi Hyang Lee	-7	73	71	68	69	281
T14	Pernilla Lindberg	-7	72	72	69	68	281
T14	Mel Reid	-7	71	73	70	67	281
T19	Brooke M. Henderson	-6	75	69	68	70	282
T19	Christina Kim	-6	70	70	73	69	282
T19	Yu Liu	-6	71	71	69	71	282
T19	Stephanie Meadow	-6	71	73	71	67	282
T19	Ryann O’Toole	-6	71	71	72	68	282
T19	Gabriela Ruffels (a)	-6	72	70	69	71	282
T25	Minjee Lee	-5	72	70	74	67	283
T25	Gaby Lopez	-5	73	67	70	73	283
T25	Anna Nordqvist	-5	68	70	74	71	283
T28	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-4	71	69	71	73	284
T28	Yui Kawamoto	-4	71	69	75	69	284
T28	Cristie Kerr	-4	72	73	74	65	284
T28	Hyo Joo Kim	-4	72	73	70	69	284
T28	Leona Maguire	-4	67	73	74	70	284
T28	Azahara Munoz	-4	70	72	72	70	284
T28	Jenny Shin	-4	71	74	72	67	284
T28	Lauren Stephenson	-4	71	72	72	69	284
T36	Georgia Hall	-3	69	70	77	69	285
T36	Jessica Korda	-3	69	76	68	72	285
T36	Xiyu Lin	-3	72	72	73	68	285
T36	Lexi Thompson	-3	70	72	75	68	285
T40	Austin Ernst	-2	73	68	73	72	286
T40	Jaye Marie Green	-2	71	71	70	74	286
T40	Mi Jung Hur	-2	71	71	71	73	286
T40	Stacy Lewis	-2	76	69	67	74	286
T40	Amy Olson	-2	73	69	73	71	286
T40	Gerina Piller	-2	70	72	71	73	286
T40	Angela Stanford	-2	72	73	70	71	286
T47	Jeongeun Lee6	-1	71	70	72	74	287
T47	Hee Young Park	-1	73	72	72	70	287
T47	Maria Torres	-1	73	72	72	70	287
T50	Celine Boutier	E	75	69	72	72	288
T50	Dani Holmqvist	E	70	70	74	74	288
T50	Bronte Law	E	69	74	76	69	288
T50	Pornanong Phatlum	E	70	75	71	72	288
T50	So Yeon Ryu	E	72	72	68	76	288
T50	Yuka Saso	E	69	71	77	71	288
T50	Amy Yang	E	70	73	73	72	288
T57	Brittany Lincicome	1	73	70	73	73	289
T57	Linnea Strom	1	75	69	68	77	289
T57	Angel Yin	1	72	73	70	74	289
T60	Ariya Jutanugarn	2	68	75	76	71	290
T60	Jennifer Kupcho	2	69	72	77	72	290
T60	Sophia Popov	2	70	69	73	78	290
T63	Nicole Broch Larsen	3	71	74	73	73	291
T63	Eun-Hee Ji	3	72	72	76	71	291
T63	Caroline Masson	3	73	71	73	74	291
T63	Kelly Tan	3	71	73	76	71	291
T67	Aditi Ashok	4	73	72	75	72	292
T67	Nasa Hataoka	4	75	69	74	74	292
69	Jennifer Song	5	72	72	74	75	293
T70	Cydney Clanton	6	74	70	73	77	294
T70	Kristen Gillman	6	72	73	74	75	294
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