ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club | Rancho Mirage, Calif. | April 4-7, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Birthdate: July 7, 1995; currently 23 years, 9 months and 0 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned LPGA Tour Membership by virtue of her win at the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2013/2018
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fourth career victory and first major win; second victory of 2019
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2019 Bank of Hope Founders Cup, 2018 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship (as a non-Member)
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Ko earns 625 points and is projected to remain first in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,957 points
ROLEX ANNIKA MAJOR AWARD
With her win, Ko earns 60 points and becomes eligible to win the award at the end of the season
MONEY
With her win, Ko earns $450,000; she has earned $1,002,273 this season and $2,161,278 for her career
PREVIOUS ANA INSPIRATION FINISHES
2018 – T64; 2017 – MC; 2016 – T71
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Six events played, six cuts made, $1,002,273, two victories, three additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Ko is the first multiple winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season
- She is the fifth player from the Republic of Korea to win the ANA Inspiration, joining Grace Park (2004), Sun Young Yoo (2012), Inbee Park (2013) and So Yeon Ryu (2017)
- She is the 17th player to win her first major at the ANA Inspiration
- She is the 15th player from the Republic of Korea to win a major, the most of any country other than the United States
- She is the 156th player in LPGA Tour history to break the $2 million earnings threshold; she is projected to jump from 175th to 149th on the Career Money List
- Her caddie, David Brooker, was the victorious caddie for Grace Park (2004) and Lorena Ochoa (2008)
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