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)

In the ANA Inspiration Winner’s Circle with Jin Young Ko

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