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Annika Sörenstam won the event in 2001, 2002 and 2005; she is the only winner of consecutive Chevron Championship titles as a major championship.

The Chevron Championship[a] is an annual women's golf competition. It was established in 1972, and became a women's major championship in 1983.[1] It is one of the five women's majors played each year along with the Women's PGA Championship, the U.S. Women's Open, the Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship.[2] The event has been conducted in stroke play competition since its establishment, and is the first women's major championship on the calendar each year. The event has only been staged at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.[1]

The champions are presented with the "Dinah Shore Trophy",[3] in honor of Shore, who promoted the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).[4] In addition, she helped found the Chevron Championship, previously called the ANA Inspiration, and originally called the Colgate Dinah Shore tournament in her honor. Past champions are honored with a plaque on the walk-up to the 18th green that is called the "Dinah's Walk of Champions."[5] Since 1994, champions have taken the plunge into "Poppie's Pond," which is named after the former tournament director Terry Wilcox.[6] This first occurred in 1988, when Amy Alcott took the plunge, as a spontaneous act of celebration.[6]

Amy Alcott, Betsy King, and Annika Sörenstam hold the record for the most victories with three each. Sörenstam is the only player to win back-to-back titles as a major, winning in both 2001 and 2002.[1] As a non-major, Sandra Post won back-to-back titles in 1978 and 1979.[1] The fewest strokes required to complete 72 holes in the tournament's history, and therefore the best winning score, is Dottie Pepper's 269, 19-under-par in 1999.[1] The Chevron Championship has had seven wire-to-wire champions as a major, which are the following: Pat Bradley in 1986, King in 1987, Juli Inkster in 1989, Alcott in 1991, Pat Hurst in 1998, Karrie Webb in 2000, and Patty Tavatanakit in 2021.[7][8] The current champion is Nelly Korda.

Champions

Key
* Tournament won in a playoff
# Tournament was won in 54-holes
† Non-major competition
‡ Wire-to-wire victory (as a major)
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Juli Inkster is one of eight golfers to win two or more ANA Inspiration titles; she won in 1984 and 1989. She is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire as a major with her victory in 1989.
A blonde-haired woman in a white hat and light blue shirt holding a golf club at the end of a swing
Karrie Webb is one of eight golfers to win two or more ANA Inspiration titles; she won in 2000 and 2006. She is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire as a major with her victory in 2000.
Edition Year Country Champion Total score To par[b] Notes
1st 1972†  United States Jane Blalock 213# −3 [9]
2nd 1973†  United States Mickey Wright 284 −4 [10]
3rd 1974†  United States Jo Ann Prentice* 289 +1 [11][c]
4th 1975†  United States Sandra Palmer 283 −5 [12]
5th 1976†  United States Judy Rankin 285 −3 [13]
6th 1977†  United States Kathy Whitworth 289 +1 [14]
7th 1978†  Canada Sandra Post* 283 −5 [15][d]
8th 1979†  Canada Sandra Post 276 −12 [16]
9th 1980†  United States Donna Caponi 275 −13 [17]
10th 1981†  United States Nancy Lopez 277 −11 [18]
11th 1982†  South Africa Sally Little 278 −10 [19]
12th 1983  United States Amy Alcott 282 −6 [20]
13th 1984  United States Juli Inkster* 280 −8 [21][e]
14th 1985  United States Alice Miller 275 −13 [22]
15th 1986‡  United States Pat Bradley 280 −8 [23]
16th 1987‡  United States Betsy King* 283 −5 [24][f]
17th 1988  United States Amy Alcott 274 −14 [25]
18th 1989‡  United States Juli Inkster 279 −9 [26]
19th 1990  United States Betsy King 283 −5 [27]
20th 1991‡  United States Amy Alcott 273 −15 [28]
21st 1992  United States Dottie Mochrie* 279 −9 [29][g]
22nd 1993  Sweden Helen Alfredsson 284 −4 [30]
23rd 1994  United States Donna Andrews 276 −12 [31]
24th 1995  United States Nanci Bowen 285 −3 [32]
25th 1996  United States Patty Sheehan 281 −7 [33]
26th 1997  United States Betsy King 276 −12 [34]
27th 1998‡  United States Pat Hurst 281 −7 [35]
28th 1999  United States Dottie Pepper 269 −19 [36]
29th 2000‡  Australia Karrie Webb 274 −14 [37]
30th 2001  Sweden Annika Sörenstam 281 −7 [38]
31st 2002  Sweden Annika Sörenstam 280 −8 [39]
32nd 2003  France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 281 −7 [40]
33rd 2004  South Korea Grace Park 277 −11 [41]
34th 2005  Sweden Annika Sörenstam 273 −15 [42]
35th 2006  Australia Karrie Webb* 279 −9 [43][h]
36th 2007  United States Morgan Pressel 285 −3 [44]
37th 2008  Mexico Lorena Ochoa 277 −11 [45]
38th 2009  United States Brittany Lincicome 279 −9 [46]
39th 2010  Taiwan Yani Tseng 275 −13 [47]
40th 2011  United States Stacy Lewis 275 −13 [48]
41st 2012  South Korea Yoo Sun-young* 279 −9 [49][i]
42nd 2013  South Korea Inbee Park 273 −15 [50]
43rd 2014  United States Lexi Thompson 274 −14 [51]
44th 2015  United States Brittany Lincicome* 279 −9 [52][j]
45th 2016  New Zealand Lydia Ko 276 −12 [53]
46th 2017  South Korea Ryu So-yeon* 274 −14 [54][k]
47th 2018  Sweden Pernilla Lindberg* 273 −15
48th 2019  South Korea Ko Jin-young 278 −10
49th 2020  South Korea Mirim Lee* 273 −15
50th 2021‡  Thailand Patty Tavatanakit 270 −18 [8]
51st 2022  United States Jennifer Kupcho 274 −14 [55]
52nd 2023  United States Lilia Vu* 278 −10 [56]
53rd 2024  United States Nelly Korda 275 −13 [57]

Multiple champions

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one ANA Inspiration title. Champions who won in consecutive years are indicated by the years with italics*.

Key
‡ Career Grand Slam winners
† Won as a non-major event
T1 Tied for first place
T4 Tied for fourth place
Rank Country Golfer Total Years
T1  United States Amy Alcott 3 1983, 1988, 1991
T1  United States Betsy King 3 1987, 1990, 1997
T1  Sweden Annika Sörenstam‡ 3 2001*, 2002*, 2005
T4  Canada Sandra Post† 2 1978*, 1979*
T4  United States Juli Inkster‡ 2 1984, 1989
T4  United States Dottie Pepper 2 1992, 1999
T4  Australia Karrie Webb‡ 2 2000, 2006
T4  United States Brittany Lincicome 2 2009, 2015

Champions by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality.

Key
T4 Tied for fourth place
T6 Tied for sixth place
Rank Nationality Non-major wins Non-major winners Major wins Major winners Total wins Total winners First title Last title
1  United States 8 8 24 17 32 25 1972 2024
2  South Korea 0 0 6 6 6 6 2004 2020
3  Sweden 0 0 5 3 5 3 1993 2018
T4  Australia 0 0 2 1 2 1 2000 2006
T4  Canada 2 1 0 0 2 1 1978 1979
T6  France 0 0 1 1 1 1 2003 2003
T6  Mexico 0 0 1 1 1 1 2008 2008
T6  New Zealand 0 0 1 1 1 1 2016 2016
T6  South Africa 1 1 0 0 1 1 1982 1982
T6  Taiwan 0 0 1 1 1 1 2010 2010
T6  Thailand 0 0 1 1 1 1 2021 2021

See also

Notes

  • a This tournament has had five name changes, which are the following: 1972–1981: Colgate Dinah Shore; 1982–1999: Nabisco Dinah Shore; 2000–2001: Nabisco Championship; 2002–2014: Kraft Nabisco Championship; 2015–2021: ANA Inspiration; 2022–present: Chevron Championship.[58][59]
  • b Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes.[60]
  • c Jo Ann Prentice won in a sudden death playoff over Jane Blalock and Sandra Haynie.[1]
  • d Sandra Post won in a sudden death playoff over Penny Pulz.[1]
  • e Juli Inkster won in a sudden death playoff over Pat Bradley.[1]
  • f Betsy King won in a sudden death playoff over Patty Sheehan.[1]
  • g Dottie Mochrie won in a sudden death playoff over Juli Inkster.[1]
  • h Karrie Webb won in a sudden death playoff over Lorena Ochoa.[1]
  • i Yoo Sun-young won in a sudden death playoff over In-Kyung Kim.[49]
  • j Brittany Lincicome won in a sudden death playoff over Stacy Lewis.[52]
  • k Ryu So-yeon won in a sudden death playoff over Lexi Thompson.[54]

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