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The 2016 ANA Inspiration will be the 45th ANA Inspiration, held March 31 – April 3 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It is in its 34th year as a major championship. Golf Channel will televise the event for the 6th consecutive year. ==Field== Players who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses. 1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline) 2. Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations 3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five years 4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous two years 5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2016 ANA Inspiration 6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration 7. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Ricoh Women's British Open and The Evian Championship 8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list 9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 8, 2016 10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money list 11. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition ''March 27'' 12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year 13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition 14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration 15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players
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