LPGA TOUR ANA INSPIRATION

■ Site: Rancho Mirage, California.

■ Course: Mission Hills CC. Yardage: 6,763. Par: 72.

■ Prize money: $3.1 million. Winner’s share: $465,000.

■ Television: ThursdayFriday, noon-4 p.m., 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); SaturdaySunday, 5-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

■ Defending champion: Mirim Lee.

■ Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

■ Last week: Inbee Park won the Kia Classic.

■ Notes: The first LPGA major of the year will be held for the second time in roughly six months.

Mirim Lee won in a playoff in September when the

ANA Inspiration was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

This is the 50th edition of the tournament, although it was not designated as an LPGA major until 1983.

... For the second straight time at Mission Hills, the major will be played without spectators. But there will not be a blue advertising wall behind the 18th green, allowing it to play like an island. ... Inbee Park picked up her 21st career LPGA Tour victory last week. ... South Koreans have won three of the last four times at the ANA Inspiration.

... Park went over the $17 million mark in career earnings on the LPGA Tour. ... Brittany Lincicome and Annika Sorenstam are the only two-time winners of the ANA Inspiration in the last 20 years. ... Lexi Thompson has finished among the top 5 in four of the last five years.

■ Next tournament: Lotte Championship on April

14-17.

Lexi Thompson has finished among the top 5 in four of the last five years in the ANA Inspiration.

PGA TOUR

week at Augusta National.

... Joel Dahmen won in the Dominican Republic but is not in the Masters because it was opposite a World Golf Championship. Dahmen is in the field at the Texas Open. ■ Next week: Masters.

AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB