The Chevron Championship is an annual women's golf competition. It was established in 1972, and became a women's major championship in 1983. 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. 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.
The champions are presented with the "Dinah Shore Trophy", in honor of Shore, who promoted the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). 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." Since 1994, champions have taken the plunge into "Poppie's Pond," which is named after the former tournament director Terry Wilcox. This first occurred in 1988, when Amy Alcott took the plunge, as a spontaneous act of celebration.
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. As a non-major, Sandra Post won back-to-back titles in 1978 and 1979. 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. 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. The current champion is Nelly Korda.
Champions Key *Tournament won in a playoff#Tournament was won in 54-holesNon-major competitionWire-to-wire victory (as a major)
+ Edition Year Country Champion Total score To par Notes 1972213# 1973284 1974*289 1975283 1976285 1977289 1978*283 1979276 1980275 1981277 1982278 1983282 1984*280 1985275 1986280 1987*283 1988274 1989279 1990283 1991273 1992*279 1993284 1994276 1995285 1996281 1997276 1998281 1999269 2000274 2001281 2002280 2003281 2004277 2005273 2006*279 2007285 2008277 2009279 2010275 2011275 2012*279 2013273 2014274 2015*279 2016276 2017*274 2018*273 2019278 2020*273 2021270 2022274 2023*278 2024275 2025*281 2026270
Multiple champions This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Chevron Championship title. Champions who won in consecutive years are indicated by the years with italics*. Key Career Grand Slam winnersWon as a non-major eventT1Tied for first placeT4Tied for fourth place + Rank Country Golfer Total Years 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Champions by nationality This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality. Key T4Tied for fourth placeT6Tied for sixth place + Rank Nationality Non-major wins Non-major winners Major wins Major winners Total wins Total winners First title Last title 8 8 25 17 33 25 1972 2026 0 0 6 6 6 6 2004 2020 0 0 5 3 5 3 1993 2018 0 0 2 1 2 1 2000 2006 2 1 0 0 2 1 1978 1979 0 0 1 1 1 1 2003 2003 0 0 1 1 1 1 2025 2025 0 0 1 1 1 1 2008 2008 0 0 1 1 1 1 2016 2016 1 1 0 0 1 1 1982 1982 0 0 1 1 1 1 2010 2010 0 0 1 1 1 1 2021 2021
See also Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions List of LPGA major championship winning golfers
Notes
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. 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. Jo Ann Prentice won in a sudden death playoff over Jane Blalock and Sandra Haynie. Sandra Post won in a sudden death playoff over Penny Pulz. Juli Inkster won in a sudden death playoff over Pat Bradley. Betsy King won in a sudden death playoff over Patty Sheehan. Dottie Mochrie won in a sudden death playoff over Juli Inkster. Karrie Webb won in a sudden death playoff over Lorena Ochoa. Yoo Sun-young won in a sudden death playoff over In-Kyung Kim. Brittany Lincicome won in a sudden death playoff over Stacy Lewis. Ryu So-yeon won in a sudden death playoff over Lexi Thompson.
References General
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External links Event media guide (PDF) Kraft Nabisco Championship history (PDF) LPGA Tour's tournament profile