LINDBERG IN WINNERS CIRCLE

In The Winner’s Circle with PERNILLA LINDBERG

ANA Inspiration

Mission Hills Country Club

Rancho Mirage, California

April 2, 2018

Hometown/Resides: Bollnas, Sweden/Orlando, Fla.

Birthdate: July 13, 1986; currently 31 years, 7 months, 20 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished 19th at the 2009 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she earned Priority List Category 11 for the 2010 LPGA season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2009/2010

             

VICTORIES

With her win, Lindberg becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE

With her win, Lindberg earns 625 points and is projected to move from 62nd to sixth in the Race to the CME Globe with 728 points

ROLEX ANNIKA MAJOR AWARD

With her win, Lindberg earns 60 points and becomes the first player eligible to win the award at the end of the season

MONEY

With her win, Lindberg earns $420,000; she has earned $461,036 this season and $2,347,545 in her career

PREVIOUS ANA INSPIRATION RESULTS

2017 – T21; 2016 – T18; 2015 – T20; 2014 – T34; 2013 – T55; 2011 – MC

2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

7 events played, 6 cuts made, $461,036, one victory (no additional top-10 finishes)

OF NOTE

• Lindberg is the second Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2018 LPGA season, joining Jin Young Ko (ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open)
• Lindberg is the fifth player to make the ANA Inspiration her first LPGA Tour victory, joining Helen Alfredsson (1993), Nanci Bowen (1995), Morgan Pressel (2007) and Stacy Lewis (2011)
• Lindberg is the 16th player to win the ANA Inspiration as her first major title and the first since Lexi Thompson in 2014
• Lindberg is the 11th player from Sweden to win on the LPGA Tour, joining Helen Alfredsson, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Carin Koch, Maria McBride, Liselotte Neumann, Catrin Nilsmark, Anna Nordqvist, Annika Sorenstam and Charlotta Sorenstam
• Lindberg joins Helen Alfredsson and Annika Sorenstam as Swedish players to win the ANA Inspiration
• Lindberg is the third consecutive international player to win the ANA Inspiration, following So Yeon Ryu (Republic of Korea, 2017) and Lydia Ko (New Zealand, 2016)
• Lindberg is the fourth player to take a wire-to-wire victory at the ANA Inspiration (including ties), joining Pat Bradley (1986), Betsy King (1987) and Pat Hurst (1998)
• Lindberg is a 2009 graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in international business
• Lindberg’s caddie is her fiancé Daniel Taylor
• Lindberg earns a berth in the 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions

In addition to the winner’s check of $420,000, Lindberg will also receive:

• Five-year exemption on the LPGA Tour via Category 3 status on the LPGA Priority List (Major Winner Lifetime exemption into the ANA Inspiration)
• Five-year exemption into the U.S. Women’s Open, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the Ricoh Women’s British Open and the Evian Championship
• Two points toward entrance into the LPGA Hall of Fame