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Of the 10 players that are within five shots of the lead, seven are already major champions: Lexi Thompson, Suzann Pettersen, Inbee Park, So Yeon Ryu, Ariya Jutanugarn, Cristie Kerr and Michelle Wie.
At the 2016 ANA Inspiration, Lexi Thompson held the solo lead entering the final round, but a 1-over 73 on Sunday left her in fifth place.
Lexi Thompson has led or co-led twice after Round 3 at the ANA Inspiration and has won once. Thompson has finished in the top 7 in her last three starts at Mission Hills.
In the 45-year history of the ANA Invitational, the third-round leader has won the title 26 times, most recently Lexi Thompson’s 2014 title.
Mi Jung Hur hit 14/18 greens in regulation in the third round en route to posting 7-under 65, the lowest score of the week. It is also her career-low round at the ANA Inspiration.
Mi Jung Hur cracked the top 10 for the first time in her 31 career rounds (eight starts) at the ANA Inspiration, with her best finish of T14 coming last year.
With a top-11 finish on Sunday, Michelle Wie is projected to break the top 100 in the Women’s World Golf Rankings for the first time since she was No. 99 on June 27, 2016.
Michelle Wie has made 12 starts in majors since her win at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open, with her best finish being 11th at the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open.
Michelle Wie has now played in five events without missing a cut, finishing inside the top 35 in each of her last four starts. The last time Wie made the cut in more than four consecutive starts was a streak of seven consecutive tournaments to end her 2015 season (made the cut in four consecutive events to end her 2016 season).
Last week, Mi Jung Hur was second going into Sunday’s final round. She was one stroke back of Mirim Lee at the Kia Classic, and finished the tournament tied for fourth.
Two of the last three ANA Inspiration titles have been won by Americans (Brittany Lincicome in 2015 and Lexi Thompsonin 2014).
A total of 15 players have won the ANA Inspiration as their first career major championship.
Sunday’s winner at the season’s first major championship will take the early lead for the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award, which honors the player who has the most outstanding major championship record during a current LPGA Tour season. Past RAMA winners include Michelle Wie (2014), Inbee Park (2015) and Lydia Ko (2016).

Quick Hits From Third Round - ANA Inspiration

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