Dinah Shore Colgate Winner's Circle
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| Location | Rancho Mirage, California |
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| Established | 1972, 45 years ago |
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Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,769 yards (6,190 m) |
| Organized by | IMG / All Nippon Airways |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Prize fund | $2.7 million |
| Month played | March–April |
| Aggregate | 269 Dottie Pepper (1999) |
| To par | −19 Dottie Pepper (1999) |
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 2017 ANA Inspiration
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The ANA Inspiration (formerly known most recently as the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and still sometimes referred to as the Dinah Shore) is one of the five major championships of professional women's golf. An event of the LPGA Tour, it is held yearly at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
Currently, in the United States, it is the only one of the five women's major golf tournaments not to have broadcast network exposure on the weekend; all four rounds are currently televised by the Golf Channel cable television network.
Founded in 1972 by entertainer Dinah Shore, the tournament has been classified as a major since 1983. Since its inception, it has been held annually at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. It is first major of the year, usually played in late March or early April. The current title sponsor is All Nippon Airways. IMG manages and operates the event for ANA.
*The tournament is still sometimes called the Dinah Shore, even though Shore's name was removed from the tournament title in 2000. The winner's trophy bears Shore's name.
Beginning in 1988, the tournament winner has celebrated her victory by jumping in the pond surrounding the 18th green. The pond is known as Champions Lake or "Poppie's Pond" as it was dubbed in 2006 honor of Terry Wilcox, the tournament director from 1994 through 2008; Wilcox is known as "Poppie" to his grandchildren.Amy Alcott started the practice in 1988 but it was not fully embraced until 1994, when Donna Andrews repeated the leap and it has since become a yearly tradition. One of the most memorable jumps was in 1991 after Alcott won for the third time and made the jump with then tournament host Dinah Shore. In 1998, winner Pat Hurst jumped in only up to her knees, as she could not swim.
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