Chevron Championship Winners: The Full List

The Chevron Championship is one of the five majors of women's professional golf, played early in every LPGA Tour season. It has been one of the LPGA Tour's majors since 1983. So this tournament's list of winners has something of a split history: the winners of it as a major, and the pre-major winners.

The Chevron Championship has been known by many names over the years, most recently ANA Inspiration (and other well-known ones included Kraft Nabisco Championship); those names and the years they were in use are listed at the bottom of this article.

Which golfers have the most wins in the Chevron Championship? The tournament record of three victories is shared by Amy Alcott, Betsy King and Annika Sorenstam.

Chevron Championship Winners as a Major

2023 — Lilia Vu, 278 (def. Angel Yin in playoff)
2022 — Jennifer Kupcho, 274
2021 — Patty Tavatanakit, 270
2020 — Mirim Lee, 283 (def. Nelly Korda and Brooke Henderson in playoff)
2019 — Jin Young Ko, 278
2018 — Pernilla Lindberg, 273 (def. Inbee Park and Jennifer Song in playoff)
2017 — So Yeon Ryu, 274 (def. Lexi Thompson in playoff)
2016 — Lydia Ko, 276
2015 — Brittany Lincicome, 279 (def. Stacy Lewis in playoff)
2014 — Lexi Thompson, 274
2013 — Inbee Park, 273
2012 — Sun Young Yoo, 279 (def. I.K. Kim in sudden-death playoff on first extra hole)
2011 — Stacy Lewis, 275
2010 — Yani Tseng, 275
2009 — Brittany Lincicome, 279
2008 — Lorena Ochoa, 277
2007 — Morgan Pressel, 285
2006 — Karrie Webb, 279 (def. Lorena Ochoa in sudden-death playoff on first extra hole)
2005 — Annika Sorenstam, 273
2004 — Grace Park, 277
2003 — Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, 281
2002 — Annika Sorenstam, 280
2001 — Annika Sorenstam, 281
2000 — Karrie Webb, 274
1999 — Dottie Pepper, 269
1998 — Pat Hurst, 281
1997 — Betsy King, 276
1996 — Patty Sheehan, 281
1995 — Nanci Bowen, 285
1994 — Donna Andrews, 276
1993 — Helen Alfredsson, 284
1992 — Dottie Pepper, 279 (def. Juli Inkster in sudden-death playoff on first extra hole)
1991 — Amy Alcott, 273
1990 — Betsy King, 283
1989 — Juli Inkster, 279
1988 — Amy Alcott, 274
1987 — Betsy King, 283 (def. Betsy King in sudden-death playoff on second extra hole)
1986 — Pat Bradley, 280
1985 — Alice Miller, 275
1984 — Juli Inkster, 280 (def. Pat Bradley in sudden-death playoff on first extra hole)
1983 — Amy Alcott, 282

Chevron Championship Winners Before It Was a Major

While this tournament is a major today, it hasn't always been counted as such. Prior to 1983, it was not counted as a major by the LPGA Tour. Here are the tournament winners before it was a major:

1982 — Sally Little, 278
1981 — Nancy Lopez, 277
1980 — Donna Caponi, 275
1979 — Sandra Post, 276
1978 — Sandra Post, 283 (def. Penny Pulz in sudden-death playoff)
1977 — Kathy Whitworth, 289
1976 — Judy Rankin, 285
1975 — Sandra Palmer, 283
1974 — Jo Ann Prentice, 289 (def. Jane Blalock and Sandra Haynie in sudden-death playoff)
1973 — Mickey Wright, 284
1972 — Jane Blalock, 213

Tournament's Name Changes

The singer and talk-show host Dinah Shore was instrumental in founding this tournament, and for many years her name was part of the title. In fact, this major championship has undergone more name changes than any other major in golf, men's or women's. These are the names of the tournament over the years:

  • Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle, 1972-80
  • Colgate-Dinah Shore, 1981
  • Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational, 1982
  • Nabisco Dinah Shore, 1983-99
  • Nabisco Championship, 2000-01
  • Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2002-14
  • ANA Inspiration, 2015-2021
  • Chevron Championship, 2022-present

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