This week, Matt Cooper joins the podcast to discuss the first major of 2021, the ANA Inspiration. 

The first of five majors on the Women’s Golf Calendar, this event reverts to its familiar slot, after it was last year moved to September due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19. 

In what will be the 50th renewal of the event, and the 39th time it is contested as a major, many will be hoping for a dramatic finish. Last year, Mirim Lee outlasted two of the game’s brightest talents in Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda in a playoff, making it the fourth time in the last six years this event has been decided by extra holes. 

The event was not without controversy in 2020, with the famous “blue wall” housed behind the 18th green, which took a lot of the danger out of the hole.  This year the wall is gone, and the hole will play differently once again. 

With her win last week and previous victory at the course, Inbee Park comes in as the favourite, closely followed by Jin Young Ko, Hyo Joo Kim and Nelly Korda. With some very familiar names also lurking, with a mix of great current and course form, this is sure to be an exciting spectacle, and one that should not be missed. 

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