Winners of all previous ANA Inspirations Amy Alcott, Pat Hurst, Stacy Lewis (3,5,6,7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (7,8,9), Inbee Park (3,5,7,8,9), Morgan Pressel (6,8), Lexi Thompson (5,6,8,9), Yani Tseng (3,8), Sun-Young Yoo (8) 3.

All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration Chella Choi (8,9), Charley Hull (10), Tiffany Joh (8), Lee Jee-young, Caroline Masson (8), Catriona Matthew (8), Gerina Piller (8), Angela Stanford (7,8,9) 7.

Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Dori Carter, Carlota Ciganda, Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Karine Icher, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, I.K.

Kongkraphan, Candie Kung, Amelia Lewis, Pernilla Lindberg, Sydnee Michaels, Belén Mozo, Haru Nomura, Oh Ji-young, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum (9), Paula Reto, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Giulia Sergas, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe Line Vedel did not play 9.

Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition Katie Burnett, Paz Echeverria, Yueer Cindy Feng, Jaye Marie Green, María Hernández, Wei-Ling Hsu, Ariya Jutanugarn, Alison Lee, Minjee Lee, Xi Yu Lin, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Alison Walshe, Sakura Yokomine 12.

Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players Céline Boutier (a), Nelly Korda (a), Andrea Lee (a), Mika Liu (a), Haley Moore (a), Bethany Wu (a) Dinah Shore Tournament Course Thursday, April 2, 2015 Morgan Pressel, the event's 2007 champion, shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Ai Miyazato.