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

Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Christel Boeljon, Chella Choi, Paula Creamer, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, In-Kyung Kim, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Brittany Lang, Alison Lee (9), Min Lee, Xi Yu Lin, Caroline Masson, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum (9), Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine 9.

Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 8, 2016 Lee Bo-mee (10), Park Sung-hyun (10) Ahn Sun-ju did not play.

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 Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Tiffany Joh, Megan Khang, P.K.

Kongkraphan, Gaby López, Annie Park, Paula Reto, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Julie Yang 12.