The 2026 ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican takes place at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, from November 12-15 as a major event in the LPGA Tour’s fall calendar.
The penultimate tournament of the 2026 LPGA Tour season, the ANNIKA features a $3.25 million purse and players competing to secure their places in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.
Linn Grant returns as defending champion after winning last year’s tournament at 19-under, three shots ahead of Jennifer Kupcho while Charley Hull shared fourth place.
Nelly Korda heads the betting market as she pursues a fourth victory at Pelican on what will be her return from an extended competitive break.
Haeran Ryu, Akie Iwai, Hull, Hye Jin Choi and Sei Young Kim are other leading contenders to win in Florida.
Current 2026 The ANNIKA Betting Odds
| Player | Betting Odds |
|---|---|
| Nelly Korda | 5.75 |
| Haeran Ryu | 9.50 |
| Akie Iwai | 12.00 |
| Charley Hull | 13.00 |
| Hye Jin Choi | 15.00 |
| Sei Young Kim | 17.00 |
Leading 2026 The ANNIKA Contenders
Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda is the favourite as she returns to a venue where she has already won three times with victories in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
She also arrives with the 2026 Rolex Player of the Year award secured having won won four times this season, including two majors, and leads the Tour’s scoring-average standings at 69.38.
Korda skipped the Asian swing and returns to competition after approximately two months away, so her case rests on season-long form and course history rather than a fresh tournament result.
Haeran Ryu
Haeran Ryu had an eventful end to her Asian schedule after withdrawing before the first round of the Maybank Championship due a strained finger ligament.
Her latest completed tournament produced a share of second at the BMW Ladies Championship, where she held a four-shot lead entering the final round before a closing 73 left her one stroke behind winner Yuri Yoshida.
She won both the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and Amundi Evian Championship this season, and finished tied seventh at Pelican last year.
Akie Iwai
Akie Iwai arrives is Florida on the back of a runner-up finish in the TOTO Japan Classic last week, four shots behind Shuri Sakuuma.
Prior to that she was tied-ninth at the Maybank Championship, where she recorded rounds of 68, 71, 69 and 67 to finish at 13-under.
She has been in good form and could be a dark horse in The ANNIKA field.
Charley Hull
Charley Hull also finished tied ninth at the Maybank Championship, falling away in the third round after a promising opening two days in Malaysia.
Hull has a strong recent Pelican reference in The ANNIKA having shared fourth place at 14-under last year, five shots behind Grant.
To turn another competitive week into a title challenge, she needs to avoid the sort of low-scoring interruption that cost her ground in Malaysia.
Hye Jin Choi
Hye Jin Choi also arrives with a tied-ninth finish from the Maybank Championship after a steady and consistent – if unspectacular – week in Malaysia.
She finished nine shots behind winner Miyu Yamashita, so another improvement in scoring will be needed to turn that solid result into genuine title contention.
Sei Young Kim
Sei Young Kim completes the featured group and brings winning experience at Pelican.
She captured the inaugural edition in 2020, making her one of four past champions entered alongside Korda, Lilia Vu and defending champion Grant.
Kim had a disappointing Asian swing, finishing T18 in the Buick LPGA Shanghai and T55 in the BMW Ladies Championship in her two most recent starts.
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