Brittany Lincicome

Brittany Lincicome
Lincicome at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Brittany Grace Lincicome
Born	September 19, 1985 (1985-09-19) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Seminole, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2005)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	5
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won: 2009
LPGA Championship	T6: 2007
U.S. Women's Open	5th: 2009
Women's British Open	T9: 2010

Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida.

Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, she led the LPGA in driving distance with an average of 270.3 yards (247.2 m). In 2006, her driving average increased to 278.6 yards (254.8 m), second among all LPGA players.

Amateur career

Lincicome was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, and participated in more than 100 amateur events. Her wins included the American Junior Golf Association Chateu Elan in 2001 and 2003 and the Avilla Junior Classic in 2003. In 2004, she won the Harder Hall Invitational. Lincicome competed in both the 2004 U.S. Women's Open and the 2004 State Farm Classic on the LPGA Tour as an amateur, even leading the former after the first round.

Professional career

Lincicome turned professional in December 2004 at age 19, after finishing in 20th place at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in to earn her tour card for 2005. Home-schooled, she had graduated from high school the previous spring. Her first victory was in the 2006 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, where she defeated Michelle Wie in the quarterfinals, Lorena Ochoa in the semifinals, and Juli Inkster in the final match. She captured her second win in April 2007 at the Ginn Open, again holding off Ochoa to capture the victory on the 72nd hole.

In 2007, Lincicome became a member of the U.S. Solheim Cup team for the first time. In singles play, she lost to Laura Davies. Years earlier, as a 12 year-old, Lincicome had carried the scoring sign for Davies at the JCPenney Classic LPGA event, leading Davies to good-naturedly refer to Lincicome as "Sign Girl."

In 2009, Lincicome won the Kraft Nabisco Championship, an LPGA major, after making an eagle on the final hole to leap frog Kristy McPherson, who held a one shot lead going into the final hole.

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	Jul 9, 2006	HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship	3 & 2			Juli Inkster	500,000
2	Apr 15, 2007	Ginn Open	67–72–67–72=278	-10	1 stroke	Lorena Ochoa	390,000
3	Apr 5, 2009	Kraft Nabisco Championship	66–74–70–69=279	-9	1 stroke	Kristy McPherson Cristie Kerr	300,000
4	Jun 5, 2011	ShopRite LPGA Classic	72–64–66=202	-11	1 stroke	Jiyai Shin Cristie Kerr	225,000
5	Aug 28, 2011	CN Canadian Women's Open	68-68-69-70-275	-13	1 stroke	Stacy Lewis Michelle Wie	337,500

LPGA major is shown in bold.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2010	Bell Micro LPGA Classic	Se Ri Pak, Suzann Pettersen	Pak won with birdie on third extra hole Pettersen eliminated on second hole with par

Major championships

Wins (1)

No.	Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2009	Kraft Nabisco Championship	−9 (66–74–70–69=279)	1 stroke	Cristie Kerr, Kristy McPherson

Results timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T2	CUT	1	T21	T13
LPGA Championship	DNP	T33	T49	T6	T34	CUT	T14	T20
U.S. Women's Open	T55	T31	7	T14	T58	5	T25	T27
Women's British Open	DNP	CUT	T56	T11	CUT	T28	T9	T30

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2004	2	2	0	0	0	0	T55	n/a		73.00
2005	20	12	0	0	0	0	T18	127,452	72	73.18	73
2006	23	20	1	0	1	5	1	853,013	14	72.08	40
2007	22	20	1	1	0	4	1	871,384	13	72.14	24
2008	22	11	0	0	0	1	T7	114,963	92	73.72	129
2009	22	15	1	0	0	4	1	647,147	21	72.31	51
2010	23	22	0	1	0	6	T2	663,808	15	71.25	15
2011	21	21	2	1	2	6	1	1,154,234	6	71.03	9

• official as of November 20, 2011

Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2002 (winners), 2003

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011

Solheim Cup Record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	11	4–6–1	1–2–0	1–1–0	2–3–1	4.5	40.9%
2007	3	0–2–1	0–1–0 lost to L. Davies 4&3	0-0-0	0–1–1 lost w/ P. Hurst, halved w/ P. Creamer	0.5	16.7%
2009	4	2–2–0	1–0–0 def. S. Gustafson 3&2	0–1–0 lost w/ K. McPherson 3&2	1–1–0 won w/ B. Lang 5&4, lost w/ K. McPherson 1 up	2.0	50.0%
2011	4	2–2–0	0-1–0 lost to C. Boeljon 2 dn	1–0-0 won w/ P. Creamer 1 up	1–1–0 lost w/ V. Hurst 5&4, won w/ P.Creamer 3&1	2.0	50.0%

External links

• Official website
• Brittany Lincicome at the LPGA Tour official site