Brittany Lincicome

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox golfer Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Gulfport, Florida.

Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in the history of women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, she led the LPGA in driving distance with an average of Template:Convert. In 2006, her driving average increased to Template:Convert, second among all LPGA players.[1] Her prodigious length off the tee has earned her the nickname "Bam-Bam."[2] Lincicome has won two major championships: the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship and the 2015 ANA Inspiration.

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 to earn her tour card for 2005.[3] 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 earned a spot on 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."[4]

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.

In August 2014, Lincicome lost a sudden-death playoff with Inbee Park at the LPGA Championship. She had held a one shot lead coming to the 72nd hole, but made bogey to fall back into a playoff. Lincicome lost the playoff at the first extra hole when she could only make a bogey to Park's par.

Lincicome won her second major championship in April 2015, with a victory at the ANA Inspiration, the second time she had won this major. She moved into a tie for the lead after eagling the 72nd hole in regulation play, just as she had done when winning the title in 2009. Lincicome prevailed in a sudden-death playoff over fellow American Stacy Lewis, winning with a par on the third extra hole.[5]

In 2018, Lincicome was granted a sponsor's exemption into the Barbasol Championship on the PGA Tour.[6] This made her the fifth woman to play in a PGA Tour sanctioned event, the first since Michelle Wie in 2008. Lincicome missed the cut by 9 shots, scoring 78 (+6) and 71 (−1), her second round making her the second woman to break par on a PGA Tour event.[7]

Lincicome retired following the 2024 season.[8]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (8)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (6)
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 Template:Flagicon Juli Inkster 500,000
2 Apr 15, 2007 Ginn Open 67-72-67-72=278 −10 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa 390,000
3 Apr 5, 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship 66-74-70-69=279 −9 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cristie Kerr
Template:Flagicon Kristy McPherson 		300,000
4 Jun 5, 2011 ShopRite LPGA Classic 72-64-66=202 −11 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cristie Kerr
Template:Flagicon Jiyai Shin 		225,000
5 Aug 28, 2011 CN Canadian Women's Open 68-68-69-70=275 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Stacy Lewis
Template:Flagicon Michelle Wie 		337,500
6 Apr 5, 2015 ANA Inspiration (2) 72-68-70-69=279 −9 Playoff Template:Flagicon Stacy Lewis 375,000
7 Jan 29, 2017 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic 64-65-69-68=266 −26 Playoff Template:Flagicon Lexi Thompson 210,000
8 Jan 28, 2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic (2) 74-67-66=207 −12 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Hsu Wei-ling 210,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–5)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2010 Bell Micro LPGA Classic Template:Flagicon Se Ri Pak
Template:Flagicon Suzann Pettersen 		Pak won with birdie on third extra hole
Pettersen eliminated on second hole with par
2 2012 Women's Australian Open Template:Flagicon Julieta Granada
Template:Flagicon Jessica Korda
Template:Flagicon Stacy Lewis
Template:Flagicon So Yeon Ryu
Template:Flagicon Hee Kyung Seo 		Korda won with birdie on second extra hole
3 2014 LPGA Championship Template:Flagicon Inbee Park Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2014 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship Template:Flagicon Baek Kyu-jung
Template:Flagicon Chun In-gee 		Baek won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2015 ANA Inspiration Template:Flagicon Stacy Lewis Won with par on third extra hole
6 2017 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Template:Flagicon Lexi Thompson Won with birdie on first extra hole
7 2018 Marathon Classic Template:Flagicon Thidapa Suwannapura Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 shot deficit −9 (66-74-70-69=279) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cristie Kerr, Template:Flagicon Kristy McPherson
2015 ANA Inspiration 4 shot deficit −9 (72-68-70-69=279) Playoff1 Template:Flagicon Stacy Lewis

1 Defeated Stacy Lewis in a sudden-death playoff: Lincicome (5-5-5) and Lewis (5-5-6).

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Chevron Championship T2 CUT 1 T21 T13 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T33 T49 T6 T34 CUT T14 T20 T25
U.S. Women's Open T55 T31 7 T14 T58 5 T25 T27 T18
Women's British Open CUT T56 T11 CUT T28 T9 T30 CUT
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Chevron Championship CUT T59 1 T36 CUT CUT T52 T64 T57 T53 T23 T30 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T9 T15 CUT T38 CUT T25 T46
Women's PGA Championship T17 2 4 T22 T14 T40 T9 CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T44 T8 CUT T22 T32 T49 NT CUT
Women's British Open T52 T38 T50 T43 T39 CUT T39

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

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CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 2 1 0 3 3 6 19 13
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 3 8 16 14
Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 4 10 19 14
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 5
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 11
Totals 2 2 0 6 12 28 76 57
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2009 U.S. Open – 2011 British Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2014 WPC – 2015 WPC)

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 n/a 73.00 n/a
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
2012 24 20 0 2 1 6 T2 581,631 23 71.53 22
2013 23 16 0 0 1 3 T3 449,113 32 71.93 44
2014 26 21 0 2 0 6 2 790,661 17 71.31 23
2015 26 23 1 0 0 5 1 933,521 12 71.41 29
2016 25 23 0 0 0 3 T8 390,128 47 71.24 34
2017 24 20 1 0 0 3 1 579,061 32 70.40 22
2018 21 19 1 1 1 7 1 833,586 22 70.39 17
2019 7 5 0 0 0 0 T22 59,023 131 71.75 n/a
2020 13 12 0 0 0 1 T9 206,124 59 71.53 39
2021 19 14 0 0 0 4 T7 214,738 80 70.82 42
2022 11 6 0 0 0 1 T6 106,812 115 71.94 103
2023 13 6 0 0 0 0 T44 87,392 134 72.49 121
2024 16 5 0 0 0 1 T8 105,182 132 73.13 152
Totals^ 403 313 8 8 6 66 1 9,769,013 28

^ Official through 2024 season.[9] * Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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 21 7–12–2 1–5–0 1–3–1 5–4–1 8 38.1
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 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 50.0
2013 3 1–1–1 0–1–0 lost to J. Ewart Shadoff 3&2 0–0–1 halved w/ L. Salas 1–0–0 won w/ B. Lang 4&3 1.5 50.0
2015 4 0–4–0 0–1–0 lost to K. Icher 3&2 0–2–0 lost w/ M. Wie 2&1
lost w/ A. Stanford 1 dn 		0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 2 dn 0 0.0
2017 3 2–1–0 0–1–0 lost to C. Ciganda 4&3 0–0–0 2–0–0 won w/ B. Lang 3&2
won w/ B. Lang 2 up 		2 66.7

References

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