Brittany Lincicome

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Brittany Lincicome
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Lincicome at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full nameBrittany Grace Lincicome
NicknameBam Bam
Born (1985-09-19) September 19, 1985 (age 38)
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Gulfport, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2005)
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour8
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron Championship Won: 2009, 2015
Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 2014
U.S. Women's Open 5th: 2009
Women's British Open T9: 2010
Evian Championship T8: 2014

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

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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 270.3 yards (247.2 m). In 2006, her driving average increased to 278.6 yards (254.8 m), 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]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (8)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
1Jul 9, 2006 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship 3 & 2 Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster 500,000
2Apr 15, 2007 Ginn Open 67-72-67-72=278−101 stroke Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 390,000
3Apr 5, 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship 66-74-70-69=279−91 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr
Flag of the United States.svg Kristy McPherson
300,000
4Jun 5, 2011 ShopRite LPGA Classic 72-64-66=202−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr
Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
225,000
5Aug 28, 2011 CN Canadian Women's Open 68-68-69-70=275−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie
337,500
6Apr 5, 2015 ANA Inspiration (2)72-68-70-69=279−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis 375,000
7Jan 29, 2017 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic 64-65-69-68=266−26Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson 210,000
8Jan 28, 2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic (2)74-67-66=207−122 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsu Wei-ling 210,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–5)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12010 Bell Micro LPGA Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak
Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen
Pak won with birdie on third extra hole
Pettersen eliminated on second hole with par
22012 Women's Australian Open Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Korda
Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Flag of South Korea.svg So Yeon Ryu
Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Kyung Seo
Korda won with birdie on second extra hole
32014 LPGA Championship Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park Lost to par on first extra hole
42014 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Kyu-jung
Flag of South Korea.svg Chun In-gee
Baek won with birdie on first extra hole
52015 ANA Inspiration Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis Won with par on third extra hole
62017 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson Won with birdie on first extra hole
72018 Marathon Classic Flag of Thailand.svg Thidapa Suwannapura Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Major championships

Wins (2)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 shot deficit−9 (66-74-70-69=279)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr, Flag of the United States.svg Kristy McPherson
2015 ANA Inspiration 4 shot deficit−9 (72-68-70-69=279)Playoff1 Flag of the United States.svg 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 T2CUT1T21T13CUT
Women's PGA Championship T33T49T6T34CUTT14T20T25
U.S. Women's Open T55T317T14T585T25T27T18
Women's British Open CUTT56T11CUTT28T9T30CUT
Tournament 2013 20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship CUTT591T36CUTCUTT52T64T57T53T23T30
U.S. Women's Open T9T15CUTT38CUTT25T46
Women's PGA Championship T1724T22T14T40T9CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^T44T8CUTT22T32T49NTCUT
Women's British Open T52T38T50T43T39CUTT39

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 2103361813
U.S. Women's Open 0001381614
Women's PGA Championship 01024101814
The Evian Championship 00001275
Women's British Open 0000121511
Totals220612287457

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2004 220000T55n/an/a73.00n/a
2005 20120000T18127,4527273.1873
2006 232010151853,0131472.0840
2007 222011041871,3841372.1424
2008 22110001T7114,9639273.72129
2009 221510041647,1472172.3151
2010 23220106T2663,8081571.2515
2011 2121212611,154,234671.039
2012 24200216T2581,6312371.5322
2013 23160013T3449,1133271.9344
2014 262102062790,6611771.3123
2015 262310051933,5211271.4129
2016 25230003T8390,1284771.2434
2017 242010031579,0613270.4022
2018 211911171833,5862270.3917
2019 750000T2259,02313171.75n/a
2020 13120001T9206,1245971.5339
2021 19140004T7214,7388070.8242
2022 1160001T6106,81211571.94103
2023 1360000T4487,39213472.49121

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career217–12–21–5–01–3–15–4–1838.1
2007 30–2–10–1–0 lost to L. Davies 4&30–0–00–1–1 lost w/ P. Hurst
halved w/ P. Creamer
0.516.7
2009 42–2–01–0–0 def. S. Gustafson 3&20–1–0 lost w/ K. McPherson 3&21–1–0 won w/ B. Lang 5&4
lost w/ K. McPherson 1 up
250.0
2011 42–2–00–1–0 lost to C. Boeljon 2 dn1–0–0 won w/ P. Creamer 1 up1–1–0 lost w/ V. Hurst 5&4
won w/ P.Creamer 3&1
250.0
2013 31–1–10–1–0 lost to J. Ewart Shadoff 3&20–0–1 halved w/ L. Salas 1–0–0 won w/ B. Lang 4&31.550.0
2015 40–4–00–1–0 lost to K. Icher 3&20–2–0 lost w/ M. Wie 2&1
lost w/ A. Stanford 1 dn
0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 2 dn00.0
2017 32–1–00–1–0 lost to C. Ciganda 4&30–0–02–0–0 won w/ B. Lang 3&2
won w/ B. Lang 2 up
266.7

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