Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. 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 . In 2006, her driving average increased to , second among all LPGA players. Her prodigious length off the tee has earned her the nickname "Bam-Bam." Lincicome has won two major championships: the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship and the 2015 ANA Inspiration.
Early life and amateur career In 1985, Lincicome was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. She 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 also 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 In December 2004, at the age of 19, Lincicome turned professional. She finshed in 20th place at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament 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 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."
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.
In 2018, Lincicome was granted a sponsor's exemption into the Barbasol Championship on the PGA Tour. 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.
Lincicome retired following the 2024 season but has continued to play a few events each year.
Personal life She resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Professional wins (8) LPGA Tour wins (8) Legend Major championships (2) Other LPGA Tour (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)1Jul 9, 2006HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship 3 & 2 Juli Inkster500,0002Apr 15, 2007Ginn Open67-72-67-72=278−101 stroke Lorena Ochoa390,0003Apr 5, 2009Kraft Nabisco Championship66-74-70-69=279−91 stroke Cristie Kerr Kristy McPherson 300,0004Jun 5, 2011ShopRite LPGA Classic72-64-66=202−111 stroke Cristie Kerr Jiyai Shin 225,0005Aug 28, 2011CN Canadian Women's Open68-68-69-70=275−131 stroke Stacy Lewis Michelle Wie337,5006Apr 5, 2015ANA Inspiration (2)72-68-70-69=279−9Playoff Stacy Lewis375,0007Jan 29, 2017Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic64-65-69-68=266−26Playoff Lexi Thompson210,0008Jan 28, 2018Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic (2)74-67-66=207−122 strokes Hsu Wei-ling210,000
LPGA Tour playoff record (2–5) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12010Bell Micro LPGA Classic Se Ri Pak Suzann PettersenPak won with birdie on third extra holePettersen eliminated on second hole with par22012Women's Australian Open Julieta Granada Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis So Yeon Ryu Hee Kyung SeoKorda won with birdie on second extra hole32014LPGA Championship Inbee ParkLost to par on first extra hole42014LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship Baek Kyu-jung Chun In-geeBaek won with birdie on first extra hole52015ANA Inspiration Stacy LewisWon with par on third extra hole62017Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Lexi ThompsonWon with birdie on first extra hole72018Marathon Classic Thidapa SuwannapuraLost to birdie on first extra hole
Major championships Wins (2) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 shot deficit −9 (66-74-70-69=279) 1 stroke Cristie Kerr, Kristy McPherson2015 ANA Inspiration 4 shot deficit −9 (72-68-70-69=279) Playoff1 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 2012Chevron ChampionshipT2CUT1T21T13CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT33T49T6T34 CUTT14T20T25U.S. Women's OpenT55T317T14T585T25T27T18Women's British Open CUTT56T11CUTT28T9T30CUT Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTT591T36CUTCUTT52T64T57T53T23T30CUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT9T15CUTT38CUTT25T46Women's PGA ChampionshipT1724T22T14T40T9CUTCUTCUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^T44T8CUTT22T32T49NTCUTWomen's British Open T52T38T50T43T39CUTT39 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 2 1 0 3 3 6 20 13U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 3 8 16 14Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 4 10 19 14The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 5Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 11Totals 2 2 0 6 12 28 77 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 2004220000T55n/an/a73.00n/a200520120000T18127,4527273.18732006232010151853,0131472.08402007222011041871,3841372.1424200822110001T7114,9639273.721292009221510041647,1472172.3151201023220106T2663,8081571.251520112121212611,154,234671.039201224200216T2581,6312371.5322201323160013T3449,1133271.93442014262102062790,6611771.31232015262310051933,5211271.4129201625230003T8390,1284771.24342017242010031579,0613270.40222018211911171833,5862270.39172019750000T2259,02313171.75n/a202013120001T9206,1245971.5339202119140004T7214,7388070.824220221160001T6106,81211571.9410320231360000T4487,39213472.4912120241650001T8105,18213273.131522025620000T3233,57915672.56n/aTotals^4093158866619,802,59232 ^ Official through 2025 season. * Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
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, 2013, 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners) Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006, 2007
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career217–12–2 1–5–0 1–3–1 5–4–1 838.1200730–2–1 0–1–0 lost to L. Davies 4&30–0–0 0–1–1 lost w/ P. Hursthalved w/ P. Creamer0.516.7200942–2–0 1–0–0 def. S. Gustafson 3&20–1–0 lost w/ K. McPherson 3&21–1–0 won w/ B. Lang 5&4lost w/ K. McPherson 1 up250.0201142–2–0 0–1–0 lost to C. Boeljon 2 dn1–0–0 won w/ P. Creamer 1 up1–1–0 lost w/ V. Hurst 5&4won w/ P.Creamer 3&1250.0201331–1–1 0–1–0 lost to J. Ewart Shadoff 3&20–0–1 halved w/ L. Salas1–0–0 won w/ B. Lang 4&31.550.0201540–4–00–1–0 lost to K. Icher 3&20–2–0 lost w/ M. Wie 2&1 lost w/ A. Stanford 1 dn0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 2 dn00.0201732–1–00–1–0 lost to C. Ciganda 4&30–0–02–0–0 won w/ B. Lang 3&2won w/ B. Lang 2 up266.7
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