GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Brittany Lincicome made a 4-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic for her first victory in two years.
Lincicome’s birdie capped a bogey-free 5-under 66 that gave her a one-shot victory over third-ranked Jiyai Shin and No. 4
Cristie Kerr. It was the long-hitting Lincicome’s first win since the 2009 Kraft Nabisco and her fourth on the LPGA Tour.
It also came on a day when the players endured delays that caused the twosomes to play 4½-hour rounds.
The 25-year-old Lincicome finished the 54-hole tournament on the Bay Course at Seaview with an 11-under 202 total, and the difference definitely was par 5s.
Lincicome played nine par 5s in the tournament and had seven birdies, an eagle and a par, with the last birdie coming on the par-5, 501-yard 18th.
Shin, who was tied with Lincicome heading to the final hole, left a 15-foot birdie putt on the edge of the hole. Lincicome then hit out of greenside fescue to 4 feet before making her winning birdie.
Kerr, who led Catriona Matthew by a shot heading into the final round, left an eagle putt from off the green about 4 feet short and settled for a birdie and a 69 that tied her for second with Shin (66).
Matthew also shot a 69 and was two shots behind the winner and one ahead of Anna Nordqvist and I.K. Kim., who both closed with 66s. Top-ranked Yani Tseng was seventh after a 65, the same final round that put Karrie Webb in a group at 207.
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