GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. – /tours/player/brittany-lincicome/Brittany Lincicome made a 4-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the /tours/lpga/2011/shoprite-lpga-classic/ShopRite LPGA Classic for her fourth /tours/lpga/LPGA Tour title and first in two years.
Lincicome closed with a bogey-free 5-under 66 for a one-shot victory over third-ranked /tours/player/jiyai-shin/Jiyai Shin (6) and No. 4 /tours/player/cristie-kerr/Cristie Kerr (69). It was Lincicome’s first win since the 2009 Kraft Nabisco.
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.