Lincicome shoots 71 but misses cut at Barbasol Championship
NICHOLASVILLE: Brittany Lincicome walked off the 18th green after her first US PGA Tour event to applause before stopping on the way to the clubhouse to sign autographs and acknowledge spectators’ warm wishes.
The LPGA Tour player made sure to savour every moment of a historic weekend she wished could have lasted longer.
“I would’ve liked to have shot better (Thursday),” said Lincicome, who missed the cut at the Barbasol Championship after shooting a oneunder 71 on Saturday.
She failed in her bid to become the first female player since 1945 to make the cut in a PGA Tour event.
“Obviously, today was a pretty nice day, so I guess ending with today’s round is a good way to leave.”
Meanwhile, the crowd atop the leaderboard includes one of Lincicome’s playing partners.
Robert Streb, sixtime PGA Tour winner Hunter Mahan, Tom Lovelady and Troy Merritt shared the lead at 18under after a busy day in which much of the field had to complete the raindelayed first round before starting the second. Merritt tied the course record with a firstround 62 on Thursday.
“I just tried to keep pace today,” Streb said after shooting 63 with nine birdies.
“Obviously, the scores were very low, you get to place the ball and the greens are holding.
“Everybody’s making a bunch of birdies and I’m just trying to keep up and have a chance tomorrow.”
Sam Ryder – who played with Lincicome – and Blayne Barber each shot 63, and Billy Horschel had a 69 to stand within a stroke of the lead. Richy Werenski and Cameron Percy were two behind, J.T. Poston was 15under, and four more – including Hall of Famer Davis Love III – were within reach at 14under.
Attention before that focused on how Lincicome would finish with her chance of making golf history out of reach.
The eighttime LPGA Tour winner with two Major titles was the first woman since Michelle Wie in 2008 to play in a PGA Tour event. Lincicome had sought to join Babe Zaharias (1945) as the only women to make the cut. Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam and Suzy Whaley have also played in PGA Tour events.