32 year old Brittany Lincicome (US) has won her eighth career title at the LPGA classic, Pure Silk-Bahamas. She finished at 12-under 207, a two shot win over Wei-Ling Hsu (China). It is Lincicome's second successive win at this tournament.
Ferocious winds on Paradise Island meant that much of Friday's scheduled play was erased and the event was cut from 72 to 54 holes. Saturday's play finally got underway after 11 am.
On Sunday morning there were still 54 players completing their second round. Then, through to the final 18 holes.
Play continued late afternoon into evening, under the setting sun. As the light faded, the Ocean Club's floodlights lit up the 18th green and allowed them to complete their game.
It was a long day for Lincicome who played 27 holes on the day. Her four birdies on the last five holes meant she shot 7-under 66 in the final round, with 12-under for the tournament.
She said later, “I played with two great girls today" (having been teamed with Feng and Yang). "I knew it was going to be tough and my putter really saved me all day. I made a lot of great par saves and birdies coming in, and I'm just on cloud nine.”
Wei-Ling Hsu closed with 68 while Shanshan Feng's 71 tied her third with Amy Yang (70) at 9-under.
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