Apr 16, 2007 2 min read

REUNION, Fla. (AP) – Brittany Lincicome entered the final round of the Ginn Open believing that par would be a sensational score. How right she was.

Lincicome, who started four shots behind Lorena Ochoa and Laura Davies, survived a blustery day and a six-hour round to shoot an even-par 72 – enough to give the 21-year-old her second career LPGA Tour victory.

She finished at 10 under Sunday, one shot better than Ochoa (77) – who was 6 over on her final six holes, a stunning collapse that cost her an opportunity to pass Annika Sorenstam for the top spot in world rankings. Only a win would have pushed Ochoa to No. 1, but she missed a 10-foot bogey try on 18 that would have forced a playoff.

The 21-year-old Lincicome, the Women’s World Match Play winner last year, earned $390,000 for the win.

Davies (79) had the outright lead with two holes to play, but three-putted her way to double bogey at the 17th and then bounced around bunkers for a disastrous triple bogey at the last. She finished alone in third at 7 under, one shot better than Juli Inkster (72) and Nicole Castrale (74).

Brier wins China Open

SHANGHAI, China – Austria’s Markus Brier won the China Open, closing with a 4-under 67 for a five-stroke victory.

Brier birdied the 18th, his fifth birdie of the day at the Shanghai Silport Golf Club course, to finish at 10-under 274. Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell (69), South Africa’s Andrew McLardy (70) and Australia’s Scott Hend (71) tied for second.