Lincicome looks to repeat
Defending CN Canadian Women's Open champ faces star-studded field
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COQUITLAM, B.C. — Brittany Lincicome faces no shortage of competition as she prepares to defend her title at the CN Canadian Women’s Open golf tournament.
The 26-year-old Seminole, Fla., native is among 48 of the world’s top 50 women’s golfers who will compete at the Vancouver Golf and Country Club.
“I still wish all 50 could be here,” she said after a practice round Tuesday. “It’s such a wonderful event and an event that I look forward to defending or not defending. I would never miss this event unless I broke a leg.”
Lincicome has yet to win on tour this year after capturing a pair of victories in 2011. She welcomes the chance to be crowned champion over the star-studded field.
“Obviously, I’d want to win a tournament with all the top players there,” she said. “That means that you’ve beaten the best for those events… If I’m the one that gets to come out on top, it will be an unbelievable feeling.”
Last year, Lincicome won by one stroke over U.S. compatriots Stacy Lewis and Michelle Wie, who are both back, albeit at a different venue. The site of the tournament rotates annually.
Lincicome won in 2011 with a 13-under par 275 at the Hillside Golf and Country Club in Mirabel, Que., near Montreal. The switch to the Vancouver’s club’s 6,681-yard, par-72 layout has eased the mental burden of trying to repeat.
“It is going to be a little easier defending (by) not playing the same golf course,” she said. “(It’s) not the same pressure. I haven’t played this golf course eight times back to back to back. It’s a little different.”
Lincicome hopes to pick up where she left off last weekend, when she finished in a tie for second at the Safeway Classic near Portland, Ore. The same goes for struggling world No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan, who placed 11th in the same tournament after a strong finish.
“I’ve never been that happy to shoot five-under ever in my life,” she said. “So it’s a great feeling.”
Tseng, 23, won three of the first five tournaments this year, but she has had difficulty getting her game back on track the past couple of months.
“I’m not really angry,” she said. “I feel more disappointed and feel upset a little bit. Every time I’m struggling, I’m kind of second-guessing myself.”
Unlike many in the strong field, Tseng is quite familiar with the Vancouver club’s layout. She won her first pro tournament on the same links in 2007 while competing on the CN Canadian Women’s Tour.
— The Canadian Press
