LPGA’s Brittany Lincicome prepares to chase history on PGA Tour

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Brittany Lincicome has every reason to be nervous as she chases golf history.

The eight-time LPGA Tour winner hopes to knock out the jitters over the first few holes at the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship and play well enough from there to stick around through the weekend. If she were to make the cut, Lincicome would achieve something no woman has done against male competitors.

“I’m super excited,” said the long hitter, the first woman to compete on the PGA Tour since Michelle Wie in 2008. “I’ve always thought it’d be cool to play in a men’s event, but never did I think I would actually have the opportunity.