Born: McKinney, Texas
Lives: McKinney, Texas
Birthdate: August 22, 1985 – currently 30 years 10 months 18 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 22nd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and then birdied the final hole of a three-hole, seven-way playoff to earn one of the final three exempt cards for the 2006 LPGA season
Turned Professional: July, 2005
VICTORIES
- LPGA: Second career victory, first major championship
- PREVIOUS WIN: 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
ROLEX RANKINGS
- Is projected to move from 40th to 20th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, a jump of 20 spots
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $810,000 first-place check, Brittany moves to 48th on the LPGA Career Money List with $4,948,918
- SEASON: Brittany has earned $1,064,582 this season and is fourth on the 2016 LPGA Official Money List
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- 12th time competing in the U.S. Women’s Open Championship
- Previous best finish - Tied for second as an amateur in 2005; where she shared low amateur honors with Morgan Pressel
2016 IN A NUTSHELL
- 17 events played, 13 cuts made, 1 win, 5 top-10 finishes, $1,064,582
OF NOTE
- Made 105 starts since her last victory at the 2012 Manulife LPGA Classic and this week’s victory
- Made 46 starts in majors before her first major win
- Is the 12th player to win the U.S. Women’s Open in a playoff
- First winner over the age of 30 on the LPGA Tour this season and first since Cristie Kerr at the 2015 CME Group Tour Championship
- Becomes the second American to win on Tour this season, joining Lexi Thompson
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