Brittany Lincicome picked up her first LPGA title when she comfortably defeated fellow-American Juli Inkster by 3 & 2 to claim the HSBC Women’s World Matchplay Championship at Hamilton Farm in Gladstone, New Jersey.

Justin Leonard returns to Memphis to defend his title at the St Jude Classic but will face a tough challenge from two-time winner David Toms.

American Cristie Kerr claimed her seventh title on the LPGA Tour with a charging final round of 67 at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lorena Ochoa carded a final-round six-under-par 66 to win the Takefuji Classic in Las Vegas.

Wendy Ward claimed her first LPGA Tour victory in four years at the Takefuji Classic in Las Vegas.