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.

Swedes Annika Sorenstam and Sophie Gustafson kept the European flag flying as they advanced to today’s quarter-finals of the HSBC Women’s World Matchplay Championship at Hamilton Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey.

British interest ended today with defeats for Catriona Matthew and Laura Davies in the HSBC Women’s World Matchplay Championship at Hamilton Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey.

The ousted British-born chief executive of commodities brokerage firm Refco has been released from a US jail on a $50m (€41.8m) bond following his arrest for alleged securities fraud.

Colombia’s Marisa Baena became the first HSBC Women’s World Matchplay champion when she beat South Korea’s Meena Lee by one hole in the final.