Female player to try her luck on Hooters Tour

Three-time LPGA winner Brittany Lincicome is kicking off another round in golf’s battle of the sexes as she plans to tee off against the men at a Hooters Tour tournament in Florida this week.

The 25-year-old Lincicome will compete against a field of men at a NGA Hooters Tour event at the Deer Island Golf Club.

Lincicome says she has a modest goal in her first tournament against the men.

“A small goal would be to make the cut,” said Lincicome.

“After I get over my nerves, I just want to have some fun, play one hole at a time and see what happens.”

Lincicome is considered one of the longest hitters on the LPGA Tour.

“This will be my seventh year on the LPGA Tour and I still get nervous when I tee off (in the LPGA season-opening event) in Thailand. This tournament is close to home and has a lot of competition in it.”

In 2003, Annika Sorenstam competed in the Colonial Tournament, becoming the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open.

Sweden’s Sorenstam shot a five over par, tying for 96th out of the 111 and missed the cut.

Early in her career, American Michelle Wie delayed her decision to officially join the women’s tour saying she hadn’t decided whether to play on the women’s or the men’s PGA Tour full-time.