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John Romano: Ten weeks early and 1,300 miles from home, a baby arrives on the LPGA Tour

You've got the car seat. You've got the golf cart.

You've got mom, dad, baby and enough of a window to perhaps squeeze in nine holes at Pasadena Yacht and Country Club before duty calls. Duty, in this case, being whatever 10-month-old Emery says it is.

It has been nearly 16 years since Brittany Lincicome turned pro, and for the first time in her career she is no longer calling all of the shots. And that's fine by her, even if the transition was more abrupt than expected.

She was seven months pregnant and figured she had one round of golf left in her when she flew to Chicago last July for a charity pro-am. The meticulously planned trip was supposed to last around 36 hours and, yet, a month would pass before Lincicome got back home to Gulfport.

Two hospitals, one ambulance ride, and too many frantic phone calls later, little Emery had announced her arrival.

Ten weeks ahead of schedule, and 1,300 miles from home.

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