WELCOME TO PORTLAND
10 tournaments is all that separates LPGA players and fans from the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla. in November. This week the Tour makes its annual stop in Portland, Oregon, for the Cambia Portland Classic Presented by JTBC.
The 144-player field includes three of the top six players in the world, highlighted by World No. 1 So Yeon Ryu, top-ranked American No. 2 Lexi Thompson and No. 6 In Gee Chun, who is making her first start in Portland. This week marks the 24th tournament of what has been an exciting 2017 LPGA season, which has seen two Rolex First-Time Winners along with 19 different tournament winners. Fans will undoubtedly be cheering on two-time defending champion World No. 10 Brooke Henderson.
In 2016, Brooke Henderson joined Annika Sorenstam and Kathy Whitworth as the third player to win back-to-back titles at the Cambia Portland Classic presented by JTBC. Henderson finished at 14-under par and defeated Stacy Lewis by 4-shots to successfully defend her title.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CAMBIA PORTLAND CLASSIC
- 1 - Nancy Lopez (1985, 1987, 1992) is the only three-time winner of the tournament
- 8 - Countries represented by winners in the tournament’s 46-year history: Canada, USA, Norway, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Sweden and England
- 10 - Playoffs in the history of the event; most recently in 2014 when Austin Ernst defeated In-Kyung Kim with a par on the first extra hole
- 22 - Times players from America have won this event, most recently Austin Ernst in 2014
- 46 - The Cambia Portland Classic is in its 46th year and is the longest-running non-major on the LPGA Tour
- 62 - Lowest round in tournament history; most recently shot by Austin Ernst in the third round in 2013
- 267 - Lowest 72-hole score (-21), set by Brooke Henderson in 2015
- 2013 - The first year the tournament transitioned to a 72-hole event (previously 54 holes)
DEFENDING CHAMPION BROOKE HENDERSON’S CAREER WINS
| Year | Tournament | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Meijer LPGA Classic | 63-67-67-66=263 (-17) |
| 2016 | Cambia Portland Classic | 65-68-70-71=274 (-14) |
| 2016 | KPMG Women's PGA Championship | 67-73-73-65=278 (-6)* |
| 2015** | Cambia Portland Classic | 66-67-65-69=267 (-21) |
*Playoff: Beat Lydia Ko witha birdie on the first extra hole
**As a non-member
WHO’S IN THE CAMBIA PORTLAND CLASSIC FIELD
Past Portland Classic Champions (4):
Brooke Henderson (2016, 2015), Austin Ernst (2014), Mika Miyazato (2012), Ai Miyazato (2010)
2017 Winners (6):
Amy Yang (Honda LPGA Thailand), Mirim Lee (Kia Classic), So Yeon Ryu (ANA Inspiration, Walmart NW Arkansas Championship), Lexi Thompson (Kingsmill Championship), Brooke Henderson (Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give), Katherine Kirk (Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic)
2017 LPGA Rookies (27 of 37):
Aditi Ashok, Nicole Broch Larsen, Peiyun Chien, Karen Chung, Jenny Coleman, Emily Collins, Regan De Guzman, Justine Dreher, Allyssa Ferrell, Dana Finkelstein, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jennifer Ha, Nasa Hataoka, Augusta James, Min-G Kim, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Bronte Law, Maria Parra, Emily Pedersen, Katherine Perry, Mel Reid, Madelene Sagstrom, Madeleine Sheils, Mariah Stackhouse, Jessy Tang, Emily Tubert, Britney Yada
PORTLAND IS LAP 24 OF RACE TO CME GLOBE
This week’s Cambia Portland Classic presented by JTBC will mark the 24th event in the season-long Race to CME Globe, with just 10 tournaments to go until the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. World No. 1 and two-time season winner So Yeon Ryu holds a narrow lead in the current Race to the CME Globe standings with 2,652 points. Top-ranked American and 2017 Kingsmill champion Lexi Thompson is close behind with 2,642 points, and she is followed closely by the U.S. Women’s Open and CP Women’s Open champion Sung Hyun Park (2,563).
PORTLAND CLASSIC AMATEUR OPEN
University of Oregon sophomore Kathleen Scavo captured the 2017 Portland Classic Amateur Open at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, Ore. in early August. Scavo won the one-day event by four strokes, shooting a 4-under 68 to finish as the only player under par to secure the victory and her place in the Portland Classic. Scavo’s only previous appearance at an LPGA tournament was a MC at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.
Fourteen former Portland Classic Amateur Open participants have gone on to become members of the LPGA (Caroline Inglis, Allison Hanna, Angel Yin, SooBin Kim, Lee Lopez, Ayaka Kaneko, Paige Mackenzie, Jennie Lee, Sydnee Michaels, Jane Rah, Tiffany Joh, Mi Jung Hur, Sadena Parks, and Ryann O’Toole). Mi Jung Hur won the Portland Classic in 2009, just two years after participating in the Portland Classic Amateur Open.
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