LOS ANGELES: Canada’s Brooke Henderson, fresh off a historic Canadian Open triumph, seeks her third Portland Classic title in four seasons when the 47th edition of the LPGA event tees off on Thursday (Friday in Manila). Henderson, the 2015 and 2016 Portland winner, became the first Canadian since 1973 to win her homeland event in taking her seventh career LPGA triumph, one shy of matching Sandra Post’s record for crowns by a Canadian. “I’m really excited to be back here in Portland where really my career got started in 2015,” she said. LPGA tournaments follow in South Korea, Shanghai, Taiwan, Japan and China before the campaign concludes November 15-18 at Naples, Florida. The longest-running non-major on the LPGA Tour lacks its defending champion with American Stacy Lewis on a maternity break.

Source: Manila Times August 30, 2018 16:30 UTC