Moriya Jutanugarn emerges from tight pack to win Portland Traditional for third LPGA title


PORTLAND, Ore. — Moriya Jutanugarn emerged from a decent pack late Sunday afternoon at Columbia Edgewater to win the Portland Traditional for her third profession LPGA Tour title.

Three strokes behind chief Andrea Lee going into the spherical, Jutanugarn shot a 6-under 66 in principally calm circumstances for a two-stroke victory over three gamers.

Jutanugarn completed at 22-under 266, enjoying the primary 71 holes with out a bogey. The 30-year-old Thai participant birdied Nos. 13-15 and made an 8-footer to avoid wasting par on the par-3 sixteenth. She made a brief birdie putt on the par-4 seventeenth and closed with a bogey.

Narin An (66), Nataliya Guseva (68) and Angel Yin (69) tied for second. Guseva is the primary Russian participant with an LPGA Tour card.

Jutanugarn additionally received the 2018 Hugel-JTBC LA Open and 2021 Dow Nice Lakes Bay Invitational group occasion with youthful sister Ariya Jutanugarn. Ariya Jutanugarn, a 12-time LPGA Tour winner, closed with a 65 on Sunday to tie for ninth at 17 underneath.

Sofia Garcia (68) and So Mi Lee (70) tied for fifth at 19 underneath, and second-round chief Dewi Weber (72) was one other stroke again.

Lee, the 2022 winner for her lone LPGA Tour title, had a 74 to complete within the group at 17 underneath.

Weber dropped again with a double bogey on the par-4 fifteenth and a bogey on 16. She was attempting to win for the primary time on the LPGA Tour and ship an announcement to the Dutch Olympic committee that it made a mistake by declining to ship her to Paris.

She certified for the Olympics underneath Worldwide Golf Federation requirements, however was neglected due to the Netherlands’ separate requirements for all sports activities to satisfy a practical probability of a top-eight end.

With the Olympics subsequent week, nobody from the highest 30 on the planet rating was within the subject. The lone Olympian in Portland was Aditi Ashok of India. She completed with a 72 to tie for twenty second at 14 underneath.



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