Andrea Lee is the defending champion of the LPGA Portland Classic (Image via Getty).
The golf world turns its gaze to the Columbia Edgewater Country Club, where the Portland Classic, the penultimate tournament on the LPGA Tour calendar before the Solheim Cup, will be played starting this Thursday. A highly competitive tournament is expected, like most of those played on the world's premier women's tour.
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The tournament will be starting at 10:15 a.m. (Eastern Time). The players were grouped in groups of three, and they will be teeing off simultaneously from holes 1 and 10, with 11-minute intervals between each other.
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The first group will be Yuna Nishimura, Bianca Pagdanganan, Emma Talley (hole 1), Lauren Coughlin, Olivia Cowan, and Alison Lee (hole 10). Closing out the competition will be Hyo Joon Jang, Chanettee Wannasaen, Kyra Ly (hole 1), Brianna Do, Yealim Well, and Charlotte Thomas (hole 10) at 5:16 pm (ET).
The Portland Classic will feature most of the top players on the LPGA Tour today. In fact, 13 of the current season's 17 tournament winners will be at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
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Notable among them is Lilia Vu, winner of three tournaments (two majors) during 2023 and number one in the Rolex Rankings. Vu will be teeing off at 4:10 pm (ET) from hole one, in a threesome completed by Andrea Lee and Atthaya Thitikul.
Players to keep an eye on are the other two major tournament champions from this season in attendance: Allisen Corpuz and Ruoning Yin. Yin will tee off at 9:32 am local time (11:32 pm ET) along with Ally Ewing and Sei Young Kim, while Corpuz will tee off at 4:10 pm on the 10th hole, accompanied by Jennifer Kupcho and Xiyu Lin.
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The rest of the other winners on the LPGA Tour during 2023 present at the Portland Classic will be Pajaree Anannarukarn, Ashleigh Buhai, Linn Grant, Hannah Green, Brooke Henderson, Megan Khang, Grace Kim, Alexa Pano, Elizabeth Szokol and Rose Zhang.
Rolex Rankings No. 2 Nelly Korda has not won on the LPGA Tour during 2023, but she did it on the Ladies European Tour. Korda will be teeing off on the 10th hole at 11:10 am (ET), in a very strong trio of In Kyung Kim and Lydia Ko.
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The field will also be enlivened by several champions from previous editions of the Portland Classic, they are Andrea Lee (2022), Georgia Hall (2020), Hannah Green (2019), Marina Alex (2018), Stacy Lewis (2017) and Brooke Henderson (2016, 2015).
Portland Classic tee times: Round One
The Portland Classic has been played since 1972 and has been hosted by five different courses: Portland Golf Club, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Riverside Golf & Country Club, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, and Oregon Golf Club.
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The tournament record for 72 holes is shared by Brooke Henderson and Hanna Green, when they both shot 21-under 267 in 2015 and 2019, respectively.
Here are the tee times for all players for the first round of the Portland Classic:
Player Name
Tee Time (Eastern Time)
Starting Tee
Yuna Nishimura
10:15 am
1
Bianca Pagdanganan
10:15 am
1
Emma Talley
10:15 am
1
Lauren Coughlin
10:15 am
10
Olivia Cowan
10:15 am
10
Alison Lee
10:15 am
10
Peiyun Chien
10:26 am
1
Sung Hyun Park
10:26 am
1
Maddie Sheryk
10:26 am
1
Moriya Jutanugarn
10:26 am
10
Jeongeun Lee6
10:26 am
10
Lauren Stephenson
10:26 am
10
Perrine Delacour
10:37 am
1
Soo Bin Joo
10:37 am
1
Jasmine Suwannapura
10:37 am
1
Min Lee
10:37 am
10
Linnea Tree
10:37 am
10
Patty Tavatanakits
10:37 am
10
Maria Fassi
10:48 am
1
Frida Kinhult
10:48 am
1
Stephanie Kyriacou
10:48 am
1
Bronte Law
10:48 am
10
Ryann O'Toole
10:48 am
10
Gabriella Then
10:48 am
10
Hannah Green
10:59 am
1
Maya Stark
10:59 am
1
Elizabeth Sokol
10:59 am
1
Lynn Grant
10:59 am
10
Charley Hull
10:59 am
10
Rose Zhang
10:59 am
10
Ashleigh Buhai
11:10 am
1
Charlotte Ciganda
11:10 am
1
Gemma Dryburgh
11:10 am
1
In Kyung Kim
11:10 am
10
Lydia Ko
11:10 am
10
Nelly Korda
11:10 am
10
Esther Henseleit
11:21 am
1
Grace Kim
11:21 am
1
Alexa Pano
11:21 am
1
Nasa Hataoka
11:21 am
10
Hae Ran Ryu
11:21 am
10
Albane Valenzuela
11:21 am
10
Danielle Kang
11:32 am
1
Gabby Lopez
11:32 am
1
Paula Reto
11:32 am
1
Ally Ewing
11:32 am
10
Sei Young Kim
11:32 am
10
Ruoning Yin
11:32 am
10
Lauren Hartlage
11:43 am
1
Sarah Schmelzel
11:43 am
1
Lindsey Weaver-Wright
11:43 am
1
Matilda Castren
11:43 am
10
Stephanie Meadow
11:43 am
10
Kelly Tan
11:43 am
10
Muni He
11:54 am
1
Morgane Metraux
11:54 am
1
Pavaria Yoktuan
11:54 am
1
Wei-Ling Hsu
11:54 am
10
Haru Nomura
11:54 am
10
Pornanong Phatlum
11:54 am
10
Manon De Roey
12:05 pm
1
Jennifer Song
12:05 pm
1
Maria Uribe
12:05 pm
1
Ana Belac
12:05 pm
10
Samantha Wagner
12:05 pm
10
Xiaowen Yin
12:05 pm
10
Amelia Lewis
12:16 pm
1
Riley Rennell
12:16 pm
1
Kiira Riihijarvi
12:16 pm
1
Dottie Ardina
12:16 pm
10
Yaeun Hong
12:16 pm
10
Ines Laklalech
12:16 pm
10
Narin An
3:15 pm
1
Hinako Shibuno
3:15 pm
1
Weiwei Zhang
3:15 pm
1
Paula Creamer
3:15 pm
10
Annie Park
3:15 pm
10
Dewi Weber
3:15 pm
10
Brittany Lincicome
3:26 pm
1
Pauline Roussin
3:26 pm
1
Marissa Steen
3:26 pm
1
Yu-Sang Hou
3:26 pm
10
Ruixin Liu
3:26 pm
10
Su-Hyun Oh
3:26 pm
10
Amanda Doherty
3:37 pm
1
Pernilla Lindberg
3:37 pm
1
Arpichaya Yubol
3:37 pm
1
Gina Kim
3:37 pm
10
Azahara Munoz
3:37 pm
10
Madeleine Sagstrom
3:37 pm
10
Jenny Bae
3:48 pm
1
Jaravee Boonchant
3:48 pm
1
Emily Kristine Pedersen
3:48 pm
1
Minami Katsu
3:48 pm
10
Lucy Li
3:48 pm
10
Polly Mack
3:48 pm
10
In Gee Chun
3:59 pm
1
Brooke M. Henderson
3:59 pm
1
Lexi Thompson
3:59 pm
1
Hye-Jin Choi
3:59 pm
10
Georgia Hall
3:59 pm
10
Angela Stanford
3:59 pm
10
Andrea Lee
4:10 pm
1
Atthaya Thitikul
4:10 pm
1
Lilia Vu
4:10 pm
1
Allisen Corpuz
4:10 pm
10
Jennifer Kupcho
4:10 pm
10
Xiyu Lin
4:10 pm
10
Ayaka Furue
4:21 pm
1
Hyo Joo Kim
4:21 pm
1
Stacy Lewis
4:21 pm
1
Marina Alex
4:21 pm
10
Yuka Saso
4:21 pm
10
Jenny Shin
4:21 pm
10
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
4:32 pm
1
Megan Khang
4:32 pm
1
Nanna Kurtz Madsen
4:32 pm
1
Pajaree Anannarukarn
4:32 pm
10
Celine Borge
4:32 pm
10
Ariya Jutanugarn
4:32 pm
10
Jeongeun Lee5
4:43 pm
1
Yan Liu
4:43 pm
1
Wichanee Meechai
4:43 pm
1
Jennifer Chang
4:43 pm
10
Sarah Kemp
4:43 pm
10
Mi Hyang Lee
4:43 pm
10
Mina Harigae
4:54 pm
1
Dani Holmqvist
4:54 pm
1
Caroline Inglis
4:54 pm
1
Daniela Darquea
4:54 pm
10
Karis Davidson
4:54 pm
10
Lindy Duncan
4:54 pm
10
Brittany Altomare
5:05 pm
1
Sophia Schubert
5:05 pm
1
Jing Yan
5:05 pm
1
Dana Fall
5:05 pm
10
Christina Kim
5:05 pm
10
Aline Krauter
5:05 pm
10
Hyo Joon Jang
5:16 pm
1
Chanettee Wannasaen
5:16 pm
1
Kyra Ly
5:16 pm
1
Brianna Do
5:16 pm
10
Yealimi Noh
5:16 pm
10
Charlotte Thomas
5:16 pm
10
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Julio Valdera
Julio is a Golf specialist for Sportskeeda and boasts immense experience across sports and professions. Having practiced law for 15 years, he then moved to Cuban and International media houses such as Juventud Tecnica Magazine and teleSUR on baseball, track & field and boxing, among other sports, before taking up his current position. He even received an Honorary Mention in the 2023 Cuban National Journalism Contest.
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