Portland Classic

The Portland Classic is a women's professional golf tournament held in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and contested as part of the LPGA Tour. Established in 1972, it is described as the oldest continuously held event on the LPGA Tour. The tournament began as the Portland Ladies Classic and has operated under numerous title-sponsor names as commercial partners changed over time. Its current name is The Standard Portland Classic. Tournament Golf Foundation has owned the event since its beginning. The foundation has also been associated with management of the Safeway International tournament, another LPGA Tour event. Unlike a conventional consumer brand, Portland Classic is primarily an event identity and sports property rather than a packaged-goods or retail brand. Its core offering is the annual professional competition, supported by ticketing, hospitality, sponsorship, media exposure, and community engagement. The tournament has used several courses in the Portland area. Early editions were played at Portland Golf Club and Columbia Edgewater Country Club, with Riverside Golf & Country Club also serving as a host during the 1980s. From 1990 through 2008, Columbia Edgewater became the principal venue. The event moved to Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in 2009, returned to Columbia Edgewater in 2013, shifted temporarily to Oregon Golf Club in 2021, and returned to Columbia Edgewater in 2022. As of the 2024 tournament, five venues had hosted the event. The competition format and schedule have changed over time. From 1977 through 1982, it was conducted as a team event, and prize money from those editions was not official. For many years the tournament was played over 54 holes. It became a standard 72-hole event in 2013, although weather and environmental conditions subsequently forced shorter formats in some editions. In 2020, wildfire-related air-quality problems reduced the tournament to 54 holes. In 2021, heavy rain and course conditions also led to a 54-hole event. Sponsorship has been central to the tournament's public identity. Ping, Cellular One, AT&T Wireless Services, Safeway, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Cambia Health Solutions, JTBC, AmazingCre, and The Standard have all appeared in official event names at different times. Safeway served as the principal title sponsor from 1996 through 2013. Cambia Health Solutions then became a presenting or title sponsor, while the event reverted to the shorter Portland Classic name in 2023 and 2024 before adopting The Standard Portland Classic name in 2025. The event also has a charitable mission. Proceeds are donated to local children's charities, and the tournament reports more than $19 million in cumulative donations since its founding. Individual editions have generated broader charitable attention as well. In 2017, Stacy Lewis pledged and subsequently donated her entire $195,000 tournament purse to hurricane-relief efforts after winning the event. The Portland Classic therefore combines elite women's golf, regional sponsorship, and charitable fundraising, with its importance extending beyond the competition itself.

The Portland Classic began in 1972 as the Portland Ladies Classic, with its first two editions played at Portland Golf Club in Raleigh Hills. The tournament moved to Columbia Edgewater Country Club in 1974, returned to Portland Golf Club for 1975 and 1976, and subsequently used several venues in the Portland area. The event's early identity was shaped by frequent sponsor and format changes rather than by a single permanent commercial name. From 1977 through 1982, the tournament was staged as a team competition. Those editions used names including LPGA National Team Championship, Ping Classic Team Championship, and Portland Ping Team Championship. Because of the team format, prize money from this period was unofficial. The event returned to individual competition in 1983 and continued under a sequence of Ping-, Cellular One-, and AT&T Wireless-branded titles through the mid-1990s. The tournament rotated among Portland Golf Club, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, and Riverside Golf & Country Club during its first two decades. Columbia Edgewater became the principal venue beginning in 1990 and hosted the event for the next 18 editions. Safeway became the sole title sponsor in 1996, producing names such as Safeway LPGA Golf Championship and Safeway Classic. The event was moved from September to August in 2005, and its purse was reported to have reached $1.7 million by 2007. In 2009, the tournament moved to Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near North Plains, where it was played on the Ghost Creek Course through 2012. The 2009 and 2010 editions used a par-72 configuration created by converting the ninth hole to a par five. Because this produced three consecutive reachable par fives on holes eight, nine, and ten, the arrangement affected pace of play. In 2011, the eighth hole was lengthened and the ninth reverted to a par four, producing a par-71 course. The ninth became a par five again in 2012. The event returned to Columbia Edgewater in 2013 and adopted a 72-hole format after decades of 54-hole play. That edition had a reported purse of $1.3 million. Safeway ended its sponsorship after 2013, and Cambia Health Solutions became the presenting sponsor. The tournament used Cambia-branded names from 2014 through 2021, with JTBC included in the official title in 2016 and 2017. In 2015, Brooke Henderson became one of the youngest winners in LPGA Tour history after Monday qualifying and winning by eight strokes. In 2017, Stacy Lewis donated her entire $195,000 winner's purse to Hurricane Harvey relief. Environmental and weather conditions affected the event in the early 2020s. Wildfire smoke reduced the 2020 edition to 54 holes. The 2021 tournament moved to Oregon Golf Club in West Linn and was also shortened to 54 holes because of rain and course conditions. The tournament returned to Columbia Edgewater in 2022. It used the AmazingCre Portland Classic name that year, reverted to Portland Classic for 2023 and 2024, and became The Standard Portland Classic in 2025. Throughout its history, the event has maintained a charitable purpose. Proceeds support local children's charities, with cumulative donations reported at more than $19 million since 1972. Its long-running LPGA Tour status, changing sponsorship portfolio, multiple Portland-area venues, and community fundraising role together define the Portland Classic as a regional professional sports property rather than a conventional consumer brand.

• 2025

  Renamed The Standard Portland Classic

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  The event adopted its current title, The Standard Portland Classic.

• 2022

  Return to Columbia Edgewater

  [1]Portland Classicen.wikipedia.org

  The tournament returned to its principal venue under the AmazingCre Portland Classic name.

• 2021

  Temporary move to Oregon Golf Club

  [1]Portland Classicen.wikipedia.org

  The event moved to West Linn and was shortened because of rain and course conditions.

• 2020

  Wildfire smoke causes a 54-hole edition

  [1]Portland Classicen.wikipedia.org

  Hazardous air quality from wildfires shortened the tournament.

• 2015

  Brooke Henderson wins after Monday qualifying

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  Henderson won by eight strokes and received immediate LPGA Tour membership.

• 2013

  Return to Columbia Edgewater and 72-hole format

  [1]Portland Classicen.wikipedia.org

  The tournament returned to Columbia Edgewater and became a 72-hole event.

• 2009

  Tournament moves to Pumpkin Ridge

  [1]Portland Classicen.wikipedia.org

  The event moved to Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club's Ghost Creek Course and recorded a tournament crowd of 87,800.

• 1996

  Safeway becomes sole title sponsor

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  The event adopted Safeway-branded names and remained associated with Safeway through 2013.

• 1990

  Columbia Edgewater becomes the primary venue

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  Columbia Edgewater Country Club began an 18-edition run as the tournament site.

• 1977

  Team-event period begins

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  The tournament became a team competition, beginning a format period that lasted through 1982.

• 1972

  Tournament founded as the Portland Ladies Classic

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  The inaugural event was held in the Portland area as part of the LPGA Tour.

A long-running Oregon LPGA Tour event positioned around professional women's golf, regional participation, sponsor visibility, and charitable support for local children's causes.

• Professional golf tournament · 2025

  The Standard Portland Classic

  The event's current title identity for its annual women's LPGA Tour tournament in Oregon. It combines four-day professional competition, spectator attendance, sponsor activation, hospitality, media coverage, and charitable fundraising. The tournament is currently associated with Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland.

• Professional golf tournament · 1976

  Portland Classic

  The shorter event name used in 2023 and 2024, and historically in several other periods. It represents the same long-running LPGA Tour property rather than a separate product line.

• 2021

  Temporary venue changeStrategy

  Background

  The tournament did not use Columbia Edgewater for the 2021 edition.

  Action taken

  Organizers moved the event to Oregon Golf Club in West Linn.

  Aftermath

  The tournament returned to Columbia Edgewater in 2022.

  Source

• 2020

  Reduction to 54 holes because of wildfire smokeOther

  Background

  Wildfires produced poor air quality in the region during the tournament period.

  Action taken

  The competition was reduced from 72 holes to 54.

  Aftermath

  The event remained part of the LPGA Tour schedule despite the environmental disruption.

  Source

• 2013

  Adoption of a 72-hole formatGeneration change

  Background

  The tournament had been played over 54 holes for many years.

  Action taken

  Organizers expanded the competition to 72 holes after moving the event back to Columbia Edgewater Country Club.

  Aftermath

  The Portland Classic thereafter operated as a standard four-round LPGA Tour event except when weather or environmental conditions required shortening.

  Source

• 2013

  Change in title sponsorshipStrategy

  Background

  Safeway ended its sponsorship after the 2013 tournament.

  Action taken

  Cambia Health Solutions became the event's presenting sponsor, leading to Cambia-branded tournament names.

  Aftermath

  Cambia remained part of the official event identity through 2021, with JTBC included in the title in 2016 and 2017.

  Source

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