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.

1. 2025Renamed The Standard Portland Classic

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

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2. 2022Return to Columbia Edgewater

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

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3. 2021Temporary move to Oregon Golf Club

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

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4. 2020Wildfire smoke causes a 54-hole edition

   Hazardous air quality from wildfires shortened the tournament.

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5. 2015Brooke Henderson wins after Monday qualifying

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

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6. 2013Return to Columbia Edgewater and 72-hole format

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

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7. 2009Tournament moves to Pumpkin Ridge

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

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8. 1996Safeway becomes sole title sponsor

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

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9. 1990Columbia Edgewater becomes the primary venue

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

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10. 1977Team-event period begins

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

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11. 1972Tournament founded as the Portland Ladies Classic

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

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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.

• The Standard Portland ClassicProfessional golf tournament2025

  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.

• Portland ClassicProfessional golf tournament1976

  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.

• 2021Temporary venue changeStrategy

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

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

  Aftermath. The tournament returned to Columbia Edgewater in 2022.

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• 2020Reduction to 54 holes because of wildfire smokeOther

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

  What changed. The competition was reduced from 72 holes to 54.

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

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• 2013Adoption of a 72-hole formatGeneration change

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

  What changed. 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.

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• 2013Change in title sponsorshipStrategy

  Safeway ended its sponsorship after the 2013 tournament.

  What changed. 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.

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• 2025Event adopts The Standard Portland Classic name

  The tournament's title was updated to The Standard Portland Classic, reflecting a new naming arrangement.

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• 2022Portland Classic returns to Columbia Edgewater

  After its one-year stay at Oregon Golf Club, the tournament returned to Columbia Edgewater Country Club under the AmazingCre Portland Classic name.

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• 2021Tournament moves temporarily to Oregon Golf Club

  The event was held at Oregon Golf Club in West Linn, Oregon. Rain and course conditions resulted in another 54-hole tournament.

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• 2020Wildfire smoke shortens the tournament

  Poor air quality caused by regional wildfires led organizers to reduce the competition from 72 holes to 54.

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• 2017Stacy Lewis donates tournament winnings to hurricane relief

  Stacy Lewis won the tournament after announcing that she would donate her winnings to relief efforts related to Hurricane Harvey. She subsequently gave the full $195,000 purse to that cause.

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• 2015Brooke Henderson wins after Monday qualifying

  Seventeen-year-old Brooke Henderson Monday-qualified and won by eight strokes. She became the second Monday qualifier to win an LPGA Tour event and received immediate LPGA Tour membership.

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• 2014Cambia Health Solutions becomes the event's presenting sponsor

  Following the end of Safeway's sponsorship, Portland-based Cambia Health Solutions became associated with the tournament's title presentation.

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• 2013Portland Classic expands to a 72-hole tournament

  The event returned to Columbia Edgewater Country Club and changed from its long-standing 54-hole format to 72 holes. The purse was reported as $1.3 million, while Safeway ended its sponsorship after the tournament.

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