England's Georgia Hall won the Cambia Portland Classic, her first North American LPGA Tour title, on the second play-off hole, over South African Ashleigh Buhai on Sunday in Oregon. Due to the fires in the Northwestern United States affecting the air quality, the tournament took place over three rounds instead of four. Céline Boutier first French finishes 17th, Perrine Delacour 35th.

Cambia Portland Classic: first victory for Georgia Hall

Georgia Hall - © LPGA Tour

Georgia Hall won Sunday's Cambia Portland Classic, her first victory on the LPGA Tour, beating Ashleigh Buhai on a par on the second playoff hole.

"I was quite upset to have made a bogey on the last hole"said Hall.“I had to pull myself together and come back to try to win this playoff. "

Hall completed his last lap at 68 (-4). With a bogey on the third par-4, and birdies on holes 5-7 and 10-12 and five consecutive pars before concluding with a bogey to go to the playoff.

"The flags are so delicate today"said Hall. “I knew the score wouldn't be that low. I had a very good performance in the middle, on three or four in a row. I had to hold on on the last few holes. "

Buhai, 31, from South Africa, made four birdies on the last five holes for a score of 65 - tying Danielle Kang for the fastest lap of the day.

"Playing good shots downhill in a straight line", Buhai said. “You know, with adrenaline, it's hard to calculate. There's not much you can do, and it's just a misinterpreted putt. Just a little misread. "

She missed a chance to secure her first victory on the LPGA Tour.

"I can't say that I really want to party right now", said Buhai. “I have finished second in the past and found it to be a good week. I'm obviously a little disappointed, but there have been a lot more positives than negatives this week, and I have to take that into account in the next tournament. "

Moriya Jutanugarn (67) and Yealimi Noh (69) finished one stroke from participation in the playoffs.

Second-round leader Mel Reid (74) was 10 under par, along with Inbee Park (66), Caroline Masson (66), Mariah Stackhouse (67), Cheyenne Knight (68), Robynn Ree (66) and Jasmine Suwannapura (68).

Kang led the group with 9 under par. Defending champion Hannah Green, two strokes behind Reid, rolled a 73 to finish at 9 under par.

Sophia Popov shot a 70 to finish 24th (-6), for her first start as a member of the LPGA Tour. The German won the Women's British Open, but missed out on ANA Inspiration last week, with the field being set up in April, when it was postponed due to a COVID-19 pandemic.

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