LPGA’s Lewis gives winnings to Houston

Stacy Lewis won for Houston.

Lewis ended a long winless streak Sunday at the Cambia Portland Classic, giving her US$195,000 in winnings to the relief efforts in her hometown area. Her two biggest sponsors also stepped up, with KPMG matching her donation and Marathon Oil kicking in US$1 million.

“Probably was more pressure, to be honest,” Lewis said. “Honestly, I think that’s what helped me through the week, just knowing people wanted me to do well. People wanted me to win this for Houston. To do it when I added pressure to myself is a pretty good, pretty cool deal.”

The 32-year-old, from The Woodlands, Texas, just north of Houston, won her 12th LPGA Tour title and first since June 2014, ending a frustrating stretch that included 12 runner-up finishes. She closed with a 3-under 69 to hold off In Gee Chun by a stroke at tree-lined Columbia Edgewater.

Lewis embraced and kissed husband Gerrod Chadwell, the University of Houston women’s golf coach, on the 18th green. She didn’t know he had made the trip to Oregon until he appeared on the green — after hiding out in the Golf Channel tower during the round.

“I was fine until he showed up, and then I started crying,” Lewis said.

Canada’s Brooke Henderson, trying to win at Cambia for the third straight year, had a 70 to tie for 15th at 10 under. The 19-yearold from Smiths Falls, Ont., had an eagle and three birdies in a fourhole stretch, but finished with a triple bogey on 18.

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp (73) was 6 under, while Maude-Aimee Leblanc (72) of Sherbrooke, Que., was 2 over.