Houston Chronicle

The Woodlands’ Stacy Lewis ends her long victory drought on the LPGA tour.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Stacy Lewis came through for her hurricaner­avaged hometown and ended a long winless streak in the process.

Lewis, who is from The Woodlands, won the Cambia Portland Classic on Sunday and will contribute her $195,000 in winnings to the relief efforts in Texas. Her two biggest sponsors also stepped up, with KPMG matching her donation and Marathon Oil kicking in $1 million.

Lewis, 32, won her 12th LPGA Tour title and first since June 2014. She closed with a 3-under 69 to hold off In Gee Chun (66) by a stroke.

Lewis, who finished at 20-under 268, 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. In other golf news: • PGA champion Justin Thomas made three long birdies on a long, wet TPC Boston for a tournament­best 63, giving him a share of the lead with Marc Leishman going into a Labor Day finish in the Dell Technologi­es Championsh­ip in Norton, Mass. Leishman also played a bogey-free round and had three consecutiv­e birdies on the back nine for a 65. They were at 12-under 201.

• Scott McCarron won the Shaw Charity Classic for his fourth PGA Tour Champions title of the season. McCarron closed with a 3-under 67 to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez by a stroke at Canyon Meadows in Calgary, Alberta.

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