Australian rallies to defeat teen Noh
Australia’s Hannah Green overcame a threeshot deficit with a final round 5underpar 67 Sunday to win the Portland (Ore.) Classic and deny teenager Yealimi Noh’s bid to become the third Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour.
Green erased a threeshot deficit with two birdies over the final four holes at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. She finished at 21under and won for the second time this season, pocketing $195,000.
“This course is really tough,” said Green, 22. “I had to stay patient. I was giving myself opportunities.”
Noh, an 18yearold from Concord, led by three strokes entering the final round and held the same margin after 14 holes. But she struggled down the stretch and settled for a finalround 71 and 20under.
“It’s hard,” an emotional Noh said. “I tried my best. My shots weren’t going how I wanted today.”
Green cut the margin to two strokes with a birdie at the 15th and was one back after Noh made bogey at No. 16. Green forged a tie at 21under with a birdie at the 17th.
Green made par on the 72nd hole and Noh, after hitting her second shot over the green and sending her third a good distance past the hole, made bogey.
“It was all going good until 16, I think, just the last two bogeys on 16, and 18, really hurts, because I was playing OK up until that,” Noh said. “I really thought I could hang in there, but just made a couple of mistakes.”
Noh’s second place finish was worth $119,765.
Brittany Altomare carded a 69 and finished third at 17under. Canadian Brooke Henderson (71) and Nasa Hataoka (66) tied for fourth at 15under.
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