Portland Classic
golf tournament
The Standard Portland Classic is a women's professional golf tournament in Oregon on the LPGA Tour. Founded 54 years ago in 1972, the annual event in the Portland area is the oldest continuous event on the LPGA Tour. Tournament Golf Foundation has owned the tournament since its beginning and also managed the Safeway International tournament on the LPGA Tour. It became a 72-hole event in 2013, after decades at 54 holes.
Proceeds from the tournament are donated to local children's charities; over $19 million has been donated since 1972. The tournament has had a variety of sponsors during its history.
Tournament names
1972: Portland Ladies Classic
1973: Portland Ladies Open
1974–1975: Portland Ladies Classic
1976: Portland Classic
1977: LPGA National Team Championship
1978: Ping Classic Team Championship
1979–1982: Portland Ping Team Championship
1983–1985: Portland Ping Championship
1986–1989: Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1990: Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship
1991–1994: Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
1995: Ping-AT&T Wireless Services LPGA Golf Championship
1996–2000: Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
2001–2002: Safeway Classic
2003–2008: Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi
2009–2013: Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola
2014: Portland Classic Presented by Cambia Health Solutions
2015: Cambia Portland Classic
2016–2017: Cambia Portland Classic Presented by JTBC
2018–2021: Cambia Portland Classic
2022: AmazingCre Portland Classic
2023–2024: Portland Classic
2025–present: The Standard Portland Classic
History
The event began as the Portland Ladies Classic in 1972, played at the Portland Golf Club (PGC) in Raleigh Hills for its first two editions. It moved to the Columbia Edgewater Country Club, west of the airport, then returned to PGC in 1975. From 1977 to 1982, the tournament was a team event and its prize money was unofficial. It returned to Columbia Edgewater in 1977, then went to the adjacent Riverside Golf & Country Club in 1980.
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