August 29 - September 01
Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon
$1,300,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Monday qualifier Yealimi Noh took a three-shot lead heading into the final round of the Portland Classic with an 8-under 64 on Saturday.

Noh (18), who turned down an offer to play for UCLA and instead went pro in February, fired eight birdies to move to 19 under at Columbia-Edgewater Country Club. Australian Hannah Green is second at 16 under after a third-round 73.

Noh, who is playing in her seventh event on the tour this year, had her previous best finish at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic where she tied for sixth.

If there is anyone who knows what Yealimi Noh is facing, it’s Brooke Henderson. In 2015, Henderson reached the Cambia Portland Classic field as a Monday Qualifier and won the tournament as a 17-year-old non-Member. With that victory, she successfully petitioned LPGA Commissioner Mike What for immediate Tour Membership. Noh has already turned 18 and does not have that hurdle ahead of her. But Henderson fully knows the challenges Noh will face when she takes to Columbia Edgewater in Sunday’s final round.

“I had I think a five-shot lead on Sunday, so I was just terrified. Just like don't give that away. I was just trying to make more birdies and stay ahead of the crowd,” said Henderson of her life-changing win four years ago. “It's really fun. It's the opportunity of a lifetime, and you can make it easier on yourself if you can go out and play one round well, as opposed to going to Q-School. If you can capitalize, it changes your whole life.

With a win

• Yealimi Noh would earn LPGA Tour Membership; she could accept immediate Membership, making 2019 her rookie year, or defer her Membership and rookie season until 2020
• Noh would become the third Monday Qualifier to win a LPGA Tour event, joining Brooke Henderson (2015 Cambia Portland Classic) and Laurel Kean (2000 State Farm LPGA Classic)
• Noh would become the first 18-year-old to win since 2016, when Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson both won at age 18
• Hannah Green would earn her second win of the 2019 LPGA Tour season, joining the KPMG Women's PGA Championship
• Brooke Henderson would earn the 10th win of her LPGA Tour career
• Brittany Altomare would become the sixth Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season