Portland LPGA event gets sponsor

The Portland LPGA stop at Columbia Edgewater Country Club has a new sponsor. The event is now being called the Portland Classic Presented by Cambria Health Solutions. The tournament will be held Aug. 8-31 with a four-day event.

The tournament is the longest-running event on the LPGA Tour. The event began in 1972 in Portland.

This year’s tournament will feature a purse of $1.3 million with 500 points being awarded to the winner in the race to CME Globe, a year-long points race on the LPGA Tour that started this year.

Suzanne Pettersen fired a final-round 67 to win last year’s tournament.