Lilia Vu, Nelly Korda headline 2023 LPGA Portland Classic

Lilia Vu tosses her ball to her caddie on the 13th hole during the pro-am at the LPGA CPKC Canadian Women's Open golf tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)AP

Lilia Vu and Nelly Korda top the Rolex Women’s Golf World Rankings, and both will be at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland this week to headline the 2023 LPGA Portland Classic.

Vu has three victories this year, including last month’s AIG Women’s Open that vaulted her to No. 1 in the rankings for the first time in her career. Korda hasn’t won in 2023 but has seven top-10 finishes.

Here are some other players watch and some details to know about the tournament.

2023 PORTLAND CLASSIC

When: Thursday-Sunday

Where: Columbia Edgewater Country Club

TV channel: Golf Channel, 3-6 p.m. PT Thursday-Sunday

Live stream: Peacock, 3-6 p.m. PT Thursday-Sunday

2022 champion: Andrea Lee

Format: 144 players, 72 holes of stroke play, cut to 65 players (and ties) after 36 holes

Purse: $1.5 million; winner’s share: $225,000

Par: 72

Yardage: 6,467

More players to watch

Rose Zhang: The 20-year-old turned pro in May after winning the NCAA individual title for the second year in a row. Zhang wasted no time making her mark, winning the Mizuho Americas Open in her LPGA debut. She already has three top-10 finishes.

Andrea Lee: After earning her first LPGA victory by winning the Portland Classic in 2022, Lee is back to defend her title. She told reporters Wednesday that Portland will always have a special place in her heart. “Just all the emotions I feel like are coming back as I look at 18 and the moment that I had with my dad last year, just kind of crying it out and having that embrace after I won,” Lee said. Her best performances this year came last month, when she finished tied for ninth at both the FREED GROUP Women’s Scottish Open and the AIG Women’s Open.

Caroline Inglis: The former Oregon Ducks standout, now 29, made eight cuts in 17 events in 2022. That included a run to a tie for 15th at the Portland Classic in front of a group of vocal supporters. Inglis has made seven cuts this season, with her best finish a tie for 11th at the LOTTE Championship in April.

Kyra Ly: The Oregon State sophomore and graduate of Portland’s Cleveland High School earned a sponsor invitation to the tournament. “I really want to go into this tournament not expecting too much,” Ly told reporters Tuesday. “I mean, I am playing with the best in the world, so making the cut would be nice, but I’m really not going to set my expectations too high.”

-- Joel Odom; [email protected]

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