Green saves best until long

Hannah Green takes a selfie with the Cambia Portland Classic silverware 2019.

It took her last shot to hit the front, but Hannah Green didn't care.

Green overcame a three-shot deficit today to win the Cambia Portland Classic, an overflowing first-year pro Yealimi Noh in a dramatic finish at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club.

Green, who set up personal best LPGA Tour scores on day one and two consecutive minutes to set up the tournament, had started the last day three behind Noh after a lap in the third round.

Birdies on the third, fifth and seventh holes enabled her to close within a shot from the Californian, but a bogey on the 11th and Noh & # 39; s birdie on the 14th restored the margin with only four holes to play.

But when it mattered the most, the Western Australian found an extra acceleration.

Her little bird from 5m on the 15th turned the screws on Noh, who made bogey on the short 16th.

Green, who putted well throughout the week, then made the critical move when on the 17th she canned a curling, downhill bird of 6 m to level up.

Noh found the bunker of the last tee, blew her second through the green and then left a 4m attempt after she hit her chip for a long time.

Green let her lay putt from the pony well short, but got a delay when her opponent's putt slid past four.

The Mount Lawley member stood calmly over a putt of the same length that she made to win the KPMG PGA championship in June and made a perfect hit for her second title in just over two months.

"What I did really well to come along the route was to give myself opportunities for birds," said a delighted Green.

"I think the putt at 17 was clearly huge to get a draw with Yealimi who came in the last and then the clutch put on the last was something I will remember for a long time."

Green became the fifth multiple winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season and joined Jin Young Ko (4), Brooke Henderson (2), Sei Young Kim (2) and Sung Hyun Park (2).

She is the ninth Australian player to win multiple LPGA Tour events and the first Aussie to do so since fellow West Australian Minjee Lee in 2016

It jumped all the way to number 12 in the CME Race to the Globe classification of the tour and at the edge of the top 20 in the world when the ranking is updated tomorrow.

Green, always modest, said she didn't want to run ahead of herself, but was happy that her big breakthrough in the championship was no fluke.

"I was surprised at KPMG and again this week with my two low scores, so I don't want to get stubborn, but I don't want to sell myself short and get myself a little more in those positions," she said.

"I was actually very confident with the (last) putt, there wasn't too much break, it was downhill, but a similar situation as before (at the KPMG).

"I remember that experience, and earlier this week I was confident … and once I knew it, I knew it was going in.

"Normally I don't do a fist pump, but I did back-to-back on 17 and 18 because I knew it was clearly huge.

"It was a slightly different response to KPMG, a bit happier than emotional, but yes, it was really cool."

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