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Sunday 17 August 2025LPGA TourYear in Review
Iwai wins the Standard Portland Classic
Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2025 · Akie Iwai’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · The Standard
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/18°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/18°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Gurleen Kaur USA · 268Closed with 65 but finished four strokes behind. ESPN leaderboard: The Standard Portland Classic 2025
144 started · cut -2, 66 made it
Same week
LPGA event
The Standard Portland Classic
Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Akie Iwai
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
17 August 2025
Actually, just very happy, but frankly, I want more.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
17 August 2025
It is not only because of me. It's kind of all the team works, team effort. Yes, that make it happen.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akie Iwai | 67 · 67 · 64 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Gurleen Kaur | 65 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Chizzy Iwai | 69 · 70 · 66 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| T3 | Linn Grant | 66 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 5 | Grace Kim | 68 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| 6 | Aditi Ashok | 69 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Kiara Romero | 67 · 69 · 72 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Sung Hyun Park | 65 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Lauren Coughlin | 68 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Haeran Ryu | 66 · 72 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 2002-07-05, Saitama Prefecture, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2021; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 29 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2025-08-11 (published by LPGA.com), row: 29 ‐‐ +1 Iwai, Akie ‐ 8813 JPN 71 196.6681 2.7700).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet