With the third round cancelled due to rain, the LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic became a 54-hole shootout, Oh starting the third and final round four shots back in pursuit of her breakthrough win on Tour.

Without a top-10 finish since her tie for sixth at the 2020 ISPS HANDA Vic Open, Oh’s round of 3-under 69 was bettered by only three players on Sunday but it wasn’t enough to rein in two-time Major champion Jin Young Ko, her round of 69 delivering a comfortable four-stroke margin of victory.

Runner-up at the Kingsmill Championship in her rookie season in 2016 and twice again in 2019 at the Meijer LPGA Classic and ISPS HANDA Vic Open, Oh started her final round on the wrong foot with a bogey at the par-5 first.

Birdies at the par-3 fourth and par-4 seventh got her back into red figures before the halfway mark but it was not until late in her round that she was able to narrow the margin further with birdies at the 16th and 17th holes.

Back-to-back birdies for @suohgolf with one hole left for her at the @PortlandClassic! 👀

She's currently in solo second at 7-under!

Watch the final round on @GolfChannel now! pic.twitter.com/IV7knqpjk3

— LPGA (@LPGA) September 19, 2021

There was a missed opportunity to edge even closer at the par-5 finishing hole but the 25-year-old is expected to re-enter the top 100 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings as a result of yet another near miss.

Katherine Kirk’s tie for 26th equalled her best result since May, thanks in no small part to an ace at the par-3 12th in Friday’s second round.

Like Oh, Leishman started the final round of the Fortinet Championship in California well back but surged to the outright lead as he reached 7-under for his round and 15-under total at the par-4 14th.

Third-round leader Maverick McNealy soon rejoined Leishman at the top of the leaderboard who was unable to advance his score any further despite birdie opportunities at each of his final three holes.

“I didn’t really have a number in mind, to be honest. You just have to hit good shots out there,” said Leishman, who began the day tied for 26th before finishing in a share of fourth spot, four shots behind eventual champion Max Homa.

“If you’re not hitting good shots, there’s bogeys to be made. Obviously to be 6-under through 11 was to plan. Then just the last three holes, a little bit disappointed with that.

“Birdie opportunities on all three holes and wasn’t able to make any. That would have been nice to put a little bit more pressure on him.”

.@MarcLeish started the day 6 shots off the leaders.

His eighth birdie of the day just gave him the lead at -15. pic.twitter.com/xUNNf0JSxW

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 19, 2021

Ruing two double bogeys in his Friday round of 71, Leishman needed just 19 putts through his first 14 holes to take possession of the lead, a hot flatstick a nice way to start the new PGA Tour season.

“When I hit that putt on 13, it looked like it was going in, just shaved the edge. Then made a good one on 14,” Leishman reflected.

“When you start making putts like that, it’s fun. It’s fun to play golf like that because you don’t feel you have to attack too much. You can hit it to 20 feet and feel like you can make it, which takes a lot of pressure off your iron game.

“Hit a few loose shots early on in the week, but for the most part it was a solid week.

“It’s nice to get in the hunt, get the juices flowing. I love that, that’s why we do it.”

For the second week in a row Rod Pampling was in the mix on the Champions Tour before ultimately finishing two shots out of the Sanford International playoff won by Darren Clarke, fellow Australian John Senden and Steven Alker also recording top-10 finishes.

Results

LPGA Tour

Cambia Portland Classic

The Oregon Golf Club, West Linn, Oregon

Event reduced to 54 holes due to rain

Winner Jin Young Ko (KOR)          69-67-69—205  $US210,000

T2          Su Oh                              69-71-69—209  $110,744

T26        Katherine Kirk                  75-72-69—216  $12,194

T57        Hannah Green                  73-77-73—223  $3,620

MC        Gabriela Ruffels                76-76—152

MC        Sarah Jane Smith             76-76—152

PGA Tour

Fortinet Championship

Silverado Resort and Spa North, Napa, California

Winner Max Homa (USA)             67-72-65-65—269           $US1.26m

T4          Marc Leishman                 69-71-68-65—273           $315,000

T36        Aaron Baddeley               71-68-68-74—281           $32,608

T64        Cameron Percy                71-69-72-74—286           $15,120

MC        Lucas Herbert                   71-72—143

MC        Brett Drewitt                    74-72—146

MC        Danny Lee                         71-76—147

Japan Golf Tour

ANA Open

Sapporo Golf Club (Wattsu Cse), Hokkaido

Winner Scott Vincent (ZIM)         72-63-69-66—270           ¥20m

T13        Dylan Perry                     68-68-72-70—278           ¥1.853m

T16        Todd Sinnott                   73-68-72-66—279           ¥1.349m

T32        Anthony Quayle              67-71-74-70—282           ¥571,666

T38        Andrew Evans                  70-71-73-69—283           ¥460,000

T47        Scott Strange                   73-70-71-71—285           ¥280,571

MC        David Bransdon               75-73—148

European Tour

Dutch Open

Bernardus Golf, Cromvoirt, Netherlands

Winner Kristoffer Broberg (SWE)68-64-61-72—265           €147,370

T15        Ryan Fox                         72-68-69-68—277           €12,881

T27        Maverick Antcliff             73-67-71-69—280           €8,921

MC        Jake McLeod                    70-74—144

MC        Josh Geary                       71-74—145

MC        Elvis Smylie                      77-69—146

MC        Deyen Lawson                  74-74—148

Ladies European Tour

Lacoste Ladies Open de France

Golf du Medoc (Chateaux Cse), Le Pian-Médoc, France

Winner Celine Boutier (FRA)        68-66-68—202 €45,000

T54        Stephanie Kyriacou         70-72-75—217  €1,075

T64        Whitney Hillier                 72-72-76—220  €825

Korean PGA Tour

2021 DGB Financial Group Irvine Open

Farmy Hills Country Club, Korea

Winner Sanghyun Park (KOR)        67-65-65-64—261

T12        Junseok Lee                      70-68-69-67—274

T42        Wonjoon Lee                    67-75-67-74—283

T57        Kevin Chun                        73-69-70-77—289

Challenge Tour

Hopps Open de Provence

Golf International de Pont Royal, Mallemort, France

Winner Alfie Plant (ENG)              68-70-66-67—271           €32,000

T37        Daniel Hillier                     66-73-76-68—283           €1,320

66          Dimitrios Papadatos       70-71-74-78—293           €540

MC        Blake Windred                  77-72—149

Symetra Tour

Guardian Championship

Capitol Hill Golf Club, Prattville, Alabama

Winner Janie Jackson (USA)         66-66—132        $US26,250

T55        Robyn Choi                      71-74—145        $638

MC        Stephanie Na                   73-73—146

MC        Julianne Alvarez              70-80—150

MC        Julienne Soo                     74-77—151

MC        Soo Jin Lee                       79-74—153

LET Access Series

Lavaux Ladies Open

Golf de Lavaux, Switzerland

Winner Gab’le Macdonald (SCO) 69-71-69—209  €5,600

T28        Amy Walsh                      75-71-73—219  €504

MC        Kristalle Blum                   73-79—152

Champions Tour

Sanford International

Minnehaha Country Club, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Winner Darren Clarke (NIR)         63-70-65—198  $US270,000

Defeated KJ Choi and Steve Flesch at first playoff hole

T4          Rod Pampling                   64-67-69—200  $96,300

T7          John Senden                     67-70-65—202  $54,900

T7          Steven Alker                     65-70-67—202  $54,900

T11        David McKenzie               68-65-70—203  $41,400

T49        Mark Hensby                    65-71-75—211  $5,070

T65        Robert Allenby                  72-73-70—215  $1,994