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Akie Iwai Captures First LPGA Title at Portland Classic, Matching Twin’s Rookie Triumph

Her bogey-free 66 delivered a 24-under total in her rookie season after a wave of Japanese players claimed their first LPGA titles

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Japan's Akie Iwai celebrates her victory in the LPGA Portland Classic
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Overview

  • Iwai closed with a bogey-free 6-under 66 to finish at 24-under 264 and win by four strokes at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
  • She became the 10th first-time LPGA champion this season and the fifth Japanese player to triumph on the tour.
  • Twin sister Chisato Iwai shot a final-round 64 to tie for third at 19-under, making them both LPGA winners in their rookie campaigns.
  • American Gurleen Kaur carded a career-best bogey-free 7-under 65 to finish second at 268.
  • Amateur Kiara Romero shot 64 to tie for seventh at 16-under in her LPGA debut.