The Portland Classic Amateur Open will be held at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, Ore., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, beginning at 7:00 AM. Any womanamateur golfer with an established USGA handicap of 2.0 or less is eligible to compete.

The winner of the event will earn a guaranteed spot in the 72-hole Portland Classic tournament proper to be held June 30-July 3, at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, OR. The second and third place finishers will earn spots alongside professionals in the tournament’s Monday qualifier to be held on Monday, Aug. 28. The top two finishers from the Monday qualifier will also earn entry into the Portland Classic.

Last year, Naomi Ko of Victoria, British Columbia won the Portland Classic Amateur Open. Ko, who plays for North Carolina State and who is a member of Team Canada carded a 1-under par 71 to earn the spot in the LPGA tournament where she made the cut and finished T-71. Sydney Maluenda of George Fox University finished second with a round of 72 and UCLA’s Mariel Galdiano finished third at 74 earning each of them opportunities to compete in the tournament’s Monday qualifier alongside professionals. Galdiano won the Monday qualifier to join Maluenda in the LPGA tournament after a late withdrawal by a pro created an opening for her to be granted an exemption.

Fourteen former Portland Classic Amateur Open participants have gone on to become members of the LPGA (Caroline Inglis, Allison Hanna, Angel Yin, SooBin Kim, Lee Lopez, Ayaka Kaneko, Paige Mackenzie, Jennie Lee, Sydnee Michaels, Jane Rah, Tiffany Joh, Mi Jung (MJ) Hur, Sadena Parks, and Ryann O'Toole). Mi Jung Hur won the Portland Classic in 2009, just two years after participating in the Portland Classic Amateur Open.

The Portland Classic Amateur Open will have a $95 entry fee and players can get an application by calling the Tournament Golf Foundation office at 503-626-2711 or by visiting the news section of the tournament web site, PortlandClassic.com. Entry deadline for the event will be Aug. 4, 2017.

The Portland Classic will feature the world’s top women professional golfers at Columbia-Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Ore., from Aug. 31 - Sept. 3. The 72-hole tournament features a purse of $1.3 million and broadcast coverage on the Golf Channel for all four rounds. BBrooke Henderson won both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments joining Kathy Whitworth and Annika Sorenstam to become only the third player in tournament history to successfully defend the Portland Classic title.

Proceeds from the Portland Classic Presented benefit children’s charities in Oregon. Through 2014, the event has raised nearly $18 million for a variety of local organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland, Trillium Family Services, Oregon Junior Golf, Easter Seals of Oregon, Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division, The Children’s Course/First Tee of Greater Portland, and Evans Scholars Foundation.

Tickets to the Portland Classic are available now at PortlandClassic.com