Sarah Kemp heads Australasians in Portland
Sarah Kemp – file photo courtesy of LPGA / Getty Images
North Coast New South Wales golfer, Sarah Kemp, continued her good season on the LPGA Tour when she led the Australasians in the field at this week’s Portland Classic in Oregon.
Admittedly, Kemp would finish in only a share of 21st but it continues a season which has already seen her finish inside the top 15 on four separate occasions and with earnings of now US$258,000 she is on track to better her previous best in 2021 when she amassed US$272,000 and finished 67th in the Race to the Globe standings.
Kemp is currently 66th in the rankings for 2023 and with another ten or so events on the schedule, many of which she will have access to, she has a chance of completing her best-ever season.
Kemp’s best finish of the year came at the Dow Great Lakes event in July when she finished 8th but of importance this week was that she bounced back from two consecutive missed cuts to perform well in Oregon.
LPGA Tour rookie, Grace Kim, did next best of the Australasians when she finished 26th.
Former winner of the event, Hannah Green missed the cut as did the out-of-form Lydia Ko who has finished no better than 31st in her last 13 LPGA Tour starts.
The winner of the event was yet another first-time winner from Thailand, the 19-year-old LPGA Tour rookie Chanettee Wannasaen (pictured).
Chanettee Wannasaen – image LPGA / Getty
