Hurst Prevails in Portland

Pat Hurst shot a final round of four-under-par 68 and held off Jeong Jang to win the Safeway Classic on Sunday at Portland, Ore.

Hurst finished with a 10-under 206 on the par-72, 6,327-yard course.

Hurst watched solemnly as Jang, who was at nine under, missed an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-4 No. 18 that would have forced a playoff.

Jang finished with a 70 for a nine-under 207, along with Kim Saiki, who shot a 67 on Sunday. Juli Inkster had a 70 to finish at 208.

Hurst birdied four of the first five holes to finish with seven, so she wasn’t hurt by three bogeys after starting the day in a group a stroke behind the leaders.

It was Hurst’s fifth victory on the LPGA Tour.

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Tom Kite took advantage of a wildly erratic Keith Fergus, who hit two spectators and the cart path three times during a one-hole playoff, to win the Boeing Greater Seattle Classic at Snoqualmie, Wash.

Kite, who began the round three shots behind second-round leader Don Pooley, shot a six-under 66 to finish with a three-day score of 15-under 201. Fergus reached 15 under with a 64. Pooley shot 70.