October 3, 2022 SPORTS THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 9 Think you’re an organ and tissue donor? Not if you haven’t told your family. Talk to your family about organ and tissue donation. Talk to your family about donating life. For a free donor card brochure, contact: Donate Life Northwest (503) 494-7888 1-800-452-1369 www.donatelifenw.org Department of Consumer & Business Services BOGEY BOUNCE BACK. Andrea Lee of the United States hits from the 12th hole during the final round of the LPGA Portland Classic golf tournament in Portland, Oregon. In a year of having to bounce back, Lee recovered from two early bogeys and pulled away with five birdies on the back nine on the final day of play. (AP Photo/Troy Wayrynen) Andrea Lee rises again to win Portland Classic for first LPGA title PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a year of having to bounce back, Andrea Lee recovered from two early bogeys and pulled away with five birdies on the back nine on the final day of play to close with a 6-under 66 and win the AmazingCre Portland Classic for her first LPGA Tour title. Lee took the lead for good with an 18-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole and then hit a superb bunker shot from left of the 17th green to save par and keep a two-shot lead. She was in the middle of the 18th fair- way when she watched Daniela Darquea of Ecuador finish with a third straight birdie for a 66 to pull within one shot. Lee drilled her approach to 15 feet and lagged her putt to within inches to tap in for the win. It was quite a turnaround for Lee, a former No. 1 amateur from Stanford whose game got off track to the point her LPGA status suffered and she started the year on the developmental Epson Tour. And then she climbed her way out of it, winning on the Epson Tour, taking advan- tage of sponsor exemptions with solid play and finally cashing in at Columbia Edge- water Country Club for her first win. Her face was awash in a mixture of champagne and tears, especially when she paid tribute to her grandfather, who died late last year. “He always believed I was a champion, and today I am one,” Lee said. This took a great deal of patience and resilience with eight players having a chance to win throughout the final round and every mistake seemingly magnified. Lee started in a three-way tie with Lilia Vu, another former No. 1 amateur at UCLA, and Ayaka Furue of Japan. Lee immediately fell off the pace with bogeys on the second and third holes. “I told myself to stay patient because I still had a lot of golf left,” Lee said. “I managed to get three birdies back, and then I kept going.” She finished with a 19-under 269 and moved to No. 18 in the Race to CME Globe. Darquea’s runner-up finish moved her to No. 59, a big week because the top 60 advance to the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in November. Dar- quea had been ranked No. 108 going into Portland. The real threat to Lee came from Esther Henseleit of Germany, who took the lead with an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 13th. She had a 6-foot birdie try on the next hole that caught the lip but didn’t drop, and she traded birdies with Lee along the back nine. Henseleit was one shot behind when she came up short of the 17th green, pitched about 12 feet long, and missed her par putt to fall two back. She finished with a par for a 66 and tied for third with Narin An (64), Hannah Green (67), Furue (68), and Vu (68). Maja Stark of Sweden, who earned her LPGA card by winning the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland, ran off five straight birdies on the front nine and was among the leaders until she ran out of steam. She shot 66 and finished eighth. Lee becomes the ninth first-time winner on the LPGA Tour this year. “It’s more than anything I could have imagined,” she said. “I can’t believe it, actually. I can’t believe I’m standing here after what I went through last year.” Lee won eight times at Stanford and won the Mark H. McCormack medal in 2019 as the leading amateur in women’s golf. But her confidence took a hit during first her two years on the LPGA Tour, which included the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. It felt like starting over at the start of the year, leading her to where she thought she always pictured she would be. India’s top court gives equal abortion access to all women Continued from page 5 were divorced or widowed, minors, rape victims, or mentally ill women — to obtain abortions up to 24 weeks, raising it from the previous 20 weeks. But the changes did not include single women, causing many to question why the law differentiated on the basis of marital status. “The artificial distinction between married and unmarried women cannot be sustained. Women must have autonomy to have free exercise of these rights,” Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud said. The court said denying single women the same access to abortion violated the right to equality before the law under India’s constitution. Abortion rights have been a contentious issue across the world, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned the Roe v. Wade judgement which had established a constitutional right to abortion in the country. “Internationally, judgements affect each other — and this is a landmark one because it recognizes a woman’s right over her body and reproductive freedom regardless of what governments and legislatures might say,” said Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nundy. The ruling came after an unmarried woman in a consensual relationship was denied an abortion by a lower court in July because she was past 20 weeks in her pregnancy. Later that month, the Supreme Court allowed her to get an abortion up to her 24th week of pregnancy, and last week extended that right to all women. Oregon Division of Financial Regulation The Division of Financial Regulation of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services is the state agency that regulates insurance companies, insurance agents and agencies. Consumer advocacy: Consumers with insurance complaints or questions may contact the division’s Consumer Advocacy Unit at 1-888-877-4894 (toll-free in Oregon). Insurance company regulation: The Division of Financial Regulation licenses and monitors insurance companies and agents doing business in Oregon to ensure they meet their financial obligations and comply with state laws and rules governing fair treatment of policyholders. 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