Golf: Ayako Uehara finishes third at Portland Classic

Japan's Ayako Uehara finished third outright at the Portland Classic on Sunday, moving up a notch on the leaderboard in the final round at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.Uehara completed a bogey-free round with birdies on the seventh, 10th and 13th holes for a 3-under-par 69.She ended the tournament 13-under with a total of 275, six strokes behind winner Marina Alex of the United States. Georgia Hall of the United Kingdom finished second at 15-under.Alex carded a final round of 65 to move past overnight leader Hall and Minjee Lee of Australia, who finished fourth.The 34-year-old Uehara sta…READ FULL ARTICLE