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Lilia Vu

Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu (born October 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. In 2023, she rose to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings and became LPGA Tour Player of the Year after winning four titles, including two majors at the 2023 Chevron Championship and 2023 Women's British Open.[1][2]

Lilia Vu
Personal information
Full nameLilia Kha-Tu Du Vu
Born (1997-10-14) October 14, 1997 (age 26)
Fountain Valley, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUCLA
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour5
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT2: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenT34: 2022
Women's British OpenWon: 2023
Evian ChampionshipT42: 2023
Achievements and awards
Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year2016
Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year2018
WGCA Player of the Year2018
Potawatomi Cup2021
Symetra Tour Player of the Year2021
Rolex Annika Major Award2023
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year		2023
LPGA Tour
Money Winner		2023

Early life, college and amateur career

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Vu was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California. Her parents are both first-generation Vietnamese immigrants. She began playing golf at age 7 after watching her brother and father at the driving range.[3] Vu was the winner of the 2013 AJGA Junior at Robinson Ranch, the CIF-WSCGA Championship in 2014, and the 2016 SCGA Women's Amateur. She placed second at the Canadian Women's Amateur in 2017.[4]

Vu enrolled at UCLA in 2015. As a UCLA Bruin, she was awarded 2016 Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year, and in 2018 she was WGCA Player of the Year, Pac-12 Conference Golfer of the Year, and Honda Award finalist. She was also three-time WGCA First Team All-American and All-Pac 12 performer, and ranked first on the all-time UCLA career victory list with eight individual titles.[4]

Vu made a series of successful appearances for the U.S. national team and won the 2018 Curtis Cup, earning four points, and won the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland with Jennifer Kupcho and Kristen Gillman. She also won the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup at Evian Resort Golf Club in France. Vu played in the U.S. Women's Open and the ANA Inspiration as an amateur, and at the 2018 ANA Inspiration she was the low amateur with a score of 285 (−3).[5] She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a total of 31 weeks in 2018 and 2019. Her reign ended when she turned professional in January 2019.[6]

Professional career

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Vu turned professional in January 2019 and finished T27 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2019 LPGA Tour, where she made one cut in nine starts.[1]

In 2021, she won three titles on the Symetra Tour and rose into the top 250 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time.[7] In addition to winning the Garden City Charity Classic, the Twin Bridges Championship and the Four Winds Invitational, she also collected the 2021 Potawatomi Cup and bonus prize money.[8][9] She finished the season first on the money list, winning Symetra Tour Player of the Year honors and earning her LPGA Tour card for 2022.[10]

2023: World No. 1, two times major title

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Vu beat Angel Yin in a playoff to win her first major at the 2023 Chevron Championship.[2] She took her second major with a six shot victory over Charley Hull at the 2023 Women's British Open.[11] The win moved her to number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[12]

2024: Injury and comeback

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On March 8, 2024, Vu withdrew from the Blue Bay LPGA after the first round.[13] After three months, returned to the tour at the Meijer LPGA Classic, recovering from a back injury.[14]

Amateur wins

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  • 2016 Women's Southern California Amateur Championship
  • 2017 Battle at the Beach, Pac-12 Championship, Silverado Showdown, Anuenue Spring Break Classic, Bruin Wave Invitational
  • 2018 Pac-12 Championship, Arizona Wildcat Invitational, Bruin Wave Invitational, Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Source:[5]

Professional wins (8)

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LPGA Tour wins (5)

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Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Feb 26, 2023 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-70-66-64=266 −22 1 stroke   Natthakritta Vongtaveelap 255,000
2 Apr 23, 2023 Chevron Championship 68-69-73-68=278 −10 Playoff   Angel Yin 765,000
3 Aug 13, 2023 AIG Women's Open 72-68-67-67=274 −14 6 strokes   Charley Hull 1,350,000
4 Nov 12, 2023 The Annika 67-66-62-66=261 −19 3 strokes   Alison Lee
  Azahara Muñoz 		487,500
5 Jun 16, 2024 Meijer LPGA Classic 69-70-68-65=272 −16 Playoff   Grace Kim
  Lexi Thompson 		450,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 Chevron Championship   Angel Yin Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai   Angel Yin Yin won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2024 Meijer LPGA Classic   Grace Kim
  Lexi Thompson 		Won with birdie on third extra hole

Symetra Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 May 2, 2021 Garden City Charity Classic −8 (69-70-69=208) 1 stroke   Beth Wu
2 Jul 25, 2021 Twin Bridges Championship −8 (70-67-68=205) 2 strokes   Rachel Rohanna
3 Aug 15, 2021 Four Winds Invitational −12 (68-69-67=204) 2 strokes   Ruixin Liu

Results in LPGA majors

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Wins (2)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2023 Chevron Championship 4 shot deficit −10 (68-69-73-68=278) Playoff   Angel Yin
2023 Women's British Open Tied for lead −14 (72-68-67-67=274) 6 strokes   Charley Hull

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T46 T40LA CUT 1
U.S. Women's Open CUT T34 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T10 CUT T2
The Evian Championship NT CUT T42
Women's British Open T41 1
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 3
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Women's British Open 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals 2 1 0 3 4 4 14 9
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2023 Evian – 2024 Women's PGA, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2023 Women's Britisih – 2024 Women's PGA, current)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins (Majors) 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2019 9 2 0 0 0 0 T72 3,830 176 74.88 n/a
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 24 22 0 0 3 8 3 918,939 30 70.20 20
2023 19 15 4 (2) 1 0 7 1 3,502,303 1 69.81 3
2024 8 6 1 0 0 2 1 558,825 18 70.04 5
Totals^ 60 45 5 (2) 1 3 17 1 4,983,897 85

^ Official as of June 16, 2024[15][16][17]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2014 548 [18]
2015 921 [19]
2016 n/a [20]
2017 n/a [21]
2018 623 [22]
2019 1,007 [23]
2020 n/a [24]
2021 244 [25]
2022 43 [26]
2023 1 [27]
2024 2^ [28]

^ As of June 17, 2024

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1.0 25.0
2023 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 def. M. Sagström 4&3 0–1–0 lost w/ J. Kupcho 2&1 0–2–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 1 dn
lost w/ D. Kang 2&1 		1.0 25.0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lilia Vu Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Lilia Vu wins Chevron Championship in playoff for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. April 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Lilia Vu Returns to the LPGA Tour Mentally Stronger". LPGA. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Women's Golf Roster: Lilia Vu". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Lilia Kha-Tu Vu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Women – Performances of the week – Kupcho moves back to number one". World Amateur Golf Ranking. January 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Lilia Vu". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  8. ^ Hudson, Melissa (August 16, 2021). "Lilia Vu wins Four Winds Invitational". ABC57. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "In The Winner's Circle With Lilia Vu - Four Winds Invitational". Symetra Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "Symetra Tour Championship Final Round News and Notes". Symetra Tour. October 10, 2021. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "American Lilia Vu wins Women's Open for 2nd major in 2023". ESPN. Associated Press. August 13, 2023.
  12. ^ "Lilia Vu rises to No. 1 in women's world golf rankings". ESPN. Reuters. August 14, 2023.
  13. ^ Imran, Khambe Huda (May 7, 2024). "LPGA Injury Update: Lilia Vu Quits Blue Bay Event Despite Confirming Illness Recovery". EssentiallySports.
  14. ^ Root, Alison (June 12, 2024). "'You Take Golf For Granted And Then Hit A Wall' - Former World No.1 Lilia Vu On Her Comeback After Injury". Golf Monthly.
  15. ^ "Lilia Vu stats". LPGA. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  16. ^ "Lilia Vu results". LPGA. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  17. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  23. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  24. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  25. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  26. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  27. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  28. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". June 17, 2024.
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