Lilia Vu

Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu (born October 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer. In 2021, she won three titles on the Symetra Tour.[1] Vu won her first major at the 2023 Chevron Championship.[2]

Lilia Vu
Personal information
Full nameLilia Kha-Tu Du Vu
Born (1997-10-14) October 14, 1997
Fountain Valley, California
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 wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Symetra Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT10: 2022
U.S. Women's OpenT34: 2022
Women's British OpenT41: 2022
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2022
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

Early life, college and amateur career

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. Individually, she was runner-up at the 2014 AJGA Girls Championship behind Lauren Stephenson and won the 2016 Women's Southern California Amateur Championship.[3] She was solo third at the SCGA Women's Amateur Championship and tied for third at the Canadian Women's Amateur.[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 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).[3] 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.[5]

Professional career

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.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9]

Vu beat Angel Yin in a playoff to win her first major at the 2023 Chevron Championship.[2]

Amateur wins
  • 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:[3]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour wins (2)
Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
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 Thailand Natthakritta Vongtaveelap 255,000
2 Apr 23, 2023 Chevron Championship 68-69-73-68=278 −10 Playoff United States Angel Yin 765,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Chevron Championship United States Angel Yin Won with birdie on first extra hole

Symetra Tour wins (3)
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 United States Beth Wu
2 Jul 25, 2021 Twin Bridges Championship −8 (70-67-68=205) 2 strokes United States Rachel Rohanna
3 Aug 15, 2021 Four Winds Invitational −12 (68-69-67=204) 2 strokes China Ruixin Liu

Results in LPGA majors

Wins (1)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2023Chevron Championship4 shot deficit−10 (68-69-73-68=278)PlayoffUnited States Angel Yin

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship T46 T40LA CUT 1
U.S. Women's Open CUT T34
Women's PGA Championship T10
The Evian Championship NT CUT
Women's British Open T41
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins (Majors)2nd3rdTop
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 7 5 2 (1) 0 0 3 1 1,113,878 1 69.33 4
Totals^ 40 (2019) 29 2 (1) 0 3 11 1 2,036,647 186

^ Official as of May 14, 2023[10][11][12]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2014548[13]
2015921[14]
2016n/a[15]
2017n/a[16]
2018623[17]
20191,007[18]
2020n/a[19]
2021244[20]
202243[21]
20234^[22]

^ as of May 15, 2023

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References
  1. "Lilia Vu Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  2. "Lilia Vu wins Chevron Championship in playoff for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. April 23, 2023.
  3. "Lilia Kha-Tu Vu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  4. "Women's Golf Roster: Lilia Vu". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  5. "The Women – Performances of the week – Kupcho moves back to number one". World Amateur Golf Ranking. January 23, 2019.
  6. "Lilia Vu". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  7. Hudson, Melissa (August 16, 2021). "Lilia Vu wins Four Winds Invitational". ABC57. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  8. "In The Winner's Circle With Lilia Vu - Four Winds Invitational". Symetra Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  9. "Symetra Tour Championship Final Round News and Notes". Symetra Tour. October 10, 2021.
  10. "Lilia Vu stats". LPGA. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  11. "Lilia Vu results". LPGA. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  12. "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  17. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  18. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  19. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  20. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  21. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  22. "Women's World Golf Rankings". May 15, 2023.
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