Lilia Vu

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Lilia Vu
Personal information
Full nameLilia Kha-Tu Du Vu
Born (1997-10-14) October 14, 1997 (age 24)
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 wins3
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT40: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2015
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP
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

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]

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.[2] She was solo third at the SCGA Women's Amateur Championship and tied for third at the Canadian Women's Amateur.[3]

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.[3]

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).[2] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8]

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:[2]

Professional wins (3)[]

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
2 Jul 25, 2021 Twin Bridges Championship −8 (70-67-68=205) 2 strokes United States
3 Aug 15, 2021 Four Winds Invitational −12 (68-69-67=204) 2 strokes China

Results in LPGA majors[]

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration T46 T40LA
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship NT
Women's British Open
  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances[]

Amateur

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Lilia Vu Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Lilia Kha-Tu Vu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Women's Golf Roster: Lilia Vu". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Women – Performances of the week – Kupcho moves back to number one". World Amateur Golf Ranking. January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "Lilia Vu". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Hudson, Melissa (August 16, 2021). "Lilia Vu wins Four Winds Invitational". ABC57. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "In The Winner's Circle With Lilia Vu - Four Winds Invitational". Symetra Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "Symetra Tour Championship Final Round News and Notes". Symetra Tour. October 10, 2021.

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