Lilia Vu

Vu made a series of successful appearances for the U.S. National Team and was on the winning 2018 Curtis Cup team, earning four points. She 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. She was 3rd at the SCGA Women's Amateur Championship and T-3rd at the Canadian Women's Amateur.
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 a 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.
Vu played in the U.S. Women's Open and the ANA Inspiration as an amateur. At the 2018 ANA Inspiration, she was the low amateur with a score of 285. She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 31 weeks in 2018 and 2019. Her reign ended when she turned professional in January 2019.
Vu turned professional in January 2019 and finished T-27th at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2019 LPGA Tour.
2019 Notes: Played in nine LPGA events and made one cut, T-72nd at the LPGA Lotte Championship. It was the most challenging year of her life, and she was ready to quit golf. She felt she had to prove something right from the start of her pro career, and when she didn't have good results, she lost her confidence. She played on the Symetra Tour in 2020 and 2021. She was 95th in earnings in 2020 and won the Epson money title in 2021. Vu won three times in 18 starts in 2021, earning victories at the Garden City Charity Classic, the Twin Bridges Championship, and the Four Winds Invitational. ... She had 10 top 10s and, made 15 cuts, and earned $162,292.
2022 Notes: Played in 24 LPGA Tour events, making 21 cuts with eight top-ten finishes. She was 30th on the money list with $918,939 in earnings and was 20th in CME points. Was T-8th at the JTBC CLassic and T-10th at the DIO Implant L.A. Open. She got to the semi-finals of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play. She finished 3rd when Ayaka Furue beat her 2 & 1 in the semis, and then she beat Andrea Lee 3 & 2 in the Consolation match. She was T-10th at the KPMG Women's Championship. Was T-8th at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open. Finished T-3rd at the Amazingcre Portland Classic, two shots back of winner Andrea Lee, and T-3rd at the BMW Ladies Championship, five shots back of the winner Lydia Ko. She was T-30th in her final event for the season at the CME Group Tour Championship.
2023 Notes: Played in 19 LPGA Tour events, making 15 cuts with seven top-ten finishes. She was 1st on the money list with $3,502,303 in earnings and was 1st in CME points. She was the Rolex LPGA Player of the Year. She was T-3rd in the Aramco Saudi Ladies International on the LET, two shots back of winner Lydia Ko. She won the Honda LPGA Thailand for her first LPGA victory, shooting 66-64 on the weekend to beat Natthakritta Vongtaveelap by one shot. Vu was six strokes back at the start of the final round and made eight birdies Sunday to shoot 64. Was T-7th at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Superstition Mt. She got her second win for the year, beating Angel Yin in a playoff at the Chevron Championship. Played for the U.S. team at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown and was 3-2 in the matches as the Americans finished 3rd. After that was forced to take three weeks off due to a sore back. On her return, she missed the cut at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the U.S. Women's Open. Vu got her mojo back and shot a final-round 67 to win the AIG Women's Open by six shots over Charley Hull at Walton Heath. She became the first female player to win two majors in the same year since Jin Young Ko in 2019 and the first American woman since Juli Inkster in 1999. The win moved Vu to No. 1 in the World Golf Rankings for the first time. She was a member of the U.S. Solheim Cup and was 1-3-0 in the matches, her only win coming in singles over Madelene Sagstrom, 4 and 3. She finished 2nd at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, losing a playoff to Angel Yin, who birdied the first extra hole. At the Annika Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, she shot 62-66 over the weekend to win by three shots over Alison Lee and Azahara Munoz. She ended the season shooting a final round 65 to finish T-4th at the CME Group Tour Championship.
2024 Notes: After finishing T-7th at the Honda LPGA Thailand, she was forced to withdraw from two Asian events due to an injury. She also had to withdraw from the Chevron due to back pain. She took the next two months off to heal the back problem and, at the Meijer LPGA Classic, made up an eight-shot final-round deficit by shooting 65 and then beating Lexi Thompson and Grace Kim with a birdie on the third extra hole. A week later was T-2nd at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, finishing three shots back of the winner, Amy Yang. She played at the Paris Olympics as a member of the U.S. women's golf team, finishing T-36th.