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 name	Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu
Born	(1997-10-14) October 14, 1997 (age 27) Fountain Valley, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	UCLA
Turned professional	2019
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Former tour(s)	Symetra Tour
Professional wins	8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	5
Ladies European Tour	1
Epson Tour	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
Chevron Championship	Won: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship	T2: 2024
U.S. Women's Open	T34: 2022
Women's British Open	Won: 2023
Evian Championship	T26: 2024
Achievements and awards
Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year 2016 Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year 2018 WGCA Player of the Year 2018 Potawatomi Cup 2021 Symetra Tour Player of the Year 2021 Rolex Annika Major Award 2023 LPGA Tour Player of the Year 2023 LPGA Tour Money Winner 2023

Early life, college and amateur career

Vu was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California. Her parents are both first-generation Vietnamese immigrants.^[3] She began playing golf at age 7 after watching her brother and father at the driving range.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[5]

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).^[6] 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.^[7]

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, Vu won three titles on the Symetra Tour and rose into the top 250 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time.^[8] 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.^[9][10] 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.^[11]

2023: World No. 1, two times major title

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.^[12] The win moved her to number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.^[13]

2024: Injury and comeback

On March 8, 2024, Vu withdrew from the Blue Bay LPGA after a back injury. She returned to competition in June at the Meijer LPGA Classic.^[14][15]

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:^[6]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-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[1]	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

¹ Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	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
4	2025	Ford Championship	Kim Hyo-joo	Kim 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	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

Wins (2)

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

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Chevron Championship	T46				T40LA				CUT	1		78
U.S. Women's Open		CUT							T34	CUT		CUT
Women's PGA Championship									T10	CUT	T2	CUT
The Evian Championship							NT		CUT	T42	T26	CUT
Women's British Open									T41	1	T2	CUT

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	4
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Women's PGA Championship	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	2
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Women's British Open	1	1	0	2	2	2	4	3
Totals	2	2	0	4	5	5	21	12

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2023 Evian – 2025 Chevron)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2023 Women's British – 2024 Women's PGA)

LPGA Tour career summary

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	18	16	1	2	0	4	1	2,088,335	8	70.48	13
Totals^	70	55	5 (2)	3	3	19	1	6,513,407	62

^ Official as of 2024 season^[16][17][18]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year	Ranking	Source
2014	548	[19]
2015	921	[20]
2016	n/a	[21]
2017	n/a	[22]
2018	623	[23]
2019	1,007	[24]
2020	n/a	[25]
2021	244	[26]
2022	43	[27]
2023	1	[28]
2024	5	[29]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup: 2018 (winners)
• Arnold Palmer Cup: 2018 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy: 2018 (winners)

Professional

• International Crown: 2023
• Solheim Cup: 2023, 2024 (winners)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
Career	8	2–5–1	1–0–1	1–2–0	0–3–0	2.5	31.3
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
2024	4	1–2–1	0–0–1 halved w/ A. Valenzuela	1–1–0 won w/ S. Schmelzel 3&2 lost w/ S. Schmelzel 4&3	0–1–0 lost w/ A. Corpuz 1 dn	1.5	37.5