Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu (born October 14, 1997) is an American

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and

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player. In 2023, she rose to number one in the

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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.

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 The 40th Curtis Cup Match was played from June 8–10, 2018 at Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale, New York. The United States dominated the match, winning by 17 matches to 3 including all 8 of the singles matches. Format The contest was a three-d ...

, earning four points, and won the

2018 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 29 August – 1 September at Carton House Golf Club on its Montgomerie and O'Meara courses in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It was the 28th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Esp ...

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with

Jennifer Kupcho Jennifer Anne Kupcho (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer. Amateur career As a junior at Wake Forest University, she was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award for golf. As a senior, Kupcho won the inaugural Augusta Nation ...

and

Kristen Gillman Kristen Gillman (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2014 and 2018. Early life, college and amateur career Gillman is one of ...

. She also won the

2018 Arnold Palmer Cup The 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from 6–8 July 2018 at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd time the event had been contested and the first under a new format in which women golfers played ...

Evian Resort Golf Club Evian Resort Golf Club is a golf course in southeastern France, located in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie. Overlooking Lake Geneva, it hosts The Evian Championship, formerly "Evian Masters," annually in September. From 2013 to 2018, The Evian Cha ...

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 solo third at the SCGA Women's Amateur Championship and tied for third at the

Canadian Women's Amateur The Canadian Women's Amateur is Canada's annual national amateur golf tournament for women. It is open to women from all countries and is played at a different course each year. History The first championship was held from October 14 to 17, 1901 at ...

. Vu enrolled at

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in 2015. As a

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, she was awarded 2016

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Freshman of the Year, and in 2018 she was WGCA Player of the Year, Pac-12 Conference Golfer of the Year, and

Honda Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...

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. Vu played in the

U.S. Women's Open The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...

and the

ANA Inspiration The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...

as an amateur, and at the

2018 ANA Inspiration The 2018 ANA Inspiration was the 47th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held March 29 – April 2, 2018 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its 36th year as a major champion ...

she was the low amateur with a score of 285 (−3). She was number one in the

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for a total of 31 weeks in 2018 and 2019. Her reign ended when she turned professional in January 2019.

Professional career

Vu turned professional in January 2019 and finished T27 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2019

, where she made one cut in nine starts. In 2021, she won three titles on the

Symetra Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

and rose into the top 250 in the

for the first time. In addition to winning the

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, the

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and the Four Winds Invitational, she also collected the 2021 Potawatomi Cup and bonus prize money. 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. Vu beat

Angel Yin Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Yin won the 7–8 year old Junior World Golf Championships, won the California State Women's Amateur as a 12 year old and agai ...

in a playoff to win her first major at the 2023 Chevron Championship. She took her second major with a six shot victory over

Charley Hull Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in th ...

at the 2023 Women's British Open. The win moved her to number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

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:

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Symetra Tour wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Wins (2)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

* Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (three times, current) * Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times, current)

LPGA Tour career summary

^ Official as of November 19, 2023
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

at the end of each calendar year.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and " ...

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(winners) *

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(winners) *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(winners) Professional *

International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a :wikt:biennial, biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. History It deb ...

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Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force beh ...

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vu, Lilia American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships UCLA Bruins women's golfers Golfers from California Sportspeople from Fountain Valley, California American sportspeople of Vietnamese descent Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent 1997 births Living people 21st-century American women 21st-century American people