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Lilia Vu
Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu (born October 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She has won eight professional titles, including two majors, with those victories coming at the 2023 Chevron Championship and the 2023 Women's British Open. She was the 2023 LPGA Player of the Year, and has represented her country at two Solheim Cups, winning in 2024.
The daughter of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants, she enrolled at UCLA in 2015, where she went on to rank number one on the all-time UCLA career victories list with eight wins. She reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and was on the winning Curtis Cup team in 2018. She first joined the LPGA Tour as a professional in 2019, but dropped off the tour at the end of the year and played on the Symetra Tour instead. She claimed her first three professional victories on the Symetra Tour in 2021 and rejoined the LPGA Tour for 2022. In 2023, she won four titles on the LPGA Tour, including her two major successes, and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time in August. She won her fifth LPGA Title at the Meijer LPGA Classic in 2024 and also competed in the Summer Olympics that same year.
Vu's maternal grandfather Dinh Du lived with his family in Can Tho in Vietnam. He spent several years constructing a boat, and in 1982, Du, his family, and a number of other Viatnamese residents set sail and left the country with 82 people on board. The boat developed a leak, and after releasing a flare, they were picked up by the USS Brewton of the United States Navy. The family eventually reached the United States and settled in California. Vu was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California, to parents Douglas Vu and Kieu Thuy. She began playing golf at aged seven after watching her father and older brother at the driving range. Her father acted as her coach, and her brother Andre later played golf for the University of California, Riverside.
Vu was the winner of the 2013 AJGA Junior at Robinson Ranch. In 2014, she won the KNC Champions Junior Classic, which earned her entry into the Kraft Nabisco Championship where she finished T46th. She also triumphed at the CIF-WSCGA Championship in 2014, and the SCGA Women's Amateur in 2016. She later placed second at the Canadian Women's Amateur in 2017.
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 a finalist at the Honda Awards. She was also a three-time WGCA First Team All-American and All-Pac 12 performer, and finished top of the all-time UCLA career victory list with eight individual titles.
Vu made several successful appearances for the United States national team, including at the 2018 Curtis Cup, where she earned four points as the United States triumphed over Great Britain & Ireland, and she won the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland with Kristen Gillman and Jennifer Kupcho. She was also a member of the team that won the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup 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 best placed amateur. She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a total of 31 weeks across 2018 and 2019. Her reign ended when she turned professional in January 2019.
Vu turned professional in January 2019 and finished T27th at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2019 LPGA Tour, where she missed the cut in eight out of nine starts. She lost her tour card, and subsequently joined the Symetra Tour (now known as the Epson Tour) for 2020. This initially proved unsuccessful, Vu missed the cut at four of the seven events that she entered during the year and posted a highest finish of T29th. During this period, Vu almost gave up golf and considered going to law school, but was encouraged to continue in the sport by her mother.
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. In addition to winning the Garden City Charity Classic, the Twin Bridges Championship and the Four Winds Invitational, she also secured the 2021 Potawatomi Cup. 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.
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Lilia Vu
Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu (born October 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She has won eight professional titles, including two majors, with those victories coming at the 2023 Chevron Championship and the 2023 Women's British Open. She was the 2023 LPGA Player of the Year, and has represented her country at two Solheim Cups, winning in 2024.
The daughter of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants, she enrolled at UCLA in 2015, where she went on to rank number one on the all-time UCLA career victories list with eight wins. She reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and was on the winning Curtis Cup team in 2018. She first joined the LPGA Tour as a professional in 2019, but dropped off the tour at the end of the year and played on the Symetra Tour instead. She claimed her first three professional victories on the Symetra Tour in 2021 and rejoined the LPGA Tour for 2022. In 2023, she won four titles on the LPGA Tour, including her two major successes, and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time in August. She won her fifth LPGA Title at the Meijer LPGA Classic in 2024 and also competed in the Summer Olympics that same year.
Vu's maternal grandfather Dinh Du lived with his family in Can Tho in Vietnam. He spent several years constructing a boat, and in 1982, Du, his family, and a number of other Viatnamese residents set sail and left the country with 82 people on board. The boat developed a leak, and after releasing a flare, they were picked up by the USS Brewton of the United States Navy. The family eventually reached the United States and settled in California. Vu was born and raised in Fountain Valley, California, to parents Douglas Vu and Kieu Thuy. She began playing golf at aged seven after watching her father and older brother at the driving range. Her father acted as her coach, and her brother Andre later played golf for the University of California, Riverside.
Vu was the winner of the 2013 AJGA Junior at Robinson Ranch. In 2014, she won the KNC Champions Junior Classic, which earned her entry into the Kraft Nabisco Championship where she finished T46th. She also triumphed at the CIF-WSCGA Championship in 2014, and the SCGA Women's Amateur in 2016. She later placed second at the Canadian Women's Amateur in 2017.
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 a finalist at the Honda Awards. She was also a three-time WGCA First Team All-American and All-Pac 12 performer, and finished top of the all-time UCLA career victory list with eight individual titles.
Vu made several successful appearances for the United States national team, including at the 2018 Curtis Cup, where she earned four points as the United States triumphed over Great Britain & Ireland, and she won the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland with Kristen Gillman and Jennifer Kupcho. She was also a member of the team that won the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup 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 best placed amateur. She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a total of 31 weeks across 2018 and 2019. Her reign ended when she turned professional in January 2019.
Vu turned professional in January 2019 and finished T27th at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2019 LPGA Tour, where she missed the cut in eight out of nine starts. She lost her tour card, and subsequently joined the Symetra Tour (now known as the Epson Tour) for 2020. This initially proved unsuccessful, Vu missed the cut at four of the seven events that she entered during the year and posted a highest finish of T29th. During this period, Vu almost gave up golf and considered going to law school, but was encouraged to continue in the sport by her mother.
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. In addition to winning the Garden City Charity Classic, the Twin Bridges Championship and the Four Winds Invitational, she also secured the 2021 Potawatomi Cup. 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.