Lilia Vu
Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu (born October 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer. In 2021, she won three titles on the Symetra Tour. Vu won her first major at the 2023 Chevron Championship. In August 2023, Vu took her second major at the 2023 Women's British Open.
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| Full name at birth | Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu
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| Claim to fame | winning three titles on the Symetra Tour in 2021, in addition to winning her first major at the 2023 Chevron Championship as well as her second major at the 2023 Women's British Open
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| Date of birth | 14 October 1997
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| Place of birth | Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, USA
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| Height | 5' 5" (165 cm)
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| Weight | 152 lbs (69 kg)
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| University | University of California, Los Angeles
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- She stood first in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 31 weeks in 2018 and 2019. Her stint ended when she turned professional in January 2019.
- In team events, representing the United States, at the amateur tier, she won 3 prestigious tournaments in 2018 – The Curtis Cup (the best-known team trophy for female amateur golfers, contested by teams representing the United States and ‘Great Britain & Ireland’); The Arnold Palmer Cup (an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers which, since 2018, has been contested between a United States team and an international team representing the rest of the world); and The Espirito Santo Trophy (a biennial world amateur team championship for female golfers that is organized by the International Golf Federation, the world governing body for the sport).
- She was also a 3-time ‘WGCA (Women’s Golf Coaches Association) First Team All-American’ and was named the ‘WGCA Player of the Year’ in 2018. That year, she was also a finalist for the prestigious ‘Honda Award’, an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of the 12 major collegiate sports (basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, soccer, and lacrosse).
- During her time at the University of California, Los Angeles (2015-2019), she was named the ‘Pac-12 Conference (a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States) Freshman of the Year’ in 2016 and the ‘Pac-12 Conference Golfer of the Year’ in 2018. She ended her collegiate career on top of her university’s all-time career victory list with 8 individual titles to her name.
- Lilia first came into the spotlight in 2014 when she finished as the runner-up at the AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) Girls Championship. About 2 years later, she won the 2016 Women’s Southern California Amateur Championship.
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