Lilia Vu is Golfweek’s 2023 Female Player of the Year

Lilia Vu will get champagne poured on her after successful The ANNIKA pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican at Pelican Golf Membership on November 12, 2023 in Belleair, Florida. (Picture by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Pictures)

Lilia Vu gained her first LPGA title on the Honda LPGA Thailand in February and by no means appeared again. A pair months later, she gained her first main, the Chevron Championship in Houston, turning into the primary to leap into the pond on the Membership at Carlton Woods.

Vu gained her second main in August on the AIG Girls’s British Open at Walton Heath, and added a fourth title at The Annika in November. The 26-year-old grew to become the primary American to win two majors in a single season since Juli Inkster in 1999. She’s additionally the primary American to win the LPGA Rolex Participant of the Yr award since Stacy Lewis in 2014.

“I believe it’s been unreal for that to occur,” stated Vu of successful the POY. “I believe final yr I used to be telling (my caddie) Cole on the final gap, I keep in mind after the final spherical, final gap, I simply broke down in tears. I used to be simply actually arduous on myself. I used to be positively arduous on myself this yr, too, however a lot nicer.”