Top-seeded Lilia Vu cruised to a 4–and–3 victory over U.S. countrywoman Lauren Hartlage as group play began in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play on Wednesday, May 25, in Las Vegas. Vu, who is ranked fourth in the world, was level with Hartlage through 11 holes before winning each of the next four holes at…

SAN FRANCISCO—World No. 1 Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu, N0. 4, rallied on the back nine to help the United States earn a split of its first two matches against China on Thursday at the International Crown team event. “It was pretty much a grind, but then we kind of ran away with it toward…

Lilia Vu came from four shots behind to win her first major in a playoff over fellow southern Californian Angel Yin at the Chevron Championship in The Woodlands, Texas, on Sunday, April 23. In the playoff, the safe play is to avoid the pond short of the green at the par-5 18th hole at The…

THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Peiyun Chien, of Chinese Taipei, shot a 5–under 67 on a rainy Thursday, April 20, in the transplanted Chevron Championship to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year. Unable to find a sponsor willing to add to the half-century run at Mission Hills, the tournament—best known as…

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif.—Professional golfer Ruoning Yin shot a 1–under 70, –15 total, to edge out Georgia Hall (–14) for her first LPGA Tour victory on Sunday, April 2, at the DIO Implant LA Open at Palos Verdes Golf Club. The 20-year-old in her second season on the Tour made six birdies and five bogeys…

Mexico’s Gaby Lopez recorded a 7–under-par 65 on Thursday, March 23, to grab a share of the first-round lead at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Gold Canyon, Ariz. Los Angeles native Alison Lee and South Korea’s Jenny Shin also shot 7 under at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Taiwan’s…

American Lilia Vu made her first LPGA Tour victory a memorable one, rallying from a six-shot deficit with a final-round 64 to claim the LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club’s Pattaya Old Course in Chonburi, Thailand, on Sunday Feb. 26. Vu birdied five consecutive holes (Nos. 8–12) and claimed her first lead of the tournament…

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko mixed eight birdies and a bogey to shoot a final-round 65 on Sunday and win the BMW Ladies Championship in Wonju, South Korea. Ko entered the day a stroke behind Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul, but wound up at 21–under par 267 for the tournament. That was four strokes better American Andrea…

Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) members from Southern California have surged to the top of the leaderboards—including Andrea Lee’s first LPGA Tour win at the AmazingCre Portland Classic on Sept. 18, Danielle Kang’s return from treatment for a tumor to finish second at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sept. 25, and Lilia Vu in contention in both…