Lilia Vu Wins 1st Main at Chevron Championship in Playoff

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Lilia Vu birdied the primary playoff gap to win her first main on the Chevron Championship after fellow American Angel Yin hit her strategy shot into the water on Sunday.

Yin’s second shot got here up brief and left and splashed into the pond guarding the par-5 18th gap, and Vu hit her strategy simply over the inexperienced. Vu went with putter from off the inexperienced and got here up properly brief, however she transformed from about 10 ft for the victory.

The 25-year-old Californian received for the second time on the LPGA Tour and took a celebratory leap into the pond, a practice borrowed from this event’s former venue at Mission Hills within the California desert.

Vu birdied her final two holes for a 4-under 68 and a four-day complete of 10-under 278 at Carlton Woods, then waited as different contenders — together with Yin — faltered.

However Yin, after bogeys on the sixteenth and seventeenth holes, birdied the 18th to pressure the playoff.

Vu performed at UCLA however thought of quitting the sport after a tough begin to her professional profession. She regrouped and received thrice on the developmental Epson Tour in 2021, then had a strong 2022 earlier than breaking by means of in February with a victory on the Honda LPGA Thailand.

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