{"id":18875,"date":"2023-08-14T00:38:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/?p=17766"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:17:50","slug":"vu-secures-six-shot-victory-at-2023-aig-womens-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/en\/vu-secures-six-shot-victory-at-2023-aig-womens-open\/","title":{"rendered":"VU SECURES SIX-SHOT VICTORY AT 2023 AIG WOMEN\u2019S OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photo: Lourdes Molina<\/pre>\n
Lilia Vu stormed to her second Major victory of the year winning the 2023 AIG Women\u2019s Open by six strokes at Walton Heath. \u00a0<\/span>The American, who won the first Major of the year at The Chevron Championship in April, began the day as co-leader alongside England\u2019s Charley Hull on nine-under-par.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Vu got off to a strong start with a birdie on the second hole and followed it up with another on the ninth to be in control at the halfway stage of the final round.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old then added further birdies on 10 and 12 before she ran into trouble at the 15th but still came away with a bogey.<\/p>\n
But Vu soon bounced back with a birdie on 16 and finished in style with a birdie on 18 to seal a final round of 67 (-5) and win the final Major of the year with a total of 14-under-par.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t thank my team and my family enough for really believing in me,\u201d said Vu. \u201cIt was really hard for the past couple of months and somehow, they really believed in me and helped me get this win here.\"\"<\/p>\n
\u201cI love playing with Charley [Hull], she is so fun to watch. I remember looking back yesterday at the crowd and just wanting to play with her today. She is so great, so nice and I love playing with her. She\u2019s a really great golfer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been the best crowd I have ever played in front of in my life. I will remember this moment for the rest of my life. They have been so great; I know they were rooting for Charley, but they clapped for me too which is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
England\u2019s Hull<\/strong> finished in outright second place on eight-under-par after carding a round of 73 (+1) on the final day at Walton Heath.<\/p>\n
The three-time LET winner had two bogeys on her front nine but produced a moment of magic on the 11th<\/sup> chipping in from the bunker for eagle.<\/p>\n
Hull then had one birdie sandwiched between bogeys on holes 15, 16 and 17 to card a round of one-over and secure her best-ever finish in her home major.<\/p>\n
\u201cLilia played unbelievable, and I just don’t feel like I got a break to be fair,\u201d said Hull. \u201cStarting from the first hole, I hit a good putt and then on five, I lipped out.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a death lip-out all the way around the hole, and I didn’t feel anything went my way, even some lies that I had, and I was just running out of steam at the end. It\u2019s just annoying because this is my fourth second-place finish of the year and my second second-place finish in a major.\"\"<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I really feel like next year will be my time for me just because I’m going to really focus on working on that over this winter. I feel like I want to start tomorrow with my coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was shocked how many young kids came up to me. It’s quite cute and really inspiring because when I was younger, I used to look up to Laura [Davies] but it’s kind of cool how they are looking up to me now. The signs \u2013 it’s lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Korea\u2019s Jiyai Shin ended the week in solo third place on seven-under-par after shooting a round of 70 (-2) on day four in Surrey.<\/p>\n
There were two players one stroke further back on six-under-par with Korean pair Amy Yang<\/strong> and Hyo-Joo Kim<\/strong> in a tie for fourth place.<\/p>\n
A trio of Americans finished the week in a share of sixth place with Allisen Corpuz, Ally Ewing<\/strong> and Angel Yin<\/strong> all on four-under-par.<\/p>\n
Germany\u2019s Olivia Cowan<\/strong> carded a final round of 70 (-2) to produce her best-ever finish in a major championship with T9 alongside Andrea Lee<\/strong> of the United States.<\/p>\n
English amateur Charlotte Heath won the Smyth Salver, which is awarded to the leading amateur, and is the first English player to win since Sophie Lamb in 2017.<\/p>\n
In the 2023 Race to Costa del So<\/strong>l<\/a>, Celine Boutier extended her lead at the top of the rankings and now has 1,725.38 points to her name.<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s Ana Pel\u00e1ez Trivi\u00f1o<\/a><\/strong> still sits in second place with 1,433.20 points with India\u2019s Aditi Ashok in third (1,309.19) and Sweden\u2019s Linn Grant in fourth (1,276.28).<\/p>\n
India\u2019s Diksha Dagar has moved up to fifth place after finishing in a tie for 21st<\/sup> place, with Czechia\u2019s Klara Davidson Spilkova in sixth and Sweden\u2019s Johanna Gustavsson in seventh.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s Cara Gainer sits in eighth in the rankings and her fellow countrywoman Hull has jumped from 36th<\/sup> to ninth place and now has 985 points with Spain\u2019s Carmen Alonso in tenth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Photo: Lourdes Molina Lilia Vu stormed to her second Major victory of the year winning the 2023 AIG Women\u2019s Open by six strokes at Walton Heath. \u00a0The American, who won the first Major of the year at The Chevron Championship in April, began the day as co-leader alongside England\u2019s Charley Hull on nine-under-par. Vu got<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[45,893,864,881,892],"tags":[3753,1289,3754,3637],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t