It took a solid 48 hours before Lilia Vu finally felt like a major champion. The whirlwind Sunday at the Chevron Championship didn’t allow her to sit back and take in all that she had accomplished, having birdied the last two holes in regulation at the Club at Carlton Woods outside Houston, then winning with birdie in the first extra playoff hole.
They were born only year apart and grew up only 60 kilometres from each other in the greater Los Angeles area, crossing paths time and again in junior golf events.