(WXMI) — Lilia Vu won the 2024 Meijer LPGA Classic on the third playoff hole over Lexi Thompson and Grace Kim. Lu, Thompson and Kim all shot a -16 for the tournament leading to the playoff. All three golfers birdied the 18th hole twice before moving to the 4th hole. On the third playoff hole, Vu birdied while Thompson and Kim both pared.
Lilia Vu shot -16 in the tournament and a -7 on Sunday.
Leaderboard:
1 Lila Vu, -16 (3)
T-2 Grace Kim, -16 (4)
T-2 Lexi Thompson, -16 (4)
4 Ally Ewing, -15
T-5 Narin An, -15
T-5 Allisen Corpuz, -14
7 Kristen Gillman, -13
Vu's win comes in her first tournament back after dealing with a back injury for the past several months. She said that she struggled, and at times, cried on the range while trying to rehab her back and prep for this tournament. She was scared that she'd never hit a club competitively ever again. Those doubts were silenced on Sunday as she claimed the Meijer LPGA Classic title.
During her first win last year in Thailand, Vu was six back from the lead to start the final round, came back and won that tournament too. We asked her about what was similar to that day, compared to Sunday.
"I felt like, during my first win I had blinders on during the fourth round and was just focused on making birdies. I kinda felt like that today. I felt like I left some (birdies) out there too and so once I got the opportunity to the playoff, I got the tee box and my caddy turned to me and said 'there's nothing to lose now' so I just went out there and played," said Vu.
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