Lilia Vu produced a surprising five-under 67 to win her second main title, following on from her Chevron Championship win; Charley Hull claimed second at Walton Heath and Jiyai Shin took third forward of Hyo Joo Kim and Amy Yang
By Ali Stafford at Walton Heath
Final Up to date: 13/08/23 7:01pm
Lilia Vu cruised to a dominant victory on the AIG Girls’s Open
Lilia Vu registered a second main title of the season after holding off residence favorite Charley Hull to assert a six-shot win on the AIG Girls’s Open.
Vu began the day tied for the lead and by no means relinquished high spot throughout a powerful show at Walton Heath, the place the American combined six birdies with a lone bogey to card a five-under 67 and finish the week on 14 beneath.
The 25-year-old’s success follows her Chevron Championship win earlier within the season and sees her turn into the primary play since Jin Younger Ko in 2019 to win a number of ladies’s main within the calendar 12 months, whereas Hull needed to accept second after a irritating closing day.
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Charley Hull holed a sensational bunker shot for an eagle on the par-five Eleventh throughout the closing day
Charley Hull holed a sensational bunker shot for an eagle on the par-five Eleventh throughout the closing day
Hull holed a long-range par-save on the final to complete on eight beneath forward of Jiyai Shin, her second runner-up end in majors this season, with Jiyai Shin an extra stroke again in third forward of Hyo Joo Kim and Amy Yang.
Vu the star at Walton Heath
The ultimate group opened with pars earlier than Vu rolled in a 12-foot birdie on the second and bought up and down from the sand on the subsequent, the place Hull made bogey and fell two behind after discovering thick tough along with her method.
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Watch how Charley Hull rapidly misplaced floor on Lilia Vu with back-to-back bogeys early in her closing spherical
Watch how Charley Hull rapidly misplaced floor on Lilia Vu with back-to-back bogeys early in her closing spherical
Hull hit a poor tee shot on the fourth and missed the inexperienced along with her second on her technique to one other bogey, giving Vu a three-shot cushion when she two-putted from the perimeter for par, with the followers’ favorite then lipping out along with her 30-foot birdie try on the fifth.
Each gamers have been unable to benefit from the par-five sixth and needed to scramble pars on the seventh after failing to get on the inexperienced with their approaches, as Kim – taking part in within the group forward – made back-to-back birdies from the eighth to briefly lower the result in two.
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Charley Hull’s sensible birdie try on the fifth someway stayed out, leaving her having to accept par!
Charley Hull’s sensible birdie try on the fifth someway stayed out, leaving her having to accept par!
Vu signed off a bogey-free entrance 9 by making a 20-foot birdie on the ninth and added one other from a number of toes nearer on the subsequent, which noticed her go 5 clear when Kim dropped a shot on the par-five Eleventh for the primary of successive bogeys.
Hull briefly raised hopes of a back-nine cost with a sensational bunker hole-out for eagle on the Eleventh, taking her inside three, just for Vu to reply by firing a surprising method to tap-in vary on the par-four subsequent to revive a four-shot cushion.
Charley Hull’s runner-up end is her second in majors this season, following on from the US Girls’s Open
The pair exchanged pars over the following two holes because the chasing pack’s hopes light, whereas Vu gave Hull a lifeline when she needed to pitch out from the shrubbery after which missed the inexperienced along with her shot to put up a primary bogey of her spherical.
Vu’s lead stayed at 4 after her taking part in accomplice three-putted from lengthy vary to additionally drop a shot, with Hull’s hopes ended when she missed an eagle try from inside 10 toes on the par-five sixteenth and matching Vu’s birdie.
Hull posted a one-over 73 within the closing spherical
Hull dropped a shot after a wayward drive on the par-three seventeenth, the place protesters briefly entered the inexperienced with smoke flares earlier than being rapidly escorted away by safety, as Vu made par to take a five-shot result in the par-four final.
One other errant drive on the final noticed Hull hacking out into the golf green bunker earlier than she holed a spectacular long-range par save to stay on eight beneath, earlier than Vu poured in a prolonged birdie to finish a memorable win in model.
Shin posted a two-under 70 to take third spot forward of compatriots Kim and Yang, who carded rounds of 74 and 70 respectively, whereas American trio Angel Yin, Ally Ewing and Allisen Corpuz shared sixth spot.
World No 1 Nelly Korda ended the week within the group tied-Eleventh that contained Sweden’s Linn Grant, who struggled to a four-under 76, whereas Evian Championship winner Celine Boutier jumped inside the highest 20 within the closing day after a four-under 68.
Celine Boutier was chasing back-to-back main victories and third consecutive LPGA Tour title
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