Lilia Vu was already smiling when her long, snaking birdie putt dropped into the cup on the 18th green, confirming her -- not that it was ever in doubt -- as the Women's British Open champion and a two-time major winner.
A first LPGA Tour win. Two major championships. An imminent ranking of No. 1 in the world.With accurate driving and relentless reliability on the greens, Vu took any potential drama out of the final round of the year's last major by staying largely out of trouble at Walton Heath and shooting 5-under 67 for a six-stroke victory on Sunday.
Vu responded with an approach to 3 feet for birdie at No. 12 and was never threatened down the stretch. From being outside the top 100 midway through 2022, her first year back on the LPGA Tour, she will become Monday the fourth American to top the women's ranking since it was introduced in 2006. She had five bogeys all week. The only one Sunday came at the par-5 No. 15 when she drove into the heather for the only time in the round and then found a bunker with her third shot.
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