Two-time 2023 major champion is fourth American to earn the honor of World No. 1

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 14, 2023 – For the first time in her career, Lilia Vu has reached No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings as of the latest Rankings update. She becomes the 17th different player to reach No. 1 as well as the fourth American since the inception of the Rolex Rankings in 2006, joining Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis and Nelly Korda, who has held the top spot since July 31, 2023. With Vu taking the top spot, Korda moves to No. 2, marking the first time in the history of the Rolex Rankings that the top-two ranks are from the United States.

Vu moves from No. 6 to No. 1 on the Rolex Rankings immediately following her win at the AIG Women’s Open, her second major championship victory and third LPGA Tour win of the 2023 season. She became the first American to win two major championships in a single season since Juli Inkster did so in 1999, and clinched the 2023 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award, the second American to win the award following Michelle Wie West in 2014.

“Being the best in the world, that's just crazy to me,” said Vu following her win in Surrey, England at Walton Heath. “Just thinking about the struggle I had this year and just to come out with that has been -- it's just incredible.”

Vu has earned three LPGA Tour victories in 2023, tied with Celine Boutier for the most wins so far this season. She became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Honda LPGA Thailand and soon after earned the first major title of her career at The Chevron Championship. She added her second major-title at the AIG Women’s Open on Sunday, becoming the third player since the inception of the LPGA in 1950 to enter a year with no career LPGA wins, then go on to win multiple majors that season (Se Ri Pak, 1998 and Meg Mallon, 1991).

Along with her three wins, Vu has earned one additional top-10 finish this season at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Superstition Mountain (T10). She was also a member of the third-place U.S. Team at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown in May at TPC Harding Park and will make her debut appearance for the U.S. Solheim Cup Team in September. She mathematically clinched her spot via U.S. Solheim Cup Team points following the U.S. Women’s Open in July.

The 25-year-old currently leads the LPGA Tour in the Rolex Player of the Year standings (154 points) and is second on the 2023 Official Money List ($2,519,386) and the Race to the CME Globe (2,068.618 points).

A 2019 LPGA Tour rookie, Vu regained full Membership for the 2022 season through the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card in 2021 after winning three times and earning Player of the Year honors. Prior to joining the LPGA Tour, Vu played collegiate golf at UCLA, where she was awarded the Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year in 2016 and was the WGCA Player of the Year, Pac-12 Conference Golf of the Year and Honda Award finalist in 2018. She was also a three-time First-Time All-American and won eight individual titles as a Bruin. As an amateur, Vu represented the United States at the 2018 Curtis Cup, Arnold Palmer Cup and Espirito Santo Trophy, and held the number one spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a total of 31 weeks in 2018 and 2019 before turning professional.

History of the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings Number One Position:

#	Player	Age (Y/M/D)	From:	To:	No. of Weeks
42	Lilia Vu	25/10/0	August 14,2023	Present	1
41	Nelly Korda (5)	25/0/3	July 31, 2023	August 13, 2023	2
40	Jin Young Ko (5)	27/10/15	May 22, 2023	July 30, 2023	10
39	Nelly Korda (4)	24/8/27	April 24, 2023	May 21, 2023	4
38	Lydia Ko (3)	25/7/4	November 28, 2022	April 23, 2023	21
37	Nelly Korda (3)	24/3/17	November 14, 2022	November 27, 2022	2
36	Atthaya Thitikul	19/8/11	October 31, 2022	November 13, 2022	2
35	Jin Young Ko (4)	26/6/24	January 31, 2022	October 30, 2022	39
34	Nelly Korda (2)	23/3/11	November 8, 2021	January 30, 2022	12
33	Jin Young Ko (3)	26/3/18	October 25, 2021	November 7, 2021	2
32	Nelly Korda (1)	22/11/0	June 28, 2021	October 24, 2021	17
31	Jin Young Ko (2)	24/0/22	July 29, 2019	June 27, 2021	100
30	Sung Hyun Park (4)	25/9/10	July 1, 2019	July 28, 2019	4
29	Jin Young Ko (1)	23/9/1	April 8, 2019	June 30, 2019	12
28	Sung Hyun Park (3)	25/5/13	March 4, 2019	April 7, 2019	5
27	Ariya Jutanugarn (3)	22/11/6	October 29, 2018	March 3, 2019	18
26	Sung Hyun Park (2)	24/10/29	August 20, 2018	October 28, 2018	10
25	Ariya Jutanugarn (2)	22/8/7	July 30, 2018	August 19, 2018	3
24	Inbee Park (4)	29/9/11	April 23, 2018	July 29, 2018	14
23	Shanshan Feng	28/3/8	November 13, 2017	April 22, 2018	23
22	Sung Hyun Park (1)	24/1/16	November 6, 2017	November 12, 2017	1
21	So Yeon Ryu	26/11/28	June 26, 2017	November 5, 2017	19
20	Ariya Jutanugarn (1)	21/6/20	June 12, 2017	June 25, 2017	2
19	Lydia Ko (2)	18/6/2	October 26, 2015	June 11, 2017	85
18	Inbee Park (3)	26/11/3	June 15, 2015	October 25, 2015	19
17	Lydia Ko (1)	17/9/9	February 2, 2015	June 14, 2015	19
16	Inbee Park (2)	26/3/15	October 27, 2014	February 1, 2015	14
15	Stacy Lewis (2)	29/3/17	June 2, 2014	October 26, 2014	21
14	Inbee Park (1)	24/9/3	April 15, 2013	June 1, 2014	59
13	Stacy Lewis (1)	28/1/2	March 18, 2013	April 14, 2013	4
12	Yani Tseng	22/0/22	February 14, 2011	March 17, 2013	109
11	Jiyai Shin (3)	22/6/4	November 1, 2010	February 13, 2011	15
10	Cristie Kerr (3)	33/0/13	October 25, 2010	October 31, 2010	1
9	Ai Miyazato (3)	25/2/4	August 23, 2010	October 24, 2010	9
8	Cristie Kerr (2)	32/10/4	August 16, 2010	August 22, 2010	1
7	Jiyai Shin (2)	22/2/28	July 26, 2010	August 15, 2010	3
6	Ai Miyazato (2)	25/1/0	July 19, 2010	July 25, 2010	1
5	Cristie Kerr (1)	32/8/16	June 28, 2010	July 18, 2010	3
4	Ai Miyazato (1)	25/0/2	June 21, 2010	June 27, 2010	1
3	Jiyai Shin (1)	22/0/5	May 3, 2010	June 20, 2010	7
2	Lorena Ochoa	25/5/8	April 23, 2007	May 2, 2010	158
1	Annika Sorenstam	35/4/11	February 20, 2006	April 22, 2007	61

Career Weeks at Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings Number One Position

Player	Weeks
Jin Young Ko	163 weeks
Lorena Ochoa	158 weeks
Lydia Ko	125 weeks
Yani Tseng	109 weeks
Inbee Park	106 weeks
Annika Sorenstam	61 weeks
Nelly Korda	38 weeks
Stacy Lewis	25 weeks
Jiyai Shin	25 weeks
Shanshan Feng	23 weeks
Ariya Jutanugarn	23 weeks
Sung Hyun Park	20 weeks
So Yeon Ryu	19 weeks
Ai Miyazato	11 weeks
Cristie Kerr	5 weeks
Atthaya Thitikul	2 weeks
Lilia Vu	1 week

Lilia Vu Becomes No. 1 in Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings

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