For a second week in a row, Lilia Vu has withdrawn from an LPGA event. Last week, the World No. 1 withdrew during Sunday’s final round at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. LPGA media reported that it was due to illness.
This time at the Blue Bay LPGA event in China, it’s being listed as an injury.
Vu, who opened with a 72 in China, said this at the start of the week in a press conference: “Last week my body wasn’t feeling great overall physically, and it was just Sunday that I couldn’t handle. So I took the whole day off yesterday and hopefully I can regroup and have a good week this week.”
Last summer, Vu had a back injury scare at the Mizuho Americas Open in New Jersey that forced her to withdraw. She took nearly a month off before returning at the KPMG Women’s PGA in late June.
“I’m really grateful to be here right now because it could have been bad with my back,” Vu said last year at the KPMG.
The 2023 Chevron Championship is coming in five weeks, and Vu will be looking to defend her title in Texas.