"It's more than just golf"- Lilia Vu prioritises Olympics gold 'a little higher' than a major victory, sets sight on winning at the Paris Olympics
After finishing T12 at the CPKC Women's Cup, Lilia Vu's next assignment comes at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Vu will represent Team USA along with Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang. The trio will be seen in action at the Le Golf National from Wednesday, August 7.
On Tuesday, Lilia Vu spoke about the importance of winning an Olympic medal. In the press conference ahead of the Women's Golf event, Vu said she prioritizes winning an Olympic medal over winning a Major. The 5-time LPGA Tour winner said:
"To me, an Olympic Gold would rank a little higher than a Major. I think in the sense that you're playing for your country and it's more than just golf. It's the Olympics which is the best athletes all over the world."
You can check out what Lilia Vu said about winning an Olympic medal over a Major in the tweet below:
In her five-year professional career, Lilia Vu has won 2 Major championships. Both her Majors came in 2023, first with the Chevron Championship and then the Women's British Open.
The 2024 Olympics will be the first time Vu will make an appearance at the games. It will be interesting to see if she can win a medal for Team USA.
A look at the women Lilia Vu will compete against at the 2024 Olympics
As Lilia Vu mentioned in the press conference, the Olympics is about some of the best athletes from different parts of the world fighting it out for three medals. Here is a complete list of the golfers Vu will be up against at the 2024 Olympics:
- Australia - Hannah Green, Minjee Lee
- Austria - Emma Spitz
- Belgium - Manon De Roey
- Canada - Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp
- China - Ruoning Yin, Xiyu Lin
- Chinese Taipei - Peiyun Chien, Wei-Ling Hsu
- Colombia - Mariajo Uribe
- Czech Republic - Klara Davidson Spilkova, Sara Kouskova
- Denmark - Emily Kristine Pedersen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen
- Finland - Ursala Wikstrom, Noora Komulainen
- France - Celine Boutier, Perrine Delacour
- Germany - Esther Henseleit, Alexandra Forsterling
- Great Britain - Charley Hull, Georgia Hall
- India - Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar
- Ireland - Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow
- Italy - Alessandra Fanali
- Japan - Yuka Saso, Miyu Yamashita
- Malaysia - Ashley Lau
- Mexico - Gaby Lopez, Maria Fassi
- Netherlands - Anne van Dam, Dewi Weber
- New Zealand - Lydia Ko, Momoka Kobori
- Norway - Celine Borge, Madelene Stavnar
- Philippines - Bianca Pagdanganan, Dottie Ardina
- Scotland - Gemma Dryburgh
- Singapore - Shannon Tan
- Slovenia - Ana Belac
- South Africa - Ashleigh Buhai, Paula Reto
- South Korea - Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang, Hyo Koo Kim
- Spain - Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz
- Sweden - Maja Stark, Linn Grant
- Switzerland - Albane Valenzuela, Morgane Metraux
- Thailand - Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit
- United States - Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang