The stars are aligning on the LPGA Tour, as two-time major championship winner Lilia Vu captured last week’s Meijer LPGA Classic in her first start back after missing 11 weeks with a back injury.
World No. 1 golfer Nelly Korda and Vu will be back on the course together again at this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the third major of the season, which tees off Thursday at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington.
Vu, who was named LPGA Player of the Year after winning four times last season, including two majors at the Chevron Championship and AIG Women’s Open, has her sights set on returning to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. Of course, that spot belongs to Korda, who has already won six times on tour this season, including the first major at the Chevron Championship in The Woodlands, Texas, on April 21.
Korda won six times in seven starts — and an LPGA record-tying five times in a row — before cooling off in her past two starts with missed cuts at the U.S. Women’s Open and the Meijer LPGA Classic. She’s looking to bounce back after those two…
