A year ago, she was panicked. Now, Lilia Vu is again a big threat

A year ago, Lilia vu Arrived at Chevron championship At the club in Carlton Woods, in Houston, as a defensive champion only in the name.

Vu, who entered the pond in 2023 after winning its first major championshipShe was fighting with a poor back injury that forced her to withdraw from protecting her title. But the injury did not cost him a great start – he also asked whether or not he was a professional golf or not Still current and its future.

“I was in the range and I couldn’t hit the ball 40 yards past,” Vu said on Tuesday at her pre-Turneut press conference in Chevron. “If I’m not doing this, how would I ever finish a round, you know, let me go away? At that moment, that was – you think about different things. Not even the protection of this tournament. I can’t even play a hole, so that was a kind of pass in my mind. It was a good time to reassess everything.”

The injury forced him to rest. That time was being agonized for a former world. 1 who burns to compete. But he also allowed Vu to take a step back, separate golf players from the person and find ways to become more rounded.

“(Injury) touched me deeply,” Vu said. “I think not being able to compete, that is something I love so much, I think that’s why I do it. I love golf. When you love your job and you want to compete and you are unable to do it, and your body is leaving you down, it is a hard one.

“I think this teaches you a lot of lessons that I feel like sometimes you need balance in your life,” Vu said later. “I think I got caught up with golf being my identity, and during those two months I saw a lot of families, a lot of friends. I couldn’t hit for a few weeks, so I was just doing other things. Read a lot.

Among the books he read was “Be water, my friend,” By Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter.

The book focuses on the philosophies Lee followed throughout his life, asking readers to see their lives through a different lens. She has given her a new vision to help determine her career and life.

“Talk about how water, when it hits the water, hits you again. It is very adaptable,” Vu said. “It can be so beautiful and calm. At the same time, there may be a storm that comes, and you can see how devastating it is. My getting out of that book is to be adaptable. That’s what I try to be every day alone.”

After two months away, VU returned to the course in June in Meijer Lpga Classic. She won. She ended up the second in her future start at the KPMG women’s PGA Championship and marked another end of the second place in her protection at AIG Women Open.

After it was filled with suspicion, Vu found rooted confidence in a changed perspective and a hyper concentration in “body consciousness and shaking”.

Shortly after she withdrew from last year’s Chevron, Vu added John Yamada, a movement specialist, on her team. Yamada helps to maintain accurate behavior to prevent back issues from lighting again. Vu says Yamada will tell her when she is “out of behavior”, and is often in the “worst goal of the day”.

A year later, Vu sees her 2024 rehearsals as something she needed. This helped her own center and find peace beyond golf. This made her more aware of what was happening outside the course and with her body.

It reaches back to Chevron ranked fourth in the world. It is a triumphant return even before a stroke is hit.

“I would definitely say it was a motive,” Vu said to return to healthy Chevron. “But I think last year I was in panic with (whether I) would play a round of golf again, let alone a round tour.

“I would say I’m in a much better place.”

Where she once was not sure what the future was holding, Vu is now certain that she can handle everything the future holds. Like water, it plans to adapt to whatever life throws it, both inside and outside the course.