"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

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