THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Defending champion and world No. 2 Lilia Vu withdrew from the Chevron Championship on Thursday earlier than the primary spherical due to a again harm.
The LPGA introduced her withdrawal, saying the again harm she’s been coping with “flared up” throughout warmups. The again situation pressured her to withdraw from a earlier occasion this season.
The 26-year-old American was requested about her well being main as much as the event on Tuesday.
“It has been a tough couple months battling with my harm,” she stated. “It has been a little bit scary. I’ve positively cried so much on the vary typically as a result of my again simply could not maintain up.”
She added that she felt “95% there.”
Vu was the LPGA participant of the 12 months final season. She gained the Girls’s British Open after her Chevron victory.
