UCLA alum Vu (64) gets first LPGA win

Lilia Vu rode a hot putter to claim her maiden LPGA crown with a one-shot victory over home favorite Natthakritta Vongtaveelap at the LPGA Thailand on Sunday.

Trailing the local rookie by six strokes at the start of the day, UCLA alum Vu, 25, unleashed eight impressive birdies, including five straight from the eighth hole to end her campaign with an immaculate round of eightunder 64 for a 22-under 266 total at Siam Country Club Old Course.

“Yesterday my dad told me that just one good round and I could win,” said Vu, whose maiden tour victory came after three third-place finishes last year. “That’s all I kept thinking about.”

Kirk gets f irst PGA title in eight years

Chris Kirk stuck his approach to the par-five 18th to tap-in range, and his birdie on the first hole of a playoff lifted him past Eric Cole for the victory at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Cole had a chance to extend the playoff, but his 10foot birdie lipped out, and Kirk secured his fifth career win and first since prevailing at Colonial in 2015.

“I was obviously very, very nervous today having not won in so long,” Kirk said. “Coming down the stretch, I felt good.”

Elsewhere

Charles Howell III shot an eight-under 63 to win the LIV Golf Invitational by four shots for his first title in the series, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico . ... Marcel Siem ended his eight-year wait for a fifth European Tour title with a victory at the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi by a single shot after his closing 68 edged out German countryman Yannik Paul.