8 Nov 2023

Faith Vui on becoming first Samoan playing on LPGA tour

From First Up, 5:39 am on 8 November 2023

Faith Vui dreams of becoming the first Samoan to play on the LPGA Tour and the 18-year-old took a step towards that by writing her name into New Zealand golfing history on the weekend. Vui became the first Samoan to claim the New Zealand Women's Amateur Championship title after winning the 36-hole final at the Hamilton Golf Club on Sunday. Vui lives in Samoa and competes overseas when her family can afford it, with her father acting as her coach and caddy. She told sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe that she got into golf when she was 10.