taiwanese golfer's shuiling earned her first lpga tour title at 13 under on sunday playing at the pierce silk championship in virginia the 26 year old golfer fought back from being two strokes down making an eagle on the 15th green and a birdie on the 16th to flip the scoreboard she's the first taiwanese golfer to win an lpga title since 2013. third hole same story for whaling she in search of her first win fourth shot at the par 5. the putt goes in and the 26 year old from taiwan makes birdie on the par five third for the second day in a row heading into the final round of the pure silk championship she was tied for the lead with thailand's maria getanagon one stroke ahead of us golfer jessica corda when the three of them walked off the 14th green giutanagan had a two-stroke lead of rashu at 12 under par but she made use of the 15th tee to flip the leaderboard she eagled on the par 5 15th hole to pull into a tie then chitanagon slipped with a double bogey which put her two shots down in second place victory was within grasp for the taiwanese golfer who extended her two-stroke lead in the 16th with another birdie she played the last two holes at even par to seal the pure silk championship what does this mean to you your family and your country one second i thought i won't cry it's okay this was shu's first lpga title in her seven-year career the golfer was overcome with a motion in a post-tournament interview i've been waiting for seven years i don't want to wear anymore so i'm sorry she's very emotional right now after winning the tournament she fought back tears as she spoke to press the 26 year old first appeared on the lpga circuit in 2015 and has since made the top 10 10 times she placed second in the 2018 pure silk bahamas lpga classic but until now victory has always eluded her remember all my coaches say all my family said especially on last night they told me it doesn't matter what i finished they're still proud of me and they still feel like i'm i'm a good player so i just those things i just show up like pop up in my mind she is the first taiwanese golfer to win an lpga title since when theresa liu won the mizuno classic a tournament co-sanctioned by the lpga and jlpga