Lizette Salas

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Lizette Salas
2013 Women's British Open - Lizette Salas (6).jpg
Salas at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameLizette Salas
Born (1989-07-17) July 17, 1989 (age 35)
Azusa, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [1]
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
ResidenceAzusa, California
Career
College University of Southern California [1]
Turned professional2011 [1]
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2012)
Symetra Tour (2011)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T17: 2019
Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 2021
U.S. Women's Open T14: 2015
Women's British Open 2nd/T2: 2019, 2021
Evian Championship T11: 2013

Lizette Salas (born July 17, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

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Early life and education

Born and raised in Azusa, California, Salas graduated from Azusa High School in 2007 and went on to play college golf at the University of Southern California, where she graduated in 2011 with a degree in sociology. She was the first member of her immediate family to earn a college degree. [2]

Amateur career

Salas earned a golf scholarship to the University of Southern California. She had three collegiate wins, was named the 2008 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010, and Pac-10 All-Conference First Team selection in 2009, 2010, and 2011. She also was an NGCA All-American First Team selection in 2009 and 2011. [1] Salas is the only USC student-athlete to be recognized as an All-American all four years. In July 2010 she made her first appearance in a professional tournament after qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open. She shot 79-77 at the tournament and missed the cut. [3]

Professional career

Salas turned professional in June 2011 upon graduating from the University of Southern California. She competed on the Symetra Tour in 2011, competing in seven tournaments and finishing 45th on the Symetra Tour money list. [4] Also in 2011, she made her first appearance at the U.S. Women's Open as a professional and finished T15. Salas participated in the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School in the fall of 2011, finishing 20th and earning full status on the LPGA Tour for 2012. Salas won her first championship on the LPGA Tour at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship winning by a four-stroke margin.

In 2015, Salas exceeded the $2 million mark in career earnings when she tied for second at the Meijer LPGA Classic. That year she competed for the second time on the U.S. Solheim Cup team. On the tour, she finished sixth on in driving accuracy and 10th in putting average. In 2017, Salas recorded eight top-10 finishes, including a string of four top-five finishes. Her season-best was a T3 finish at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship. She competed for the third time on the U.S. Solheim Cup team. In 2018, she recorded four top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the Kia Classic and the Indy Women in Tech Championship. [1] In 2019, she placed second in the Women's British Open.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1May 18, 2014 Kingsmill Championship 67-68-65-71=271−134 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Jane Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng
2Jul 16, 2022 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
(with Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Kupcho)		68-61-64-61=254−265 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Matilda Castren and
Flag of Malaysia.svg Kelly Tan

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12013 LPGA Lotte Championship Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen Lost to par on first extra hole
22018 Indy Women in Tech Championship Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hyun Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Chevron Championship T46T25CUTCUTT26T35T66T17
Women's PGA Championship T25CUTT37T19T30T11T8T5
U.S. Women's Open CUTT15T32T20WDT14T26T15T17T26
The Evian Championship ^T11T16T70CUTT26T13
Women's British Open 643T25T14T472
Tournament20202021202220232024
The Chevron Championship T24CUTT39CUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open T46T23T34T20
Women's PGA Championship CUT2CUTCUTT66
The Evian Championship ^NTT25T43
Women's British Open T19T2T54

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 000003138
U.S. Women's Open 0000071412
Women's PGA Championship 010236139
The Evian Championship 00000487
Women's British Open 02023699
Totals03046265745

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nds3rdsTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
(US$)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2010 100000MCn/an/a78.00n/a
2011 110000T15248,6581n/a72.50n/a
2012 18160001T9242,0355171.7231
2013 242301172759,3231570.7112
2014 242011141669,1062471.4529
2015 24220102T2531,0963171.3625
2016 2420000012333,0135871.3136
2017 27230018T3878,2832170.1314
2018 242202042822,0642370.6021
2019 2421011321,038,1521370.7026
2020 13110001T10192,0246271.7652
2021 2116020421,161,5941170.6431
2022 231710041762,0323970.7537
2023 1280000T13207,8859872.18108
Totals^2602202843817,596,60744

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

1Earnings prior to 2012 are unofficial because Salas was not an LPGA member.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2011353 [8]
201289 [9]
201320 [10]
201425 [11]
201539 [12]
201667 [13]
201733 [14]
201827 [15]
201919 [16]
202033 [17]
202120 [18]
202250 [19]
2023113 [20]

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career188–7–33–1–12–3–13–3–19.552.8
2013 30–1–20–0–1 halved w/ S. Pettersen 0–1–1 lost w/ S. Lewis 4&2
halved w/ B. Lincicome 		0–0–01.033.3
2015 31–2–01–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 3&10–1–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&20–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&11.033.3
2017 43–1–01–0–0 def. J. Ewart Shadoff 1 up1–0–0 won w/ D. Kang 1 up1–1–0 won w/ A. Yin 6&5
lost w/ A. Yin 4&2		3.075.0
2019 42–2–01–0–0 def. A. van Dam 1 up0–1–0 lost w/ A. McDonald 3&21–1–0 lost w/ D. Kang 4&2
won w/ D. Kang 2&1		2.050.0
2021 42–1–10–1–0 lost to M. Castren 1 dn1–0–0 won w/ J. Kupcho 3&11–0–1 won w/ J. Kupcho 1 up
halved w/ J. Kupcho		2.562.5

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  3. ↑ "65th U.S. Women's Open Championship – Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 10, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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