Lizette Salas

Lizette Salas
Personal information
Full name Lizette Salas
Born (1989-07-17) July 17, 1989
Azusa, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Nationality  United States
Residence Azusa, California
Career
College University of Southern California[2]
Turned professional 2011[2]
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2012)
Symetra Tour (2011)
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T25: 2013
Women's PGA C'ship T8: 2018
U.S. Women's Open T14: 2015
Women's British Open 6th: 2013
Evian Championship T11: 2013

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

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.[3]

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.[2] Lizette 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 May 18, 2014 Kingsmill Championship 67-68-65-71=271 −13 4 strokes Australia Sarah Jane Smith
United States Lexi Thompson
Taiwan Yani Tseng

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2013 LPGA Lotte Championship Norway Suzann Pettersen Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship South Korea Park Sung-hyun Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2018.

Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP T46 T25 CUT CUT T26 T35 T66
U.S. Women's Open CUT T15 T32 T20 WD T14 T26 T15 T17
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP T25 CUT T37 T19 T30 T11 T8
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP 6 DNP 43 T25 T14 T47
The Evian Championship ^ T11 T16 T70 CUT DNP T26

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00000175
U.S. Women's Open00000597
Women's PGA Championship00001476
Women's British Open00001355
The Evian Championship00000254
Totals00002153327
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2017 ANA – 2018 Evian, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nds3rdsTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
(US$)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2010 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a n/a 78.00 n/a
2011 1 1 0 0 0 0 T15 248,6581 n/a 72.50 n/a
2012 18 16 0 0 0 1 T9 242,035 51 71.72 31
2013 24 23 0 1 1 7 2 759,323 15 70.71 12
2014 24 20 1 1 1 4 1 669,106 24 71.45 29
2015 24 22 0 1 0 2 T2 531,096 31 71.36 25
2016 24 20 0 0 0 0 12 333,013 58 71.31 36
2017 27 23 0 0 1 8 T3 878,283 21 70.13 14
  • Official as of 2017 season.[6]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

1 Earnings 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[7]
201289[8]
201320[9]
201425[10]
201539[11]
201667[12]
201733[13]

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
%
Career 10 4–4–2 2–0–1 1–2–1 1–2–0 5 50.0
2013 3 0–1–2 0–0–1 halved w/ S. Pettersen 0–1–1 lost w/ S. Lewis 4&2
halved w/ B. Lincicome		 0–0–0 1 33.3
2015 3 1–2–0 1–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 3&1 0–1–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&2 0–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&1 1 33.3
2017 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 def. J. Ewart Shadoff 1 up 1–0–0 won w/ D. Kang 1 up 1–1–0 won w/ A. Yin 6&5
lost w/ A. Yin 4&2		 3 75.0

References

  1. ↑ "Lizette Salas LPGA Tour profile". LPGA. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lizette Salas LPGA Tour biography". LPGA. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Salas' golf trajectory isn't exactly par for the course". Los Angeles Times. March 22, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ "65th U.S. Women's Open Championship – Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 10, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Symetra Tour Stats". Symetra Tour. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Lizette Salas Stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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