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

Early life and amateur career In 1989, Salas was born in Azusa, California. She was raised in the town. In 2007, Salas graduated from Azusa High School.

Salas earned a scholarship to play college golf at the University of Southern California where she graduated in 2011 with a degree in sociology, becoming the first member of her immediate family to earn a college degree.

During her time at 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. 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.

Professional career In 2011, Salas turned professional after 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. 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 T-3 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. In 2019, she placed second in the Women's British Open.

Awards and honors In 2008, after her first year at UCLA, Salas earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors. In 2009 and 2010, after her sophomore and junior years, she earned Pac-10 Player of the Year honors. She was Pac-10 All-Conference First Team three times: in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Salas also was an NGCA All-American First Team selection in 2009 and 2011.

Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1May 18, 2014Kingsmill Championship67-68-65-71=271−134 strokes Sarah Jane Smith Lexi Thompson Yani Tseng2Jul 16, 2022Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (with Jennifer Kupcho)68-61-64-61=254−265 strokes Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12013LPGA Lotte Championship Suzann Pettersen Lost to par on first extra hole22018Indy Women in Tech Championship Park Sung-hyun Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Chevron ChampionshipT46T25CUTCUTT26T35T66T17Women's PGA ChampionshipT25CUTT37T19T30T11T8T5U.S. Women's OpenCUTT15T32T20WDT14T26T15T17T26The Evian Championship ^T11T16T70CUTT26T13Women's British Open643T25T14T472 Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026The Chevron ChampionshipT24CUTT39CUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT46T23T34T20Women's PGA ChampionshipCUT2CUTCUTT66CUTThe Evian Championship ^NTT25T43Women's British OpenT19T2T54 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

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

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 8U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 12Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 3 6 14 9The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 7Women's British Open 0 2 0 2 3 6 9 9Totals 0 3 0 4 6 26 58 45 Most consecutive cuts made – 16 (2017 ANA – 2020 ANA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Best finish Earnings(US$) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2010100000MCn/an/a78.00n/a2011110000T15248,6581n/a72.50n/a201218160001T9242,0355171.72312013242301172759,3231570.71122014242011141669,1062471.4529201524220102T2531,0963171.362520162420000012333,0135871.3136201727230018T3878,2832170.13142018242202042822,0642370.602120192421011321,038,1521370.7026202013110001T10192,0246271.765220212116020421,161,5941170.64312022231710041762,0323970.753720231280000T13207,8859872.1810820241060000T3088,35214071.83n/aTotals^270 226 2 8 4 38 1 7,684,959 44 ^ Official as of 2024 season * 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.

Year Ranking Source 2011 353 2012 89 2013 20 2014 25 2015 39 2016 67 2017 33 2018 27 2019 19 2020 33 2021 20 2022 50 2023 113 2024 342

U.S. national team appearances Professional Solheim Cup: 2013, 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners), 2019, 2021

Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career188–7–33–1–12–3–13–3–19.552.8201330–1–20–0–1 halved w/ S. Pettersen0–1–1 lost w/ S. Lewis 4&2halved w/ B. Lincicome0–0–0 1.033.3201531–2–01–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 3&10–1–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&20–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&11.033.3201743–1–01–0–0 def. J. Ewart Shadoff 1 up1–0–0 won w/ D. Kang 1 up1–1–0 won w/ A. Yin 6&5lost w/ A. Yin 4&23.075.0201942–2–01–0–0 def. A. van Dam 1 up0–1–0 lost w/ A. McDonald 3&21–1–0 lost w/ D. Kang 4&2won w/ D. Kang 2&12.050.0202142–1–10–1–0 lost to M. Castren 1 dn1–0–0 won w/ J. Kupcho 3&11–0–1 won w/ J. Kupcho 1 uphalved w/ J. Kupcho2.562.5

References

External links

Profile on Yahoo! Sports Lizette Salas at the Symetra Tour official site Lizette Salas Profile at USC Trojans official site