Lizette Salas

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.

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. 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