Jump to content
Check out the Spin Axis Podcast! ×
Check out the Spin Axis Podcast!
IGNORED

Lizette Salas - not your typical path to the LPGA

nevets88

By nevets88
in Tour Talk

 Share
Note: This thread is 5048 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Recommended Posts

  • Moderator
nevets88 Incredible Member

nevets88

Posted
  • Moderator
Posted

A profile of Lizette Salas, who birdied the last 3 holes of a 9 woman playoff to get the last available LPGA card. I never get tired of reading these pull yourself up by the bootstrap stories.


The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she used golf to become the first in her family to earn a college degree. She had spent much of last year traveling to tournaments on the L.P.G.A. Futures Tour in a truck with her father, sometimes sleeping in rest areas to save money. So with the last full-status tour card on the line in December’s L.P.G.A. qualifying tournament, Salas put her lifelong survival instincts to work.

...

"Her father, Ramon, struck a deal years ago with the director of golf at Azusa Greens Golf Course, a public course where he works as the head mechanic for the grounds crew.

“I asked Ramon to help me out with a few things at my house, but when I tried to pay him, he wouldn’t take my money,” the head pro Jerry Herrera said. “Instead, he asked me to teach his children how to play golf.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/sports/golf/lizette-salas-earns-spot-on-lpga-tour.html?_r=1&partner;=rss&emc;=rss&pagewanted;=all

Steve

Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades
1
1

1puttit Well Established Member

1puttit

Posted
Posted

Great article - thanks for sharing that. Looks like she's got some game too, currently T25 after three rounds in the Founders Cup.

“You don't have the game you played last year or last week. You only have today's game. It may be far from your best, but that's all you've got. Harden your heart and make the best of it.”

~ Walter Hagen


Note: This thread is 5048 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Want to join this community?

    We'd love to have you!

    Sign Up

  • TST Partners

    PlayBetter
    Golfer's Journal
    ShotScope
    The Stack System
    FitForGolf
    FlightScope Mevo
    Direct: Mevo, Mevo+, and Pro Package.

    Coupon Codes (save 10-20%): "IACAS" for Mevo/Stack/FitForGolf, "IACASPLUS" for Mevo+/Pro Package, and "THESANDTRAP" for ShotScope. 15% off TourStriker (no code).

  • Posts

    • Chris Brooks
      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By Chris Brooks · Posted

      Day 22 - 2026-01-11 More mirror work. Back outdoors tomorrow.
    • Shindig
      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By Shindig · Posted

      Day 11, 1/11/26.  Today was putting, along about 6' of carpet, with coins on the ground to keep me cognizant of what I'm doing.  I think this is the at-home drill from LSW. (Ugh, missed two of the last four days -- 1/10 and 1/8)
    • ConorHealy
      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By ConorHealy · Posted

      Day 9: 2026.01.11 Hit some balls at the range, concentrating on weight distribution at address, got some on film.
    • iacas
      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By iacas · Posted

      Day 468 - 2026-01-11 Loooooong day. Did some work in the patio door (as a mirror) when I got home.
    • M2R
      Mizuno Jpx One Driver & Fairway Woods

      By M2R · Posted

      I caught a video on this driver; the face tech seems crazy. Looking at the heat map for ball speed, hitting it basically anywhere on the face only loses a few percent ball speed. The surprising and counter intuitive part to me was that for flat faced clubs, ball speed loss is directly proportional to distance loss. For clubs with bulge and roll this is apparently not true. The surprising part of that story being that the max distance potential looks to be a tiny pee sized area for this driver, and I feel in general for drivers. The counter intuitive part being (the myth?) that blade irons have a pee sized sweet spot and missing that tiny spot causes dramatic losses. And that modern drivers, maybe 2017 on, have massive sweet spots and are ultra forgiving. Where in reality, if this heat map data is valid and reliable, it might be a bit of the opposite. This insane tech driver appears to have a pea sized "sweet spot" while Mizuno Pro 241 irons are 28% more forgiving compared to the average of all clubs measured. Not compared to other players irons, compared to all clubs from all categories, players to SGI! The Pro 241 being essentially just a solid chunk of metal with no "tech" at all. Which for me devolves into a whole mess of what is forgiveness really? And in measurable and quantifiable results how many yards, or feet, does that translate into?  
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Welcome to TST! Signing up is free, and you'll see fewer ads and can talk with fellow golf enthusiasts! By using TST, you agree to our Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Guidelines.

  I accept