Ladies of the Links: Featured Player — Lizette Salas
Mar 15th 2021
Lizette Salas was born on July 19,1989 in Azusa, California. She started playing golf at the age of seven under the guidance of her father, who she still credits as her greatest influence. After graduating high school in 2007, Salas attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a golf scholarship.Salas was named the 2008 Pacific Athletic Conference-10 Freshman of the Year. She added Pac-10 Player of the Year honors the following two years and made First Team All-Pac-10 three consecuti
Nelly Korda was born on July 28, 1998 in Bradenton, Florida. The daughter of former professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova, Korda’s role models growing up were tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.Just shy of her 15th birthday, Korda played in the U.S. Women’s Open and made the cut, finishing tied for 64th. Two years later, Korda was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup, and won the Harter Hall Invitational and the PING Invitational. Korda was recognized fo
