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Lizette Salas Teams Up with Jennifer Kupcho to Win Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational

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Lizette Salas has added another title to her resume…

The 33-year-old Latina golfer and Jennifer Kupcho teamed up to win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, closing with a 9-under 61 in best-ball play for a 5-stroke victory in the LPGA Tour‘s only team event.

Lizette SalasThe U.S. Solheim Cup partners finished at 26-under 254 at Midland Country Club. They opened Wednesday with a 68 in alternate shot, shot a best-ball 61 on Thursday and took a 4-stroke lead Friday with an alternate-shot 64.

Salas won her second tour title. She had previously won the 2014 Kingsmill Championship.

Kupcho won for the third time this year and in her career. She won the major Chevron Championship in early April in the California desert and the Meijer LPGA Classic last month in Belmont, Michigan. Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan were second after a 62.

Former Arkansas players Stacy Lewis and Maria Fassi shot a 59 to finish third at 20 under.

Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol had a 61 to match Tiffany Chan and Haeji Kang at 19 under. Chan and Kang shot a 62.

Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom, tied for the first-round lead, closed with a 66 to tie for 28th at 11 under.

The 51-year-old Sorenstam made her second LPGA Tour start of the year and only her third since retiring after the 2008 season. The Hall of Famer missed the cut last month in the U.S. Women’s Open.

Lizette Salas Named to Team USA at 2019 Solheim Cup

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Lizette Salas is ready to represent…

The 30-year-old Latina professional golfer, who currently plays on the LPGA Tour, will represent the United States at the 2019 Solheim Cup.

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In addition to Salas, Team USAwill consist of Lexi Thompson, Danielle Kang, Nelly Korda, Jessica Korda, Marina Alex,Megan Khang, Brittany Altomare, Angel Yin, Annie Park,Morgan Presseland Stacy Lewis.

In three weeks, The Solheim Cupwill return to the “home of golf” for the first time since 2000. U.S. captain Juli Inksterand her team of 12 will take on Team Europecaptain Catriona Matthewand her 12 players at the PGA Centenary Courseat Gleneagles in Perthshire, Scotland on September 13-15. 

Team USA will be on the hunt for a third successive Solheim Cup victory under Inkster. 

Over the course of three days in Scotland, Team USA and Team Europe will go head-to-head in the biggest event in women’s golf. Following the same format as the Ryder Cup, the teams will face off in 28 matches — eight foursomes and eight fourballs over the first two days and 12 singles on the final day.

This will be Salas’ fourth time taking part in the cup. She previously played at the Solheim Cup in 2013, 2015 and 2017, with Team USA winning in  2015 and 2017.