KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2021, Day 1: Lizette Salas leads over Charley Hull

KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2021, Highlands Course, Atlanta:  24-27 June

 

From LPGA Tournament News:

Lizette Salas had the round of her life on Sunday at the 2019 AIG Women’s Open, scorching Woburn for a 65, a brilliant effort that fell one stroke short of Hinako Shibuno, who birdied the last hole to win. On Thursday, Salas was equally impressive, handling Atlanta Athletic Club in five-under-par 67, one stroke better than Charley Hull in the first-round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Driving the ball brilliantly – she missed only two fairways on the demanding Highlands Course – and playing with renewed confidence, Salas was bogey freeRead more

From Golf Canada:

Lizette Salas was in her happy place Thursday, and not just because she kept bogeys off her card at tough Atlanta Athletic Club and posted a 5-under 67 for a one-shot lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Her game is rounding into form as the Solheim Cup approaches. That’s a big deal to her, too.

But the broad smile went well beyond golf.  Read more

From Yahoo!Sports by Beth Ann Nichols:

Lizette Salas said something striking when she came in to talk about her flawless 5-under 67 to lead the KPMG Women’s PGA: “I’m not afraid to be out here anymore.”

An unexpected and vulnerable admission from a 31-year-old veteran of four Solheim Cup teams and winner of the 2014 Kingsmill...

Salas, who leads by two early on at Atlanta Athletic Club’s Highlands Course, talked at length with the press after her round about the mental hurdles she faced in 2020...  Read more

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