No Laying Up - Golf Podcast - NLU Podcast, Episode 225: KPMG Women's PGA Championship Recap + Lizette Salas

Episode Date: June 24, 2019

We had a blast of a week at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Soly and Randy recap Hannah Green's win, what it's like to attend an LPGA major, what listeners can learn from LPGA Players, Big Randy's first Pro-Am, Nelly Korda, Danielle Kang, Ariya Jutanugarn, and a ton more. On the back end, Lizette Salas joins to talk about her modest upbringing, and how she's carved a career out on the LPGA Tour. This was recorded before her tremendous T5 finish on Sunday. Thanks everyone for tuning in this week to our LPGA content, it was a blast to produce.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm going to be the right club today. Yes! That is better than most. I'm not in. That is better than most. Better than most! Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the No-Lang-Up podcast. Not really going to be much of a traveler's recap. Big Randy, I'm the big guy, this is Sally, and me and Big Randy are here in Minneapolis. We might have to pay taxes in Minnesota this year. We've been here so long. A week, a week is, it's been great.

It's felt like a month. I say that lovingly. Like it's just been a long, fun week. Maybe, and you're going to hear, and I know we kind of every time we do anything related to the LPGA, we come on and just rave about our experience. But I think this week takes the cake as the best of any of the ones that we've had. Would you agree? I might, I joke to you like, I'm. I might become an LPGA, like Beat reporter or just groupie.

They're not all like this though. They're not all this big. They're not all majors just to let you down. I know. A rowdy. I want to be the guy who just like helps set up and tear down the LPGA events week to week. Travel the world with them. I think that would that would a role that suits you very well. Ches Revy has won the Travelers Championship. Zach Sucker finishes T2. I think that was kind of the biggest takeaway we had from that today. Yeah, for sure. Screamlin' trying to learn things about him. That's a name I honestly don't know much about. A little bit of difficulties in round three.

I'm glad, you know, tie for a second as a hell of a result and obviously we'll springboard him next week and hopefully the rest of the year. I saw some tweets from Nick Menta on the golf channel talking about how Zach said he was taking out credit cards to pay bills while he missed more than a year to injury. Says he went 210 days without income before the tour's disability policy kicked in. And when he came back he had to pay for expensive trips in South America, travel,

caddy, lodging, food, and decided to bet on himself. And then he earned $633,000 on Sundays. That's a pretty cool story. And of course, Chez Rivi with all's been through, getting CTE last week from Brooks Keppka and comes back and wins. It's got 11 years, I think, between victories for Ches Revy. A real underdog story. A real underdog story.

They carried him off the field after his victory. We didn't get to watch really any of it this week. So we do plenty of PGA tors stuff this week for us, was about the LPGA tour. We wish we'd be in two places at week for us was about the LPGA tour. We wish we would be in two places at once and could do LPGA stuff more often. But, man, I think, you and I have talked about a lot this week. I think it's kind of hard to convince people to watch, just blindly watch LPGA golf on TV.

Like, if you're not already interested in it, it's hard to really... I don't want to say it's hard to get into it, but basically you kind of have to create your own reality. And coming to tournaments in person, I think, is what does that. Like, I legitimately am interested in the people that we've had a chance to talk to and follow. And we had tons of people come up to us this week saying, you know, I'm out following Angel Yen because I heard her on your podcast and see it seem funny. And I just, everyone that goes to an event, everyone we talked to this week just raved about

the actual experience. There's not as many crowds. You can get way up close to these girls and you can watch them absolutely, like, just stripe the ball. And I learned so much this week. I feel like I improved as a golfer watching the women play this week. And I'm on kind of a high right now. I thought it was one of the most fun weeks of watching professional golf I've ever had.

Definitely, I will echo all of that. I'm sure there's some people listening who already know the secret and are like, yeah, what took you guys so long? I will admit, I don't have a good answer to what has taken me that long, except for this is the second LPGA event I've had the chance to go to the first being last years KPMG Women's PGA Championship. And I'll echo everything you say in that you go to a PGA

event and you're more of a fan in the sense that like you're watching people do things I'll never be able to do it's it's I mean those guys are playing a different game than me personally. I'll like that's, I could never approach their ball speed, their athleticism, any of that. The women, while I can never approach their skill level and their level of play, their, their tempo, their rhythm, their swing speeds, their ball speeds are much more similar to mine. And so, swing speeds, their ball speeds are much more similar to mine. And so it's almost like looking at like, God, if I got as good as I could possibly be at the game of golf, I would look like this.

You know, I would hopefully look like, you know, name your player out there. And so just from that standpoint, for me, and I think you'll echo this too, it's much more relatable. It's much more intriguing almost because they're playing the game in a way that I, like, if I maximized everything in a way that I would play it. Our yardages, we'll get into it, but we played the pro-amp with Danielle. If I caught a really good drive, she and I would be like in the same place in the fairway.

And it's like, oh, that's kind of cool. But you know, one of us, one of us is gonna go shoot 63 on our own ball. And myself is gonna go, you know, probably shoot in the mid 80s best case. So it's just, it's very captivating from that's hit point. And hopefully some of that shows through TV, but I think to your point,

if you can get out to a tournament, and especially, you know, spend multiple days really walk, follow certain players, hanging out in the ranges a great way to pass some time as well. It's just a ton of fun. I know, you know, we say this in all seriousness, this is the highlight of the year for us making this trip. It's also a highlight, and I know this isn't necessarily as meaningful to people at home, but it is meaningful to us. I think it hopefully shines through in the content, and this is again not the first time we've said this, but the LPGA folks are the easiest people in the world to work with.

When we say we're going to be on site, literally the people there will say, hey, who do you want us to schedule for you for the podcast? Where can we set you up? Who do you want to talk to? And we give them names and they suggest people to us, like you don't know this person yet, but she would be great to talk to and blah, blah, blah. And that feeling, one, helps us have more comfort on site,

which again, isn't important to the listeners that much, but the fact that, I mean, the reason why we actually go do it and come here and spend the time to do it, which is a significant amount of time and effort is because we get such tremendous opportunities and access and abilities to show. Golf is fun, LPGA tour golf is fun. I didn't know this until they opened up the doors for us. Again, like you said, I'm sure there's tons of people that travel the tour that would have

said, yeah, guys, we've known this for quite some time, but I think it's so cool how great they are at letting us just go nuts. And you want to film, yeah, go do it. So we posted on Twitter earlier this week, and we're going to talk about Hannah Green winning. We don't mean to put that the back burner, but I think overall we just want to have a discussion on the LPGA as a whole.

But we saw Maria Fossi's swing on the range for the first time, and we posted on Twitter and it just went absolutely nuts, got hundreds of thousands of views in just about 24 hours. So the next day, I went out and watched her play and filmed it and then interviewed her afterwards, like none of what you could do in the PGA tour. And now like people know, Maria Fossi a lot better.

And I think it's just kind of like a lot of the things we have a trouble with in the way golf is covered because it's not allowed to be done at the highest level and at men's golf. We take out all that frustration, take it to the LPGA and just have a time of our lives and they thank us for being there. It's nuts. It's complete opposite end of the spectrum. It's a complete 180.

So, yeah, shout out all the people that help us with the work for the LPGA. KPMG folks are great. The PGA folks are great. Like you said, it's almost to the point where it's such a blank canvas of possibility. I think it's a great thought exercise for us in the sense like, oh god, we can do anything. Like what do we wanna do?

And we may mention a couple of things we were able to do this week, which will drop after you're hearing this podcast probably. But yeah, it is so inviting and warm and hospitable. You get that from the folks working the tournament, but I do want to say too that you get that from the players themselves. And the fans there will get the same experience from the players.

Exactly. That's not, that's nothing like our acts, you know, like that's nothing to do with who we were. It's the players are seeking out, you know, kids and adults and it's just totally different than a PGA tour event. It's just so much, I was trying to think of why that is and I don't want this to come off the wrong way, but I think with what we're used to in men's professional golf, there's just so much at stake and that there's so many parties involved

and it's such a well-oiled machine. The LPGA just doesn't have the same kind of eyeballs on it, that's not news to anybody, but just doesn't have as many agents involved and just not as they don't have to deal with as many fans following them and yelling their name and whatnot that it just feels way more human. Like, if you wanted to and I'm not saying go out and do this,

but some of the more personable players, you can just chat them up on the T-Box while they're weighting shots. You could chat with them. If you have kids, they were like, area of Jotana Garden had a horrible day on Sunday. She went out of her way, go over to the rope to high five, like little girls that were in between the 17th,

green and 18th tea. Hannah Green was doing the same thing with the lead going to the 72nd Hall of the Major. And I like it. Yeah, I forget to have work. I do. I will just say if you have kids and want them to be interested in golf, go to the LPGA. You don't have to walk around on eggshells. It's the, the KPMG had carved out junior viewing areas at most of the holes.

You know, it's just so receptive, whereas, you know, I just think it's a different animal like you said on the PGA tour. And I don't want this to sound like a backhanded compliment kind of towards the LPGA, but I want to give credit to the PJ of America. I mean, it is a major championship, of course, but they treat it exactly like they would treat a men's major championship.

I've been to the PJ championship. The infrastructure is the pretty much the exact same scale back a little bit. There's not as many grandstands and there's definitely not as many fans that attended, although they did like break records I think with the attendance. It probably didn't look like it on TV just because Hayle Teens such a big ballpark, but it's just everything about it is like big time event. You know, the flag poles and hospitality surrounding 9th and 18th Greens and all that goes into a big time tournament, which we got to see the production truck.

I mean golf channel was there, NBC was there. They had a golf central desk and all of the things that go into putting on a professional tournament, it was just eye opening this week. Yeah, we got to peek behind the curtain. We got to meet the keepers of the takes. The keepers of the take. Yeah. Hopefully more to come on that front, but there was quite a sizable operation and kind of, again, eye opening to us on how much goes into a broadcast and

yeah, it makes me a little bit more hesitant with some of my criticisms definitely with the stuff that has said live on air because after just being on the golf central desk, we watched Aaron O'Perholzer, Amanda Blumenherst and things for last name. Blumenherst and Lisawall, all doing golf central. And just watching, but they have to watch it, how they do, like, read it live on the air. I was like, oh gosh, I would not want to be in that seat right now. That looks, that looks really challenging right now. So much more to come there.

Yeah. We'll leave people with little tears there. To your point though, on being, the game's being relatable, I think for me, it was even the women hit it so freaking good. This shouldn't, this isn't news, me, it was even the women hit it so freaking good. This shouldn't, this isn't news, obviously, but like, I can hit it 50 yards past a lot of the women, and they will beat me from the same teeth. So like, for me, that's great experience to, you know, to play with Danielle and just see like exactly where and how much better she is and like where she's hitting the ball and how she gets around it and how simple their game.

Like we can play this, but they played 6,800 yards this week. Like it was not short. Yeah, it's, that's a lengthy, lengthy golf course. That would be all I want going out on a weekend. Like that's thank you. That's maybe I'll play it T up from there. We played Friday and we played 6,500 yards.

Yeah, I'm like that's, they played 300 yards longer than that. So, well that's what I wanna say. And I hope my point is, I hope I'm clear at this point where it's relatable in a fantasy sense where, yeah, it's just not supernatural. Exactly.

I'm by no means implying that I can play anywhere near as well as these women, but are yardages are somewhat similar? They're just so much better at everything than I am, which is cool. Yeah. I legitimately think I learned from Maria Fossi's swing. Like we went out and played a few halls Saturday evening

after watching her and just the way she develops power from her lower body, and we posted a video on Twitter and on YouTube, hopefully you got a chance to view view that but you don't see a lot of swings like that on the LPGA tour but it's kind of funny how the best source of learning power I feel like that I feel like I've learned came from the LPGA tour in this past week so the winner of this year's KPMG Women's PGA Championship Hannah Green 114th ranked player in the world, one wire to wire on a major. At 6800 yards at Hazel T. National.

We did not, let's, full disclosure, we did not think she was gonna go wire to wire. No, I for sure did not expect her. I mean, that was a proper victory. Championship venue, like you said, plenty of length, plenty of teeth in that course. Candidly, I thought starting the day Saturday, there was probably no way she was gonna be

in the mix Sunday afternoon. And, you know, just a really gutsy effort. She shot a 72 final round today. You know, we caught up to her on the back nine and she was just solid. We saw our bogey 12, I believe, but then, you know, makes such a good birdie on 16, which is kind of the signature hole with a lot of trouble.

There's a creek up the left. There's the whole lake to the right. I think that birdie on 16 probably won or the tournament, but then she hung on little slippery two-pup par on 17, and then a hell of a sand save up and down to clinch it on 18. 22 years old, first LPGA victory, first major, had won three times on the semester tour, but she's obviously a name that will now be better known in

women's golf and somebody that's for sure on the scene. Missed the cut last week at the Meyer, cashed a $577,000 winners check. Career earnings to date were 360K. Yeah, that's absolutely nuts. One other top 10 this year, and it was a T10 finish. I think a lot of us, a lot of people were expected in area of Jotana Garden to run her down. And it just goes to show how good you said,

she shot 72, how good that 72 is. It's like she was playing next to area who I think shot 77 and just like is probably is one of the five best players in the world and just did not have it. It would have been so easy for her to go out and shoot 77 day with all the pressure that she had on her and she did not. So that was fun to watch. She had several other Australian players were waiting greenside some of her Aussie friends. We met her boyfriend who is a professional player on the Australia, Australia tour, I believe.

In Cariweb was waiting green side and rain on the green and poured whatever they were pouring on it as a celebrating on the 18th green. I don't, not a lot of things that happened in men's golf get me a little emotional. I got a little emotional over there right on the green. That was a really, really cool moment. I said on Twitter, the Aussies have a way to really bring fun and excitement to sporting events. Sure.

That contingent falling around Hannah, it just elevated my excitement. It just brought a lot of electricity to that final group, which was cool. And then to see them, you know, to pay it off there with the win on 18, it was a cool scene. I did want to mention one of the, I thought the neatest storylines. So, Kari Webb has a scholarship foundation, I guess, as a fair word to call it in Australia, where she awards scholarships to winners each year, essentially, you know, rising golfers, female golfers. Hannah Green had actually four years ago, the 2015 had come over and shadowed Kari Webb around the US women's open. Now, fast forward four years and she's a major winner. Kari Webb said she was choking up,

watching Hannah clinch the victory. And I believe it was quoted as saying, like, this is Cari Web, like felt like she won the tournament. So I know it meant a lot, not only to her who's been, you know, a titan of the women's game, seven time major winner herself,

to see her like rush onto the green to celebrate and dump beer and water on this, you know, 22-year-old who's golfing career and life has just changed. That was definitely a cool scene. For sure. You know what? One thing I did notice in a lot of the bags out at the KPMG Women's PGA. How many Calaway clubs I saw in those bags? Did you? I know you were doing some counting. I was doing the Daryl with the Daryl survey, whatever I was at. HD, do it the counting. So for the for my counting, because I've definitely was at all eight straight of these LPGA majors, for the eighth straight major, Calaway had the most drivers, fairways, irons, and putters in play. Eight straight majors. Is that good?

They're not. I would imagine that a lot of these women are not under contract to be doing this. They're choosing to play this. It's pretty, that's pretty no worthy, I would have to say. Well, I can think of a couple where the bags had one equipment company and they were hitting the epic flash driver. It's a mix. It's a lot of mixed bags going on out there.

But congratulations to Calaway on that. So that was very impressive. What else? So let's hear about your first program. People are dying to hear. I mean, hopefully they saw the video. Yeah, everything I could have hoped for and probably a little bit more. I, you know, it's, listen, it's all in the, it's all in the police report. It's all in the video. I was a little nervous You know last of the NLU crew to make my pro-AMD view I've seen you know what it can do to some folks. I won't mention it Tron You know people people change they get accustomed to a certain lifestyle and I hope I can avoid that

But no, we had a great pairing. We had a stack team, unfairly stacked. I will admit. So Danielle Kang was our pro. She was phenomenal. We can talk about her in a second. Mav McNeely, currently on the web.com tour. And also Danielle's boyfriend. KFC tour continue. That's right. I regret. Randy regrets the air. He was like our second player. And then very often we were supposed to play with a KPMG person and they had to get switched around because somebody else dropped out and so solid got the call last minute. You know, I already have a uniform on and I was ready. I could just ripped off my pants like my basketball ripaways and I was on the tee ready. He was like waiting by his phone.

I don't even know if they had finished asking you. Yes, yes, I have my clubs. Yeah. So, yeah, the four of us went out there and I was surprisingly not nervous. I didn't hit any range balls. That was a conscious decision. Got out to the first tee. I got to admit, I wasn't, you know, that moment can kind of jump on you pretty quickly

on the first tee, and it happened to me, like I didn't have my tees, I didn't have my ball. So I was scrambling for my glove, pegged it, found the fairway, little ropey, had some draw on it if I remember correctly. And yeah, way we went. My stretch goal was to use 10 shots of mine. We did not get to 10, but I believe we got to like six or seven.

Six or seven. You used two on the first hole. You stuffed our way in. Yeah. And then we took my wedge, which damn, the top half you got. Yeah, Danielle, which you could see the competitiveness come out. I was like, come on, Danielle, give me one. And then yeah, I rolled the putt in, validated it.

So just a great day, it was a lot of fun. Well, when we say how much fun like the LPGA tour is, I think like Daniel Kang is like the perfect embodiment. Bodyman, is that how you say that? Bodyman. embodiment of that. She is, she was incredible to play with in the program. Probably the dream pro-amp partner.

She's probably a little extra excited having her boyfriend tagging along with us. Now, I thought you were gonna say cause we were there. Well, also with that. And, but like even once the tournament got going, you can just tell, like how much just pent up energy she has.

I was, I caught her like on the 16th hole. She, she hit in the water in the program. She hit in the water in every practice round and she hit it in the water on Thursday on 16 and she hits the fairway on, on Friday. And she just like turns and like does like this little dance, like signaling safe, like that she had it in the water on Thursday on 16 that she hits the fairway on Friday. And she just like turns and like does like this little dance, like signaling safe, like that she had actually found the fairway and like did like a leg kick

and was just like, it's just a complete opposite experience than anything. And I feel like every time I caught up with her this week, she made a birdie and she would come off the green just yell at me for not following her every single hole. And she just, she she brings a lot of joy to watching women's golf and someone that is definitely, definitely worth rooting for. Hopefully everyone's heard the podcast appearance she made when she came on with us at the Kia Classic last year in March.

If you haven't go back and check that episode out, but and she got it tied for fifth. She ended up having a great week. Slow start shot at 75 through over the first day and then 70, 68, 70 for like I said, top five finish. Great, great week for her. Great week for her. Great week for Lizette Salis, who you will hear later on in this episode. We got a chance to sit with her on Tuesday. She bogey the 18th hole to follow to T5. 18th hole is very difficult. I did cost her somewhere around 70 to 80k, which was painful to see, but she made $143,000 this week. T5 got the podcast bump. We had to make a decision because we also recorded one

with Mel Reed, which I think will definitely come out at a later date. She shot, final round 66 to finish tied for third. I believe someone mentioned to me that she may have made the soleheim cup with that finish, which is exciting news, because that was something she talked about in the interview if I'm not, if I'm correct. Yeah, that's huge.

That, that, that's news to me. I'm, I'm really excited. People will find out, yeah, with the podcast release. That's a big deal for her. Yeah, and then we also got a chance to sit down with J. Marie green. And that will probably probably come out with J. Marie and and Mel's episodes around the same time. But Nelly Corda, she had a great chance today. I thought she got

within one on the back nine, hit two great shots on the par 515th and inexplicably her about 50 yard pitch. Shout on the par 5 went long, rest up against the collar downhill chip. And she couldn't get it up and down and made bogey when she was probably looking at a chance for birdie to tidily. That was pretty deflating. But man, as she, I just feel like every time I watch her in one of these major situations and this could be very unfounded. But I feel like I never feel like she's all the way there. I feel like she's playing well, but you know, give something back and it never feels like her A game. And she's always still right there. Like I think she's so incredibly talented and hasn't really begun to even scratch the surface for how good she can be.

It blew my mind. She's still 20 years old. Oh my god. I thought she was like, what is she like 23 now? No, she's 20. Oh, it kind of felt like her week there around 1112. Hannah had given a couple shots back. Nelly was within one and yeah, just couldn't find that birdie or two down the stretch, but I'm sure she will have many weeks in the future. Sung-Yan Park made another run at it who may be the best ball striker of any of the women on the LPGA tour. She won the KPMG Women's PGA last year in a playoff and she birdied the 18th hole for 12 uphill into the win. I don't know what

you factor that in for LPGA compared to PGA, but it feels like about a 480 uphill par 4 the equivalent of that on the PGA tours, what it feels like. She birdied it and Hannah Tedoff on the 18th hole with a two shot lead thinking and you know, parks in the group ahead of her, thinking that she probably needed to make five to win and park me to clutch birdie. She is awesome, awesome player to watch. She doesn't exude a lot of personality on the golf course, so she's not going to stand out to a lot of people, I don't think, but of any golf swing out there. And I know we fell in love with a lot of golf swings this week in Vandea, Maria Fossil. It was a new one each day. It really was.

Park might have the most sound golf swing of any of them. Is that a fair statement? I think so. That it's just so class. Yeah, she's stoic. And I think you and I both love her for that, like watching her in person. This is a game goes back to create your own reality. Yeah.

Like, you know, we, we don't expect you to tune in the TV and be like, Oh, I, I'm tuning into watch. Right. Park. Like I don't, like we kind of do now. I think at least a little bit won't because of how much we've watched her in person. But it's, it really is. And that's why again, I, I encourage people to just go out.

I, this week, but this week really made me regret. There used to be, um, I forget what, what the event was, but it used to be an LPJ event right in my backyard in Dublin. I never went to it. I feel like I kind of missed out on a time period. I don't know if Onika used to play it or whatnot, but I feel like I kind of missed out on a time stamp on LPJ tour. I feel like I had a lot more appreciation for it throughout my whole life if I would

have gone as a kid. I was going to say, we might be late to it, but we're here now. Yeah. So I think that's what's, you know, that's what's most important. I just want to shout out H.J. Kim too. Yeah. I love her balance and rhythm and tempo and her golf swing. She finished tied for seventh this week is so aspirational. That was one that maybe maybe my second favorite, personally, behind Park. Well, I that maybe maybe my second favorite personally behind

Park. Well, I got to give my shout out to my girl, so you knew I didn't get to watch a lot over this week. We did see our TV one, slam a club and then throw a ball in the water. She's usually like the smiling, happiest person in the golf course. I was taken it back by that little heartbroken. But I think the most, the biggest, I guess, the one, the swings that we posted, they got the most, the biggest, I guess, the swings that we posted, they got the most buzz and Van Dam early in the week. It's been reported that she swings

like 114 miles an hour. I don't know. I have no idea how to measure swing speed or like from my eyesight, I guess I should say. Maybe the most powerful and it looks like Adam Scott, basically. It's like maybe even a prettier version of Adam Scott swing. Watch her play a little bit. She's still maybe even a pretty or version of Adam Scott's swing.

Watch her play a little bit. She's still probably a bit raw. I don't know if that's the right word, but she absolutely pipes it and hits it about as far as anybody out there. But her, she's had good results on the ladies' European tour, but not quite fully translated the LPGA tour, but man. I didn't really get to do much of a deep dive

on her swing like we did Fossies, but that was one that really, really stuck out and people in the internet freaked out about that one. Yeah, and it's definitely a favorite. You can tell among the golf, Twitter, folk. I think if we're on the subject to swings, Carlota, Segonda is one that stuck out to me. I mean, I know we can, we can just go down the lever, we can just name like everybody. But that's I think kind of the point is like,

we've only been to two of these in the last two years. I've been a three in the last two years. And going through the T-sheet on Saturday, there was several, how many groups in a row was like, oh, I want to see this person. I want to see this person. I want to, just from going to a couple weeks of events. So again, if you can't tell,

this isn't a commercial for the L-PGA tour, but go attend it and go get So again, if you can't tell, this isn't a commercial for the LPGA tour, but go attend it and go get all the viewpoints you can. And it was so cool to see people out there that, it said, you know, A.I. people came out to us and said, I wasn't a big follower of the LPGA tour, but I'd really like to, like the videos and the podcasts you've done

with some of the players, and I want to come out and follow them. So, and they really, it's different to, and you can tell it means something to the players. Yeah. I want to, before we get out, I want to give two quick shout outs. The first being to the folks of Minnesota, specifically, you know, Minneapolis, Chasca area, where we were just awesome golf fans. You can just tell the tournament was very well attended. You know, they, they brave not it actually could have been a lot worse. The weather Sunday,

the rain held off for the most part, but one than the nicest day. But man, they everybody we talked to, you know, just I think it's something about the short seasons, you know, they only get to play golf five, maybe six months of the year. And so they are just rabid when summer comes along. So I want to shout out the Minnesota golf fans. And then also, you know, on a personal level, you and I just walking around, we got so many people coming up to us, you know, just talking to us and thanking us and me personally, like it's so humbling and appreciative that folks are supporting what we do. So I just want to say thank you to all the people

that recognized us and support us through merchandise or listen to the podcast, watching videos. It's really cool to meet you guys and be able to, you know, hopefully have a quick conversation. We met tons of cool people. So that was, that was very neat. How many requests for strapped Minnesota?

Did you get this week? Yeah. I would say they want some strapped up here. We are gonna get them some strapped. I just don't know when. But we will come to Minnesota. I think we could do probably four or five interesting straps around Minnesota.

So we'll figure out what to do first and when that will be, but we're definitely getting up here. Well, it would take a long time to give all the shout outs. I'd like to give to all the people that work in TV that we hung out with a little bit this week, but special one to Mark Rolfing. He came up and said hi to us.

We were supposed to have dinner with him this week, and I'd never met him before, and he said something to me, which really put a smile on my face. He's like, I really appreciate what you guys do, even if it's giving me a jab every now and then, and he laughed about it. And I thought, that is the kind of thing, we give everybody jabs, first of all,

and if you're including ourselves, I think that's the most important thing. We make fun of ourselves. But if you're gonna laugh about it and have a good attitude about it, and know you're including ourselves, I think that's the most important thing. We make fun of ourselves. But if you're gonna laugh about it and have a good attitude about it and know that we make jokes about everyone and not get but hurt about it and kind of give it right back at us

and kind of address it when you see us, like that is awesome. Like that is some of my favorite people in golf are the ones that say, oh yeah, I saw that joke about me like that was hilarious, like everyone loved it, it was funny. And I just, so I wanted to shout him out. He was like, in between golf shots,

almost live on the air and he said that, that was really cool. So we needed might get him raw from the pod in the future. I was gonna say, we met a handful of people that would be great podcast guests. Yeah, we got some work to do. We have like eight podcasts. We have do a post at the other development recorded.

But on that note, why don't we get to that? We have one recorded from Lizette Salas. I think she's got a great story and coming from kind of a modest background and I don't want to give too much of it away because I do want you guys to stick around and listen to it. And again, she finished T5 this week. It was awesome to see. I think it was her best ever finished in a major. Could be wrong on that, but I feel like I saw that earlier in the week. Rainy got anything else before we close it now. This T5 is indeed her best finish in a major. She's, she's wanted to watch. She's had a number of top 10s recently.

So hopefully big things in store for her over the next few years. Thanks everyone for all the feedback on everything that came out of this past week. I know not everyone is into the LPJ stuff, which is totally fine. If you wanted to tune us out this past week and I imagine you probably didn't listen as far into the podcast if that is the case

But thanks for for everyone that made this week a really fun one for us and honestly can't wait to get back out here and do it again Soon, we're on a mix next year. We will we are gonna be at that one We're gonna have to do it in some extra time to play some golf. Yeah, we gotta do a fan meet up too Exactly. All right. Thanks for by tuning in and enjoy LaZa Salas Yeah, we got to do a fan meet up too. Exactly. All right, thanks for being tuned in and enjoy Lizette Salas. All right, well, we're rolling here. We're welcoming in here at the KPMG Women's PGA, Lizette Salas.

Lizette, we were, we tried to catch you last year. We were supposed to do you and Angel together. It didn't end up working out. Angel got mad at us for it. So we did, we just had Angel on the podcast, so we've taken care of that one and now you're on. Welcome on. Awesome. Thank you.

Thanks for having me. I'm excited. So it's major championship week. Easy softball question to start. Is your preparation any different for a major week than it is a normal week? I think mentally it is a little different going into our now third major of the year. Crucial time right now and during the season, Soulheim Cup points are up for grabs. And everyone brings their team out. I have my trainer and so we're just

trying to get dialed in as much as we can. And a major week consists of a lot of different shots and a lot of different pressure situations. So you've got to be mentally and physically ready for that. So that's what we're doing. Well, usually I wait for Lee least a little bit to talk about soulheim because people get so excited to talk about. Let's go right in it.

You went right there. So that's it. That's top of your mind. Then every week is soulheim. Why is that? I mean, I mean, it's a two year process to get on the team. And I mean, for for me as an American, there's no, you know, higher honor than to represent your country.

And, you know, I've been on three teams so far, and they're just so addicting, and I want to be in as many teams as possible. And we're going for that three-peat, and we're going into European soil, so it's a lot different. But we're excited. I feel like my games are so close to playing some amazing golf and you know, I keep telling myself, you know, we're trending, we're trending and I think everyone on the team and potential teammates are super excited about it and it's gonna be a really different team but we're gonna be you know stacked up from top to bottom. So we're excited. Well, Danielle was on last year and she told some soul line cup stories about when you guys were paired together. You're already laughing.

What did she say? What did she say? I don't know what she said. She said something about how she claimed she doesn't miss putst within a certain distance or something. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, I wasn't playing that great

when we were paired together and I get really hard on myself and I would leave her like six, seven feet and she's like, was that say it? And I'm like, what? She's like, say I don't miss seven feet and I'm like, okay Danielle, you don't miss under seven. And then we had a 10 foot pawn

the last two to win the match and she drills it and she's like, I'm just kidding. I don't miss anything under 10. And so we went to the 18th hole and I was like really up, really down on myself and she's like, it's fine, it's fine. We're gonna get more TV time, more TV time and I'm grateful to have that type of partner.

So yeah, we had some really cool stories. God, it's scary how well you validated. I assume she was exaggerating some of that. No, it's not a point. It was like verbatim almost what she said the TV time. Oh yeah. She's like, I like my TV time, of course. Oh yeah. So it was a great time to be paired with her and we'll see how this line cup goes. You mentioned that you are trending,

or perhaps you're trying to convince yourself that you're trending. Yeah. Just looking at your career stats, it's amazing how many cuts you make. And so I'm just curious, it seems like that breakthrough. What do you think is that final missing ingredient for you? Or do you think it's just, you know,

things breaking the right way? I mean, I mean, there's a lot that goes into to waiting to tournament and, you know, there's a, there's luck that goes into it. There's, you know, your mindset that goes into that week. I think for me right now is really just to let it happen. I think I've been forcing, especially on the putting green, I've been trying to like force puts in

and really not doing what I normally do, just a lot of visualization, a lot of feel. And, you know, I've gone to a point where I'm now putting love 10 low, just to get that feeling back, which is not the way I've normally put it in my career, but right now that's pretty much that's been working for me. I honestly, I've been feeling the strongest I've normally put it in my career, but right now that's pretty much that's been working for me. I honestly, I've been feeling the strongest

I've ever felt. I'm back to getting like, I'm hitting shorter irons in, I'm getting my distance back. And so I would think that would give me much more confidence to be on the putting grain. For some odd reason, it's just not really like, it's not piecing together right now,

but I'm super positive right now. Like my team has been awesome. And I mean, there's no reason why I shouldn't be contending weekend and week out. So I'm pretty hyped up. I'm pretty excited to be playing golf. I think it'd be a different story if I was like really grouchy and just a pain

and a being a brat out here. So I'm still very optimistic. And I'm definitely sure I'm going to get another win. Yeah. And I didn't mean to imply that you're not playing good. Oh, no, no, no, not at all. I know what you meant. Just looking at it and you know, you had a top 10 at this tournament last year that the women's PGA.

And so is this one that you've, you know, I feel like this might be one you've really targeted. Yeah, the past couple of KPMG Women's Championships, I've played really well. And I like playing major championship golf courses. I think it really separates the field and really relies on short game. And I feel like that's kind of like my go-to, my specialty,

and keeping it in the fairways out of the rough. So knock on wood that I just didn't jinx myself. But I really like playing in these types of conditions and really being at events where it's just top-notch from hospitality to how they treat the spectators and really how just they embrace the LPGA. So I'm really excited about the week. Well, this episode is going to come out after we've already played the tournament, so it'll

come out later. So make your prediction now. How does this golf course suit you? If you say it suits me really well and you win, this is going to be really cool. I know. I mean, I've only played the front nine so far. And I really, really like it. Again, we're going to back to feel on the putting green. You're going to relying on short game and avoiding the rough.

It is pretty sticky. And so I'm going to try to do my best to avoid major numbers, major mistakes, but also just keep really a focused mindset and keeping my emotions a little level. I tend to get a little roller coaster-ish. That's not really what I want, but we'll just see what happens, take it shot for shot. I'm sure you'd not compare kind of what the women's PGA has been like compared to other LPJ courses,

but it feels like this tournament's really starting to heads to some really grand and championship level golf courses. Is that a noticeable difference? Oh yeah. You just, from the moment you get your courtesy car, it's just like you just, you feel a different, different feel, different vibe of the whole tournament.

And I think it shows on the golf courses we play too. And I could speak for a lot of the players that this is one of their highlight events of the year. And just the way they handle everything to even to how they text us are T times. Like it's just things like that, the little things that makes us up. Exactly what Angel Yin said.

Really? The text, she's like, what do you like the most? She's like, they send us text messages for our T-time. It's like, that is the most, what do they normally do? What's the alternative? I mean, you have to look on, I mean, yeah, just tell me, just text me.

I don't want to see my grouping, I don't want to see your play, but just tell me what time I need to be on the tee box. That's really what I like. I want you to talk about, I think in preparation for talking to you, we were diving in and listening and reading a little bit about your story about your father and how you were introduced to the game of golf.

I was wondering if you could take us through how you got to play, how you introduced to the game of golf. I was wondering if you could take us through how you got to play, how you came to the game of golf. Yeah, yeah. It's not your traditional story. I didn't grow up with country club parents or my dad is actually a mechanic at a golf course in as used to California where I grew up

and I didn't realize we had a golf course until I actually went I knew he was like a handyman and fixed stuff. I was only seven and so he invited me out to his job and I had no idea what like super green trees I didn't know what this actually existed and so he had in me a golf club and He said try it. You see that flag? Try to get this ball to that flag. And so his good friend was the head pro at the time. And he comes over. I get introduced.

And he said, Ramon, I really love the teacher daughter. And my dad said, thank you. That's awfully kind. But we don't really have the finances to put my daughter to put Lizette in lessons. He's like, don't worry about it. We'll figure something out.

So I found out later that my dad was doing like side jobs for him, like fixing his car or doing stuff around his house, just so that we could make that exchange and I would get lessons every Saturday. But my first lesson was how to dress properly, and I would get lessons every Saturday. But my first lesson was how to dress properly because I would show up in like gene shorts and flip flops and he's like, maybe next time wear like some like khaki shorts

and like tennis shoes. So that was my first lesson and I was seven years old and I've only played in club tournaments in the local area until I was about 11 and started playing, oops, started playing in just major Southern Cal events and I really didn't get recruited until I was about 16, a sophomore and junior in high school where kids are now signing you know, signing and committing to big time schools. So, yeah, it's been a crazy, crazy journey. Well, let me ask you, were you just a natural? I mean, what was the progression from when

you picked up a club at age seven, you know, those next couple of years did it come naturally to you? I, from what I was told, I guess I was. I mean, I grew up different sports growing up, but there was something about golf that, you know, it was very individualistic and it's all about you, which I really liked, and I really liked playing against boys. I mean, there wasn't a lot of girls back then that played golf in my area, so I was stuck playing with boys,

and I knew I was doing a good job when the guys wouldn't talk to me. Like that was my goal, is to like not, I don't want you to like me, that's my goal. I'm sorry, what was your question? I totally blanked out, right? No, you answered it. I was just, you know, I'm always fascinated. The head pro must have seen something. I feel like there must have been some natural ability there.

I mean, back then, I just thought it would be a great time to spend a good idea to spend time with my dad. And I was the youngest of three. I'm the baby daddy's girl. So I just want to spend time with him. And I loved winning trophies. And I was always playing team sports. And I just wanted, I just want all the glory

and all the credit for it. So I guess I was a natural at it. And I just really liked competing and putting in that work and then seeing all the results on the golf course. And it all comes down to your confidence and all the work you put in it. So I think that's how it initially started. What was the commencement speech we were watching? Oh, geez.

Well, you know, we were doing weird. You guys did your research, huh? You guys did your research, huh? Yeah. I thought it was, you know, a great speech. I mean, I'll let you kind of set it up, but it was the commencement from your graduation at Southern Cow. Yeah, so it was actually Pat Hayden, the athletic director

at the time that came up to me. And we actually did a little function, our golf team did, and we introduced ourselves and kind of told a little bit about ourselves. And that's when I kind of leaked you know my story and how I came into golf and he later came up to me and asked if I would do the commencement speech at our athlete graduation and I'm just like are you sure? Like you typically would see football players, basketball players,

water polo like you never I never seemed like a female golfer, do a speech. But I accepted the offer and I just really thought it'd be a great way to thank the university for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime. Never in my lifetime what I had expected that USC would come knocking on my door and offering a full-ride scholarship. And I was terrified.

You could probably hear in the speech that I'm like, it was like a higher pitch. And I, it was so nervous, terrified. I'm just glad I couldn't see the audience because it was jam-packed in there with probably most of my family. But it was just really cool that I was able to be in that vulnerable state and share what really went on in my background and in my story to get to where I was. And I think that's what USC was all about. And you know, there's this perception. It's all University of Spoiled Children or all that stuff.

But it really is. And it's a place where you exceed your own expectations and you become something that you never would have imagined. And so I did it in front of all the graduating athletes, which was really cool. I got a lot of congrats after and a lot of positive feedback. And so really thankful for that opportunity. And I'm just grateful that I was able to graduate on time.

So I'd not go to summer school. So it was a really cool experience. And it had significance for your family as well. I think in the speech, she said you were the first person in your family, for sure, with a college diploma, which is cool. Yeah, first person, I feel like, to graduate from a four year. And, you know, my mom is one of 10 kids, my dad's one of five, and so I have lots of cousins, and so being in college and trying to graduate and finish and I guess there was a little bit of pressure to finish the job and to graduate. But it was so cool to be a student athlete at USC and just to not many kids can say that they've gone through NCAA and played college golf. But those were probably the best four years of my life, for sure.

Well, the part that kind of stuck out to me the most was you know, you referenced something, and I was curious if you get, if you've not to bring up bad memories of this, but the line in there, you said where people had said to you, Mexicans don't play golf. Is that something like, what was, kind of what obstacles did you face along the way

throughout your come up in golf? I just Obviously, I've had a lot of support and I think everyone for that But you know you come across people that don't really understand the opportunities that golf could give a female athlete or really just don't don't think of outside their box and very and set expectations based on race or ethnicity. And I've always been curious as to why, you know, if someone has the talent and the ability

to do it, why say things that would, you know, put them down. And so, I mean, I've even heard it from family members. Just told like as a kid, you would hear that. And it's very, very hurtful. And but I've been lucky enough to have parents that just say, you know what, don't even listen to them. Like you're good enough, you could do this. And I mean, if it wasn't for my parents,

I seriously, I would not be here today. And even my sister, yeah, my sister, I'm gonna call her out. She would refuse to come watch me. I mean, she had three kids, so I know it was tough. But she goes, she's like, I'll just, I'll watch you when you turn pro. So every like, A&A, we'll show tournament.

I'm like, you remember you're coming out. You gotta watch me remember. She's like, I know, I know. But back on this year's note, yeah, it was super hurtful. And that was kind of my motivation to just prove everyone wrong. And I've always just had that little chip on my shoulder.

And I think it's worked out in my favor. And I just want to kind of pave the way for younger generation and to, you know, I don't want them to have to deal with that. And so the more I'm out here, the more I'm kind of proving that point. And I think we're all proving that same point, you know, being out here and being professional athletes. So.

Did you have, did you have role models in the game that you looked up to? Oh, yeah. I mean, the, oh, look, there's angel. I'm a bit of the go to my go to where, you know, Nancy Lopez and Lorraine Ochoa. And I would go to, you know, the back then I was a craft in the Biscoe and I would follow Lorraine and I would make like little banners for her and I remember this one time, my dad, I thought he had gotten like a newspaper clipping of her. It was a newspaper clipping of me

and he goes, can you sign this on like dad? I was in high school, like, oh my God. I go, I am so sorry. And she's like, no, no, it's fine. No. You imagine this so embarrassing. And I don't know if she remembers that. But that's how proud my dad was of me. And saying she's going to make it one day.

But Lorena and Nancy were definitely just based off our backgrounds. And the passion we have for the sport. So there are definitely someone that I looked up to. When did your parents come to the US? Why? So they came separately, but they're from the same hometown in Mexico, which is really odd. Oh gosh, I know they came in like the early seven days. Okay.

Yeah. Do you go to Mexico frequently or? Well, on this job that I have, I I can't like it's so hard to get away Yeah, we have gone a few times we actually took a little vacay to Mexico City last off season which is super super fun and I think it's important. I think it's more important for me to like connect with you know the culture that my parents came from and you know the fact that they like left everything behind to start a new a new life in somewhere that they never been before or they don't speak the language. I mean I would love to go to Mexico more often with the tour needs to go back to Mexico for sure. But yeah, I wish we would go back more. So you're you're 29 now. I think it could be 30 next month. Thanks guys.

I literally just say your age. We're all in that. It's like interviews over. Yeah. I've done. Well, I just do you feel like I don't know what the median age is on the LPGA tour. Do you feel like a veteran? We can look out. I don't know what the median age is on the LPGA tour. Do you feel like a veteran? Do you feel like a veteran, we can't reach out? I kind of, well, the more years I'm out here,

the more I'm like, I have never seen you before in my life, like a lot of the rookies. And, but I don't feel like I've been out here for so long. I feel like I've been out here only five years. And it's been eight. It's crazy how time flies. And I don't feel like I'm almost 30. I definitely don't, I feel like I still, I'm in my prime physically and mentally to compete.

But yeah, these girls are getting younger and younger and stronger and longer and I'm like dang, just, let me catch a break. I do hit it far. I mean farther than I used to. I wouldn't say I'm the shortest hitter. I'm only five three, so I need to find a way to generate power and stuff. But yeah, I'm definitely not the shortest one out here.

Pro's always have a hard time answering this question, but I want to keep trying with it. Do you ever look around? What's a player that you look around in a particular skill that one player has that you're like, man, that is the one I want. I wish I could blah, blah, blah as well as she doesn't. I wish I could have the bunker game that Danielle King has. Holy moly.

Bunker Queen. You heard. Yeah. Yeah, same queen. I think was what a map call. Same as same queen. It is incredible. How good she is out of the bunker. And you could just see in her,

like I played with her last week. And you could just see in her eye that she's like, I'm gonna freaking make this. And she almost hold out, which is, it's just incredible how, you know, how she can just do that with her hands and generate speed and spin. So yeah, I would say that.

There we go. That was a committed answer. Yeah, that was easy. Well, we tried to ask her to, like, kind of what are we need some good lasette stories and she kind of panicked. I think she kind of was going through a lot of stories of life. Oh, I mean, we've been friends for a long time, because there's a lot that goes into that. Well, I think what first, all the ones she first thought of were like, well, they can't ask that. They can't ask that. They can't ask that. They can't ask that.

I think, I don't know. That's just what I assumed she was going through her head, but she asked if you liked being squished. That's what I was supposed to ask you. She sits on you apparently. Oh my God. If you guys follow my Instagram story, there are so many videos on my phone

where she's early on top of me. She's texting or I'll be laying down on my phone and she'll just like, just like complete full body on me. And I'm like, what are you doing? Or she'll like, just touch me. And she's like, I'm just giving you good energy. I'm like, I don't really feel it, but I mean, that's cool. Is she one of your better friends out here?

Yeah. Who else are some of your better friends? I, well, Angel, there's another one. That sometimes people are like, how are you guys friends? And I'm like, sometimes I ask myself that too, but it's really like, it's a fun relationship, fun friendship, where most of the time we don't even talk about golf.

And it's so refreshing to have friends like that, where, because this is such a grueling profession, and it could eat you up in like a second if you really Let it so to have friends like that to take you away from it and to really just enjoy each other's company and laugh about Stupid memes or something on social media like it's it's it's a really good balance See I we just don't get that experience for like that vibe from you guys like this is the grind I mean just being is the grind. I mean, just being like the grind you refer to is like, we come out here and it just feels,

I don't know what it say, it feels more relaxed. It's just like, you guys are so good with media, so good with sponsors and programs and stuff. It's how you guys treat people and everything. The whole vibe and atmosphere out here just feels like so much different than the men's story. It's just very welcoming. Oh yeah. Well, that's pretty much her goal.

Yeah, but I mean some girls are more intense than others on the course and you know preparation and things like that, but I mean it's, well we have 30 something events a year and we're more of a global tours, that's a lot of you know, miles traveling and stuff. So it really just takes a toll and, you know, we're emotional people. Like, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's a tough, but it's, it's a really cool job to have. Well, on that note, I mean, you've been, again, you've been on the tour now eight years. What, how much has it changed? What has changed the most since the beginning and kind of what do you see that time period?

I mean, just the, the level of competition has gone so much better. It could literally be anyone's week. Whereas where I first came out, you saw a lot of the same pattern of players winning. And I think just now, I guess just the fan base that we have is so much better. And we've gone so much better with media and we've gone, you know, with the whole drive on thing. Now we're now getting more personal, more intimate with our stories and, you know, we want to get away from, you know, that we're just robots out here and that we're just like

out here, just pounding golf balls and there's no really back story to us. But, you know, if we look more into depth look more into depth into how we came on this tour, we're so much relatable and we could connect with pretty much anybody. So I think that's really where we've made a great improvement in terms of where first came out on tour. Well, I don't hate to bring up a negative thing that happened recently in Women's Golf, but I was curious

as Hank Aene's comments that came out a few weeks before the US women's open How much did that I mean I imagine that's something that was talked about in the locker room and everybody was kind of talking about it How much did that really affect you guys do you think I mean game wise and not some I mean like Words yeah, don't mean squat. So like I I'm just... Was it shocking to hear? Was it? And not shocking, but it's like, why go there? Why? Like it's so inappropriate.

You're only hurting yourself. Like, where's why? Like it's so dumb. I don't know. I mean, it kind of pumped me up. Like, but that's how I'm like made, you know what I mean? I'd say it felt almost like a rallying cry though around women's golf. That's not how it is, like, man.

Everyone started to rally, and I feel like it was a successful week at the USW. Definitely. I even said, regardless of what he thinks or what he says, we're going to have an amazing week. And you know what the purse being raised, $500,000, it was an excess, oh my God, I can't even talk right now. It was just a great week from start to finish and you know, a lot of people played great golf and you know, the only person that was hurt in that situation was him.

So hope you learned his lesson. Yeah, it's way less weighty. I was just gonna ask you, you know, the time you do get away from the course, what do you like to do away from the course? How do you unwind? I am such a family person, so I have six nieces and nephews

ranging from ages 20 to two. And I live like 10 minutes from each of my siblings. So, I'm more like super-antie, like being a free Uber driver. And like, so I'm always around kids. I love kids and love spending time with my family. I do like to, so I have this junior golf program in my hometown that I'm really passionate about. And I, you and I love seeing the kids and especially neighborhood kids. Just to see them pick up a club that maybe like they wouldn't have if they didn't know about this junior program.

So I like that. I really, I like to sleep. Something. I mean, like something Angel would say. You're an angel, aren't you? That's it. We are friends. That was what her hobbies. Hibernate, she called me. Yeah, she does, hibernate.

I mean, it just depends on, it depends on my mood. Sometimes I'll like go out, have fun, or sometimes I'll literally just be in the house, like all week. It's, I'm definitely working out I'm definitely gone in that you know that routine of working out and seeing the benefits of it so yeah it just really depends on the week well if you don't mind I was gonna ask you how your experience growing up has impacted anything you're doing and it sounds like the clinic the foundation is you know you're offering that same opportunity that you received. Is there anything I want you to brag on the foundation?

Well yeah I mean that's always been something that I felt like it was my duty as You know, I don't think of myself as a role model. I just want to create opportunities for for kids like that I didn't have growing up and even with Like I'm involved with the SCPGA junior tour like the tours I played on like AJGA I've hosted my own AJGA tournament. I'm now hosting another SCPGA tournament. I feel like that's, I get more satisfaction through that and to give back to where I was as a kid throughout like different points in my career

and just showing my face or just like talking to the kids and say, you know, you're on the right track, like keep doing what you're doing, like dreams are possible, don't limit yourself. Like things like that, I really enjoyed doing that. And it's seeing just the next generation of kids just grinding and wanting to be the best. And it takes me back to those times

where I was a 15, 16 year old, super cocky and thinking that I was just the greatest. And I'm like, dang, I kind of need that right now. But I mean, it's seeing the kids, they don't care what you shoot. And the little kids, like 10 and younger, they're just happy to see you. And they're just happy to see you and they're just, they're

just an awe. Like, and the program that I'm doing, they just started that PGA Junior Lake and they named their team after me. It was so cute. So their jerseys have my, like, my name on it is so adorable. And so, like, when I'm ever having a bad day, I just think of the kids and just like, you know, they're having fun. Why should I be having fun out here? So maybe the dream one day you can sign somebody else's press clipping. Yeah. Maybe somebody will have you sign there. I feel like that would be poetic. Yeah, that would be really fun. Yeah, I would definitely do that. Usually when I ask this, I have like a story in mind of like that I'm trying to get to that's what I was trying to kind of get from From Danielle, but do you have like what's a go-to like story?

You would tell about something that's happened to you on the LPGH or if you had a dinner You're you had a couple glasses of wine and you're like, oh you wouldn't believe this happened like what's your craziest or best story that you can tell? Oh I mean, oh my God. What does Daniel say? Did she not come up with anything good? I don't even have to ask the question. She just tells about just stories.

I mean, she just, oh my God. She told Juan about Instagram DMs that she gets that was quite grotesque. But oh my god. Well, so, okay, this just recently happened. So it's coming out of, like, it's pretty fresh. So I usually don't, like, respond to negative comments on Instagram or wherever. I just, like, brush it off or whatever.

I had missed the cut at Kingsmill again I was like not in the happiest mood and some and you know what the whole drive-on video someone had the really bright idea of writing a nasty message to me and I'm like, hmm now I'm gonna respond and so and I'm like, hmm, now I'm gonna respond. And so, but I did it in like, in a classy way and I went on Instagram live

and just rant it about it. Cause the person called me a liar. Like my own story is a lie and that I, my story is like bull crap. And so I just went at it. Like I just started like, I didn't even mention the person's name, but I'm just like, why?

You don't even know me? Like I think it was a time that I like finally defended myself and I just felt like there were not only attacking me, they're attacking my family. And so like the mama bear came out of me and like my friends were like, oh, your mom is coming out of you.

Like my mom's personality. She's like, oh, she's coming out. The Martha's coming out of me and like my friends are like, oh, your mom is coming out of you. Like my mom's personality. She's like, oh, she's coming out. The Martha's coming out of you. And I mean, I know it's not like a juicy story. But like I don't usually say anything. But. Yeah, block out the haters. Yeah.

And then I think angels like all the Latin spicing news coming out of Latin fires. I was like, yeah, well, don't attack me. I may be small, but I'm just, I will stick up for myself and stick up for our tour when it needs to. But yeah, other than that, I mean, I missed a couple flights after a good night. So, I mean, that's, yeah.

So I'm that. Oh, yeah, tell us about that. Yeah, you got my attention. Well, let's not I just suggest like don't book a really early flight the next morning like rookie mistake Well, I I'm like yeah, I'm not I'm gonna be I'm gonna be good like I'm just yeah, no, it wasn't it wasn't the brightest idea What's the celebration like after winning so high? I don't remember well, I remember 15. I don't 17 was fun idea. What's the celebration like after winning so long? I don't remember well I remember 15 I don't 17 was fun. Yeah, it's just it's a it's a good time. Especially when you're on the winning side for sure. But I mean everyone comes together. I think we all like went to the European party and in I.O.1 just had a blast.

Like it's just celebrating not only our win, but just like women's golf in general. So yeah. The thing is if you win in Scotland, then any of the team members that are under 21, they can also legally drink there. Did you tell Angel that? Oh.

No, that get her more motivated to make the drink. I'll try, I don't know, maybe. But she's, oh man, that girl. Yeah. I'm like, oh, her birthday's in like October or something, but oh man, yeah, she's probably excited about that too. All right, well, yeah, you ready to get out of here? This is fun.

No, thank you so much for coming on, Lizette, and best of luck this week. Hopefully by the time this airs, you are kissing the trophy and missing your flight tomorrow on Monday morning. Ooh, yeah, that would be a good one. That would be a good one. Yeah, thank you so much for the time. Thank you, cheers.

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