Isaiah Salinda

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Additional Qualifying Tournament Finalist (thru 2023)

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2021
• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2023

National Teams

• 2019 Walker Cup

Special Interests

• Reading, swimming, watching football, basketball

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Played in nine PGA TOUR Canada tournaments, making seven cuts while posting a pair of top-15 finishes. Qualified for the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship and finished the season No. 48 on the Fortinet Cup standings.

• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Finished T14 at the rain-shortened event at Mission Inn Resort and Club to earn conditional PGA TOUR Latinoamérica status.

2021 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in four tournaments, making three cuts and posting one top-10. Finished the season 31st on the points list. Played in eight Forme Tour tournaments, making four cuts and securing two top-25s. Closed the season 58th on the Points List.

2020 Season

Made the cut at his first two career PGA TOUR events, at the Safeway Open (T33) and the Shriners Hospital for Children Open (76th).

• The Championship at Echelon Golf Club (LOCALiQ Series): Fired three sub-70 rounds in mid-August in Alpharetta to finish T2 with Alejandro Tosti and Raul Pereda, two shots behind winner Bryson Nimmer. Overcame two double bogeys during the week by making two eagles and 15 birdies to close at 14-under.
• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA East 1: Entered the final 36 holes at Mission Inn Resort and Club’s El Campeon Course three strokes off of the leaders’ pace after shooting a second-round, 2-over 74. Rallied over the final two days, stringing together a pair of 70s during difficult scoring conditions to capture medalist honors by two shots over David Sanders. The finish ensured him exempt status and access to every Forme Tour tournament in 2020.

Amateur Highlights

• Semifinalist at the 2018 U.S. Amateur in an event where he was his sectional medalist). Defeated Will Grimer (6 and 5), Trevor Phillips (5 and 4) and Stewart Hagestad (1-up) before losing to Devon Bling (1 down).
• Shot a tournament- and competitive-course-record, 9-under 62 during the second round on the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on his way to a 2018 Pacific Coast Amateur title by one stroke over Austin Eckroat.
• Reached the round of 16 at the 2019 US Amateur, defeating Travis Vick (1-up) and Alejandro Del Rey (1-up) before dropping his match against Palmer Jackson (2-down).
• Was part of the 2019 NCAA Championship Stanford golf team. He tied for sixth individually representing the Cardinal.
• Represented the U.S. in the 2019 Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool GC in England. Posted a 2-1-0 record in his three matches during the Americans’ five-point win.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2021
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2022