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Rose Zhang
Zhang in 2020
Personal information
Born (2003-05-24) May 24, 2003 (age 21)
Arcadia, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceIrvine, California, U.S.
Career
CollegeStanford University
Turned professional2023
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT11: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT8: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT9: 2023
Women's British OpenT28: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT9: 2023
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal2020, 2021, 2022
Smyth Salver Award2022
Medal record
Women's Golf
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team

Rose Zhang (Chinese: 张斯洋; pinyin: Zhāng Sī Yáng born May 24, 2003)[1] is an American professional golfer. She won the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur, and both the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Division I Championships, becoming the first woman to win the individual title twice. She competed in the 2019 U.S. Women's Open and was on the gold medal team at the 2019 Pan American Games. Less than two weeks after turning pro, she became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since 1951.[2]

Early and personal life

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Zhang was born in Arcadia, California, and resides in Irvine, California.[1] Her parents are Haibin Zhang (father) and Li Cai, and her brother is Bill Sida Zhang, who is 10 years older.[3][4]

She began playing golf at the age of 9.[3] For high school, Zhang attended Pacific Academy where she was ranked twice as the world's top amateur female golfer.[3][4] She enrolled at Stanford University in 2021, and has not declared an academic major.[3][4]

Zhang has had the same golf swing coach, George Pinnell, since age 11.[3] At the 2022 Carmel Cup, she established the women's course record of 9 under par at the Pebble Beach Golf Links,[3][4] site of the 2023 U.S. Women's Open.

Amateur career

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In 2019 at age 16, Zhang was one of the youngest competitors in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, finishing in a tie for 17th place.[5] She was named by the American Junior Golf Association as the 2019 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year.[3] She competed in the 2019 U.S. Women's Open at age 16, finishing in a tie for 55th place at 7 over par.[6] At the 2019 Pan American Games, she was on the winning U.S. mixed-gender team and placed eighth in the individual competition.[7][8]

Zhang won the U.S. Women's Amateur in August 2020 after defeating Gabriela Ruffels in the final on the 38th hole.[9] In September 2020, Zhang became the top-ranked women's golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after a tie for 11th place and finishing as low amateur at the 2020 ANA Inspiration, an LPGA major championship.[3][10] In 2021, she won the U.S. Girls' Junior.[4] She was awarded the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for three consecutive years (2020–22).[3]

Zhang at the 2022 Curtis Cup.

In May 2022, Zhang won the individual NCAA Championship by 3 shots. On her 19th birthday, she was presented with the Annika Award as the top female college golfer of the year.[3] She finished the 2022 Women's British Open in a tie for 28th, earning the Smyth Salver Award as the low amateur.[11]

On April 1, 2023, Zhang won the Augusta National Women's Amateur on the second playoff hole over Jenny Bae.[12][13] Also in April, she became the female golfer ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 141 weeks, the most of any player in history.[10][14] In May 2023, Zhang won the individual NCAA Championship for the second consecutive year, becoming the first woman in NCAA women's golf history to win the individual national championship twice.[15] Her 68.80 scoring average over 31 rounds in the 2022–23 season is the lowest in NCAA women's golf history, bettering the record her Stanford teammate Rachel Heck had set the previous year.[16]

Sponsorships

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In June 2022, Adidas announced its first name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal with Zhang for her apparel, golf shoes and accessories, making her the company's first sponsored student athlete.[17][18] The multi-year deal was announced on the morning of Zhang entering the U.S. Women's Open.[17]

Other sponsorships established before her professional debut were with Callaway for her golf clubs, ball, and bag, Delta Air Lines, East West Bank, and USwing Eyewear.[18] Other NIL deals exist with Rolex for her watch and Beats by Dre for headphones.[18] In July at the U.S. Women's Open, Zhang began a multiyear sponsorship deal with AT&T.[19]

Professional career

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Zhang announced her intention to play professionally on May 26, 2023.[20] In June 2023, at her first tournament as a professional, Zhang won the Mizuho Americas Open by defeating Jennifer Kupcho on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at Liberty National Golf Club. Zhang became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since Beverly Hanson in 1951[21] and the most recent non-member to win in her first LPGA event since Hinako Shibuno in 2019.[10] In May 2024, she won the Cognizant Founders Cup, snapping Nelly Korda's record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak.[22]

Amateur wins

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Sources:[3][4][10]

Professional wins (2)

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LPGA Tour wins (2)

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Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Jun 4, 2023 Mizuho Americas Open 70-69-66-74=279 −9 Playoff United States Jennifer Kupcho 412,500
2 May 12, 2024 Cognizant Founders Cup 63-68-67-66=264 −24 2 strokes Sweden Madelene Sagstrom 450,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2023 Mizuho Americas Open United States Jennifer Kupcho Won with par on second extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

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Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T60 T11 LA CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T40 T9 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T8 T35
The Evian Championship NT T58 T65 T9 T39
Women's British Open CUT T28 LA T44 T29
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Totals 0 0 0 0 3 4 17 13
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2022 U.S. Women's Open – 2023 Women's British)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2023 WPGA – 2023 Evian)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2018 2 2 0 0 0 0 T60 0 n/a 74.88 n/a
2019 2 2 0 0 0 0 T55 0 n/a 73.25 n/a
2020 2 1 0 0 0 0 T11 0 n/a 71.00 n/a
2021 4 2 0 0 0 0 T33 0 n/a 71.83 n/a
2022 3 3 0 0 0 0 T28 0 n/a 71.83 n/a
2023 13 ** 11 1 0 1 4 1 1,389,794 21 70.35 18
2024 7 5 1 0 1 3 1 608,097 7 70.13 4
Totals 20 (2023) 16 (2023) 2 0 2 7 1 1,997,891 199

Official as of May 12, 2024[24][25][26]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
** 13 Tournaments entered in 2023, not credited for Mizuho Americas Open Tournament or for that Top 10, as not an LPGA member until after.

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2018 788 [27]
2019 669 [28]
2020 288 [29]
2021 283 [30]
2022 349 [31]
2023 26 [32]
2024 6^ [33]

^ As of May 13, 2024

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 7 4–2–1 1–1–0 1–0–0 2–1–1 4.5 64.3
2023 3 0–2–1 0–1–0 lost to L. Maguire 4&3 0–0–0 0–1–1 halved w/ M. Khang
lost w/ A. Lee 2&1 		0.5 16.7
2024 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 def. C. Ciganda 6&4 1–0–0 won w/ L. Coughlin 3&2 2–0–0 won w/ An. Lee 5&4
won w/ An. Lee 6&4 		4.0 100.0

Sources:[3][4][10]

References

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  2. ^ "NCAA champ Rose Zhang wins LPGA's Mizuho Americas Open in pro debut". ESPN. Associated Press. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hall, Mike (June 1, 2023). "21 Things You Didn't Know About Rose Zhang". Golf Monthly. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Tidwell, Sara (June 4, 2023). "Who is Rose Zhang? Meet NCAA champion". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Rose Zhang's position in 2019 tournament". Augusta National Women's Amateur. 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rose Zhang - Final Scoring, 2019 U.S. Women's Open Championship". U.S. Golf Association. 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Migliaccio, U.S. team bring home gold medals at Pan-Am Games". AmateurGolf.com. August 11, 2019.
  8. ^ Romine, Brentley (October 28, 2019). "Players of year Maxwell Moldovan, Rose Zhang headline AJGA All-Americans". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Romine, Brentley (August 9, 2020). "Rose Zhang wins U.S. Women's Amateur after Gabriela Ruffels' repeat hopes end on lip-out". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Rose Zhang - Bio". LPGA. 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "Rose Zhang wins low-amateur honors". LPGA. August 7, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "Rose Zhang: Final round recap of 2023 tournament". Augusta National Women's Amateur. 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  13. ^ Melton, Zephyr (April 1, 2023). "Inside Rose Zhang's near-collapse — and eventual triumph — at Augusta National". Golf Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "Rose Zhang sets new record as the world's leading women's amateur golfer". World Amateur Golf Ranking. April 19, 2023.
  15. ^ "Stanford's Rose Zhang first to win consecutive NCAA titles". ESPN. Associated Press. May 22, 2023.
  16. ^ "Rose Zhang". Stanford Athletics.
  17. ^ a b Lawrence, Demi (June 1, 2022). "Adidas signs its first name, image, likeness deal with female golfer". BizWomen, The Business Journals. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  18. ^ a b c Sanderson, Wes (May 30, 2023). "Rose Zhang debuting as golf pro with five sponsors". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  19. ^ Sanderson, Wes (July 6, 2023). "Rose Zhang adds to endorsements with AT&T deal". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  20. ^ Schlabach, Mark (May 26, 2023). "Stanford women's golf star Zhang turns pro". ESPN. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  21. ^ Young, Ryan (June 4, 2023). "Rose Zhang hangs on to win Mizuho Americas Open in a playoff in historic LPGA Tour start". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  22. ^ "Zhang takes Founders, ending Korda's win streak". ESPN. May 12, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  23. ^ "No. 1 for a reason: Stanford freshman phenom Rose Zhang holds on to win individual title wire-to-wire at 2022 NCAA Championship". Golfweek. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  24. ^ "Rose Zhang stats". LPGA. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  25. ^ "Rose Zhang results". LPGA. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  26. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  27. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  28. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
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  33. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". May 13, 2024.
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