Rose Zhang ( born May 24, 2003) is an American professional golfer. She won the 2020

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, 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 The 2019 U.S. Women's Open was the 74th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 – June 2 at Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2 ...

and was on the gold medal team at the

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. Less than two weeks after turning pro, she became the first player to win in her professional debut on the

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since 1951.

Early and personal life

Zhang was born in

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, and resides in

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. Her parents are Haibin Zhang (father) and Li Cai, and her brother is Bill Sida Zhang, who is 10 years older. She began playing golf at the age of 9. For high school, Zhang attended Pacific Academy where she was ranked twice as the world's top amateur female golfer. She enrolled at

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in 2021, and has not declared an

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. Zhang has had the same golf swing coach, George Pinnell, since age 11. At the 2022 Carmel Cup, she established the women's course record of 9 under par at the

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, site of the 2023 U.S. Women's Open.

Amateur career

In 2019 at age 16, Zhang was one of the youngest competitors in the inaugural

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, finishing in a tie for 17th place. She was named by the

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as the 2019 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year. She competed in the

at age 16, finishing in a tie for 55th place at 7 over par. At the

, she was on the winning U.S. mixed-gender team and placed eighth in the individual competition. Zhang won the

in August 2020 after defeating

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in the final on the 38th hole. In September 2020, Zhang became the top-ranked women's golfer in the

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after a tie for 11th place and finishing as low amateur at the

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, an

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. In 2021, she won the

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. She was awarded the

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as the top-ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for three consecutive years (2020–22). In May 2022, Zhang won the individual

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by 3 shots. On her 19th birthday, she was presented with the Annika Award as the top female college golfer of the year. She finished the

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in a tie for 28th, earning the Smyth Salver Award as the low amateur. On April 1, 2023, Zhang won the Augusta National Women's Amateur on the second playoff hole over Jenny Bae. Also in April, she became the female golfer ranked number one in the

for 141 weeks, the most of any player in history. 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. 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.

Sponsorships

In June 2022,

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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. The multi-year deal was announced on the morning of Zhang entering the U.S. Women's Open. Other sponsorships established before her professional debut were with Callaway for her golf clubs, ball, and bag,

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, and USwing Eyewear. Other NIL deals exist with

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for her

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and

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for

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s. In July at the U.S. Women's Open, Zhang began a multiyear sponsorship deal with

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Professional career

Zhang announced her intention to play professionally on May 26, 2023. In June 2023, at her first tournament as a professional, Zhang won the Mizuho Americas Open by defeating

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on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at

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. Zhang became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since

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. In May 2024, she won the Cognizant Founders Cup, snapping

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's record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak.

Amateur wins

*2016 AJGA - CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda *2017

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, Junior America's Cup *2018 ANA Junior Inspiration, Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational, The PING Invitational *2019 Toyota Junior World Cup, Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational,

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*2020

, Rolex Girls Junior Championship, The PING Invitational,

*2021

, Molly Collegiate Invitational, Windy City Collegiate Classic, Stanford Intercollegiate, Spirit International Amateur Championship (individual) *2022

, Carmel Cup, Stanford Intercollegiate, Nanea Pac-12 Preview *2023 T. Hession Regional Challenge, Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate,

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Championship (individual), NCAA Pullman Regional,

Sources:

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in LPGA majors

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

Summary

*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

Official as of 2024 season
*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

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the Ping (golf), PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim ...

: 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners) *

Junior Ryder Cup The Junior Ryder Cup is a team golf competition between Europe and the United States for junior golfers aged 18 and under. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup and is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe. The 2018 ...

: 2018 (winners) *

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and " ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

(winners),

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

(winners) *

Spirit International Amateur The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship is a biennial amateur golf tournament which takes place in alternating years with the World Amateur Team Championships. The competition consists 20 countries represented by teams of four (two men a ...

: 2021 (winners) *

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. It is named for Arnold Palmer. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The ...

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

Professional *

Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian- American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving forc ...

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(tied, Europe retained cup),

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(winners)

Solheim Cup record

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References

External links

* *
Rose Zhang
at USA Golf * *
Rose Zhang
at the

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